Specialist Art Therapist

Job Summary
Provide clinical assessment and intervention to service users with complex mental health issues including those with psychoses. Provide assessment and intervention across teams within the SBU. Work in a variety of venues across the SBU.

All staff should comply with the Trust's Anti-Discriminatory Statement, Employee Charter, Trust Policies and Procedures, Code of Conduct and Equality and Diversity.

Main duties of the job
Duties and Responsibilities:

Organisational chart: Adult Community Mental Health Services

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Provide assessment and intervention to service users with complex mental health needs, including those with psychoses
• Provide assessment and intervention for individuals and groups
• Provide clinical supervision to Art Psychotherapists
• Lead on service innovation as delegated by the Head of Arts Therapies

About us
Hertfordshire Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust are one of just five mental health trusts to achieve an overall rating of 'Outstanding' from the Care Quality Commission.

Our family of over 4,500 members of staff provide health and social care for people with mental ill health, physical ill health and learning disabilities across Hertfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Essex and Norfolk, delivering these services within the community and several inpatient settings. Everything is underpinned by choice, independence and equality, with our Trust values embedded throughout:

Welcoming. Kind. Positive. Respectful. Professional.

Job responsibilities
Key Relationships:
Working relationships

Works with other arts therapists within the trust, sometimes leading specific delegated projects

Represents arts therapists within the SBU at the request of the head arts therapist so has working relationship across and within teams

Post holder is expected to build relationships with arts therapists in other trusts and within their professional bo

Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential

• Substantial post-qualification experience in an NHS adult mental health care setting
• Good Honours degree in relevant subject
• M.A. (or equivalent) Art Psychotherapy
• Registered with Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC) as an art therapist/art psychotherapist
• Member of The British Association of Art Therapists

Experience
Essential

• 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, psychosis
• Experience of working within MDTs.
• Experience of supervising arts psychotherapists and of liaison with university training courses, in own speciality and other specialist areas

Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This 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 Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Employer details
Employer name
Hertfordshire Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust

Address
The Marlowes Health & wellbeing Centre, Hemel Hempstead
39-41 The Marlowes
Hemel Hempstead
HP1 1LF
United Kingdom

Employer's website
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Employer contact details
For questions about the job, contact:
Principal Art Therapist
Jessica Hall
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Details
Date posted
25 September 2026

Pay scheme
Agenda for change

Band
Band 7

Salary
£51,657 to £58,785 a year
per annum, pro rata (Inclusive of 5% HCAS)

Contract
Permanent

Working pattern
Part-time

Reference number
367-ACMS-101665

Job locations
The Marlowes Health & wellbeing Centre, Hemel Hempstead
39-41 The Marlowes
Hemel Hempstead
HP1 1LF
United Kingdom

Supporting documents
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This 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.
Applicants must have current UK professional registration.