Job summaryThis is an exciting opportunity to take up a part time position as an Art Therapist in a Community Healthcare Team.You will be working with different professions within the team, & in close partnership with Drama therapists.Colne House has a well equipped and spacious art room from which you will provide Art Therapy intervention.You will be part of a Trust wide Team of Arts Therapists, meeting regularly & providing both in house and external CPD. We welcome innovation and encourage research opportunities.Main duties of the jobProvide clinical assessment and intervention to service users with complex mental health issues including those with psychosesProvide assessment and intervention across teams within the SBUWork in a variety of venues across the SBUTo provide Clinical Supervision to other arts therapists Trust wideTo supervise arts therapies students on placements and/or ApprenticeshipsAbout usHertfordshire Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust (HPFT) is an outstanding organisation with ambitions to match. We are one of just five mental health trusts to achieve an overall rating of 'Outstanding' from the Care Quality Commission, and our aim is to be the leading provider of mental health and specialist learning disability services in the country.Our family of over 3500 members of staff provide health and social care for over 400,000 people with mental ill health, physical ill health and learning disabilities across Hertfordshire, Buckinghamshire, and Norfolk, delivering these services within the community and several inpatient settings. We also deliver a range of nationally commissioned specialist services including Tier 4 services for children and young people, perinatal services, plus medium and low secure learning disabilities services.The care we provide makes a fantastic difference to the lives of our service users, their families and carers - everything is underpinned by choice, independence and equality, with our Trust values embedded throughout:Our Trust values are:Welcoming. Kind. Positive. Respectful. Professional.These values are at the core of who we are, everything we do, and how we do it!Would you like to be part of the HPFT family? Would you like work with us to ensure our service users live the fullest lives possible they can? Would you like to be supported in your career to be the best that you can be?Then please read on..."Job descriptionJob responsibilitiesProvide assessment and intervention to service users with complex mental health needs, including those with psychosesProvide assessment and intervention for groups and individuals. The expectation is for 2 groups, with limited space for individual work.Provide clinical supervision to Art TherapistsLead on service innovation as delegated by the Head of Arts TherapiesFor a more in-depth Job and Person Specification please read attached document before applyingPerson SpecificationQualificationsEssentialGood Honours degree in relevant subjectM.A. (or equivalent) Art PsychotherapyRegistered with Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC) as an art therapist/art psychotherapistEvidence of continued professional development.DesirableMember of The British Association of Art TherapistsExperienceEssentialRelevant post qualifying professional experience and a demonstrable knowledge of and commitment to best practice and evidence based practice.Experience of providing a range of therapeutic interventions including: assessment, inpatient and outpatient work, individual and group work, exploratory and supportive.Experience of working with people with a range of mental health problems including: personality disorder, psychosisExperience of working within MDTs.Experience of supervising arts psychotherapists and of liaison with university training courses, in own specialty and other specialist areasDisclosure and Barring Service CheckThis post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.UK RegistrationApplicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).Employer detailsEmployer nameHertfordshire Partnership University NHS Foundation TrustAddressColne House Watford21 Upton RoadWatfordWD18 0JPEmployer's websitehttps://www.hpft.nhs.uk/careers/ (Opens in a new tab)