Avon & Wiltshire Mental Health Partnership NHS Trust

Band 7 Art Psychotherapist - Bristol

The closing date is 27 November 2025

Job summary

This is an exciting opportunity for two Art Psychotherapist to join the Art Psychotherapy Team, which is part of the Complex Psychological Interventions Team (CPI) in Bristol.

One post is permanent at 22.50 Hours.

One post is fixed term for 9 months at 30 hours

You would be joining the CPI Team, which is an established team of Arts Psychotherapist, Clinical Psychologists Psychotherapists and Psychological Therapists

Both post holder will be based at Petherton Resource Centre offering a service to clients from the south area of Bristol. You will be providing assessments, psychological formulation, planning and implementing individual and group art psychotherapy sessions within community services.

Main duties of the job

We are looking for someone who is a qualified Art Psychotherapist with HCPC registration.

We are looking for someone with the following skills:

Excellent communication and engagement skills, who can work autonomously whilst enjoying being an integrated member of the arts psychotherapy and CPI Team.Someone with a particular interest in working in a community setting, bringing energy to work psychologically within this part of our service.Someone able to plan and implement individual and group therapy session and input into service users integrated care programmes.Someone that is able to offer supervision and consultation to other Art Psychotherapists and staff within multidisciplinary teams.

About us

Avon and Wiltshire Mental Health Partnership NHS Trust: a diverse organisation with over 5,000 dedicated staff providing inpatient and community-based mental health care.

We provide services from a range of locations to approximately 1.8 million people living in Bath and North East Somerset (B&NES), Bristol, North Somerset, South Gloucestershire, Swindon, across the county of Wiltshire and in parts of Dorset.

Our outstanding people promote mental health and wellbeing. The expertise and resources within AWP are dedicated to a person-centred approach for those who use our services and for all employees.

AWP is committed to support and create a positive research and evidence-based environment and culture.

At AWP we actively encourage applicants from all backgrounds; we are particularly keen to encourage applications from people from Black, Asian and minority ethnic backgrounds, those with disabilities and from the LGBTQ+ community. We want people to bring their unique blend of experiences, backgrounds, perspectives and knowledge to AWP, as diversity makes us stronger.

Details

Date posted

13 November 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 7

Salary

£47,810 to £54,710 a year pro rata

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Part-time

Reference number

342-BR179-1125

Job locations

Petherton Resource Centre

3 Petherton Road

Bristol

BS14 9BP


Job description

Job responsibilities

Detailed job description and main responsibilities here.

To be a valued member of the South CPI Team, Arts Psychotherapy CPI Team and working with recovery clinical teams. Also working as an autonomous clinical practitioner, planning and providing an Art Psychotherapy service within own area of practice in line with AWP strategies. Inputting into the development of new strategies when needed. To providing highly specialist Art Psychotherapy treatment and ongoing evaluation. To offer clinical supervision and consultation. To support and engage in research and audits for service development.

Skills and Qualities

Compassion and empathy for service users with complex mental health difficulties

Great communication and understanding on multidisciplinary working

Ability to advocate for psychological approaches and art psychotherapy within a team

Skills in continual development and application of treatment approaches within the profession of arts psychotherapy

Excellent skills in psychological assessment, formulation and intervention

Interest in working with diversity and difference

Job description

Job responsibilities

Detailed job description and main responsibilities here.

To be a valued member of the South CPI Team, Arts Psychotherapy CPI Team and working with recovery clinical teams. Also working as an autonomous clinical practitioner, planning and providing an Art Psychotherapy service within own area of practice in line with AWP strategies. Inputting into the development of new strategies when needed. To providing highly specialist Art Psychotherapy treatment and ongoing evaluation. To offer clinical supervision and consultation. To support and engage in research and audits for service development.

Skills and Qualities

Compassion and empathy for service users with complex mental health difficulties

Great communication and understanding on multidisciplinary working

Ability to advocate for psychological approaches and art psychotherapy within a team

Skills in continual development and application of treatment approaches within the profession of arts psychotherapy

Excellent skills in psychological assessment, formulation and intervention

Interest in working with diversity and difference

Person Specification

Qualifications and Experience

Essential

  • Qualified art psychotherapists and HCPC or UKCP registered

Desirable

  • Experience working in the NHS
Person Specification

Qualifications and Experience

Essential

  • Qualified art psychotherapists and HCPC or UKCP registered

Desirable

  • Experience working in the NHS

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Additional information

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

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

Avon & Wiltshire Mental Health Partnership NHS Trust

Address

Petherton Resource Centre

3 Petherton Road

Bristol

BS14 9BP


Employer's website

http://www.awp.nhs.uk/about-us/working-for-us/ (Opens in a new tab)


Employer details

Employer name

Avon & Wiltshire Mental Health Partnership NHS Trust

Address

Petherton Resource Centre

3 Petherton Road

Bristol

BS14 9BP


Employer's website

http://www.awp.nhs.uk/about-us/working-for-us/ (Opens in a new tab)


Employer contact details

For questions about the job, contact:

Lead Art Psychotherapist

Natalia Higginson

natalia.higginson@nhs.net

07881264430

Details

Date posted

13 November 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 7

Salary

£47,810 to £54,710 a year pro rata

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Part-time

Reference number

342-BR179-1125

Job locations

Petherton Resource Centre

3 Petherton Road

Bristol

BS14 9BP


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