Arts Therapist
| Posting date: | 23 July 2025 |
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| Salary: | £47,810.00 to £54,710.00 per year |
| Additional salary information: | £47810.00 - £54710.00 a year |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 06 August 2025 |
| Location: | Brighton and Hove, BN3 7HZ |
| Company: | NHS Jobs |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | C9354-25-0798 |
Summary
To work as a member of the clinical service/ team, providing a high quality, specialist arts therapy service to clients, their families or carers. In addition, to support psychological practice within the team through consultation, supervision, formulation and training and by participating in systematic clinical governance. To work with complex presentations suitable for psychological therapy in the team, utilising a high level of knowledge and experience and adapting approaches as appropriate, with regard to evidence-based practice. To provide a qualified, high-quality specialist arts therapy service to individuals, carers, families and groups, within and across teams, in line with best, evidence-based practice and trust care pathways. To be responsible for holding and managing a clinical caseload and to exercise autonomous professional responsibility for the planning and prioritising of own workload and the assessment and treatment of clients, within the bounds of the service operational policy. To use analytical and judgment skills and be responsible for taking clinical management decisions in complex clinical issues. To clinically supervise Arts Therapist trainees, Psychological Therapists, Trainee Psychological Therapists and Psychological Practitioners as appropriate To professionally supervise and, when appropriate, manage, arts therapy trainees, psychological therapists, trainee psychological therapists, trainee Practitioner psychologists and psychological practitioners. To provide consultation and advice about psychological issues to other members of the team/service and other professionals working with service users. To work autonomously within professional guidelines and exercise responsibility for the systematic governance of psychological practice within the service/team. To contribute to and take responsibility for local service developments under the supervision of the professional lead. To propose and implement policy changes within the area served by the service.