A Vacancy at Birmingham and Solihull Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust.
We are looking for an enthusiastic and highly motivated full time Senior Art Psychotherapist to join us to complete a 12 months secondment/ fixed term contract, to cover maternity leave. The successful applicant will join a dynamic team providing art psychotherapy in community mental health services.
The Community Art Psychotherapy team works within the five community Hubs across BSMHFT, providing care across for service users across the adult age range. The successful applicant will work across our North Hub in Erdington and our Solihull Hub.
This senior role will have a mix of clinical and operational responsibilities supporting the Head of Arts Psychotherapies in delivering the requirements and expectations of the Community Transformation of Mental Health Services. We are eager to support Art Psychotherapists who feel ready to take the next step in their career, so be assured that you will be well nurtured in this supportive service. The post will require you to line manage Band 7 and 6 arts psychotherapists and support trainees and qualified arts psychotherapists through clinical supervision.
If you share our passion for people and the dedication to excel, we would love to hear from you. We encourage interested applicants to contact us for more information – please email Francesca Norouzi Consultant Art Psychotherapist, Head of Arts Psychotherapies BSMHFT at francesca.norouzi@nhs.netfor more information.
Developing and informing referral pathways, facilitating a range of art psychotherapy interventions to individuals and groups, providing consultation to other clinical staff and working as part of the MDT within the CMHT setting. You will receive clinical supervision from an experienced art psychotherapist, line management support from within the community art psychotherapy team, access to training and development opportunities and have the chance to develop your career within a dynamic team in a busy setting. You will have opportunities to develop your leadership, management, clinical supervision and training skills and take part in audit, research and innovation projects.
We welcome candidates who are motivated, dynamic and forward thinking. We are a diverse team who thrive on developing new opportunities and offering high quality, creative art psychotherapy interventions to people experiencing complex and persistent mental health difficulties, many of whom have experienced trauma, abuse and adverse childhood experiences.
Welcome to Birmingham and Solihull Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust. Our 4000 clinical and support staff help us to improve mental health wellbeing and meet the needs of the 70,000 people we serve each year. We provide a range of mental healthcare services across Birmingham and Solihull, as well as specialised services nationally. We also offer medical, nursing and psychology training and are proud of our international reputation for both research and innovation.
Our population is culturally diverse, characterised in places by high levels of deprivation which create an increasing demand for our services and a necessity for us to make sure everyone can access the help they need. We are a team of compassionate, inclusive and committed people working together to provide excellent care to support our community. If you are looking for a place to belong, where you can make a real difference to people’s lives, join our team where our warm welcome is waiting for you.
For further information about the main responsibilities please view the attached job description and person specification.
This advert closes on Sunday 20 Oct 2024