Art Therapist | Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust
| Posting date: | 01 July 2025 |
|---|---|
| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £42,939 - £58,544 pro rata pa inc |
| Hours: | Part time |
| Closing date: | 31 July 2025 |
| Location: | Beckenham, BR3 3QL |
| Company: | Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust |
| Job type: | Contract |
| Job reference: | 7237041/277-7237041-CMH |
Summary
We are looking to recruit a Band 6 or Band 7 art therapist to join our psychological therapy team a in secondary mental health service, in the London borough of Bromley. This is a maternity leave cover post for 12 months.
We are seeking an enthusiastic, dynamic and professional Art Therapist with excellent communication skills to join the team at the Beckenham Beacon. The post holder will take referrals from both the local Anxiety, Depression, Personality and Trauma (ADAPT) and Psychosis, Bipolar (ICMP) services. They will undertake assessments, planning, and evaluating of art therapy delivered in either individual, psycho-educational or group therapy formats.
The Art Therapy profession in Oxleas is well respected and represented at a high level within the Trust We offer art therapy group supervision and 1:1 clinical and managerial supervision on a regular basis. The trust offers continuing professional development and this will include mentalisation informed practice training.
The successful applicant will be expected to contribute to Oxleas' culture of innovation. A positive approach to multi-professional working, an enthusiasm for learning and creativity are the main characteristics we are seeking.
The post holder will work with clients from the ADAPT and ICMP teams, assessing, planning, implementing and evaluating art therapy treatment. They will be expected to assess clients with complex and high risk needs for suitability for Art Therapy and facilitate a treatment program which is flexible and sensitive to the needs of the client group, involving clients in 1:1 and group work, using a variety of art materials in a therapeutic and creative way.
Oxleas offers a wide range of NHS healthcare services to people in community and secure environment settings. Our services include community health care such as district nursing and speech and language therapy, care for people with learning disabilities and mental health care such as psychiatry, nursing and therapies. Our multidisciplinary teams look after people of all ages and we work in close partnership with other parts of the NHS, local councils and the voluntary sector and through our new provider collaboratives. Our 4,300 members of staff work in many different settings including hospitals, clinics, prisons, secure hospitals, children’s centres, schools and people’s homes.
We have over 125 sites in a variety of locations in the South of England. In London we operate within the Boroughs of Bexley, Bromley Greenwich and into Kent. We manage hospital sites including Queen Mary’s Hospital, Sidcup and Memorial Hospital, Woolwich, as well as the Bracton Centre, our medium secure unit for people with mental health needs. We are the largest NHS provider of prison health services providing healthcare to prisons within Devon, Dorset, Bristol, Wiltshire and Gloucestershire, Kent and South London. We are proud of the care we provide and our people.
Our purpose is to improve lives by providing the best possible care to our patients and their families. This is strengthened by our new values:
• We’re Kind
• We’re Fair
• We Listen
• We Care
Art Therapy is a valued discipline in the Trust and the post holder will be expected to enhance the culture of innovation within the Trust wide and local teams. They should demonstrate a positive approach to multi professional working, an enthusiasm for learning and be able to think creatively about the development of the service within the Trust.
This advert closes on Tuesday 15 Jul 2025
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