Arts and Creative Psychotherapist

The closing date is 28th Dec 2025

Job summary

Havant and Petersfield Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service are excited to invite applications for a Band 7 Art Psychotherapist. This is a great opportunity to join our team in Children & Families Service line to support in the delivery of high quality children's mental health services.

The successful candidate will have a keen interest in working collaboratively with children and families and with partner agencies to promote positive outcomes for children and families in Southampton. You will have a role in offering core interventions as well as specialist Art Psychotherapy interventions to children and adolescents and their families, as well as consultation to the team and professional networks.

This position calls for a professional with HCPC registration. In all cases, you must be able to demonstrate the clinical, consultation and skills needed to offer an outstanding service. First-class communication, interpersonal and collaboration skills are, of course, essential.

Main duties, tasks & skills required

To work as a member of the clinical team / service within Hampshire CAMHS, providing a high quality, specialist psychological 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 creative therapies 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 develop to the role of the arts in the clinical service / team through work with arts in health practitioners / volunteers.

About us

Hampshire and Isle of Wight Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust is a newly established organisation, bringing together expertise from across mental health, learning disabilities, community, and physical health services. We are dedicated to delivering compassionate, high-quality, and accessible care to the diverse communities of Hampshire and the Isle of Wight.

With over 13,000 dedicated staff working across more than 300 sites, we place patients and staff at the centre of everything we do. Our goal is to create an integrated healthcare system that improves accessibility and ensures more consistent care for patients. By working together, we aim to improve patient outcomes, drive innovation, and meet the unique needs of the populations we serve.

Our Trust unites services from Southern Health, Solent NHS Trust, Isle of Wight NHS Trusts community and mental health teams, as well as Hampshire CAMHS, originally part of Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust. This transformation enables us to deliver more seamless care across the region, ensuring that patients receive the right support, in the right place, at the right time.

Join us as we embark on this exciting journey to shape the future of healthcare across Hampshire and the Isle of Wight. We are deeply committed to our CARE values of compassion, accountability, respect, and excellence, and offer outstanding opportunities for career development, training, and collaborative working.

Job description

Further information about the Trust and this role can be found on the Job Description and Person Specification document attached. It is important to us that we ensure our recruitment processes are accessible and inclusive to everyone - if as a potential candidate you are concerned a person specification may prevent or restrict your application for employment as a result of unintentional barriers on the grounds of your sex, race, age, sexual orientation, religion/belief or disability please initially contact the Trust's Recruitment team - detailed in the advert. The Trust will seek to resolve this issue wherever possible.

We are happy to talk Flexible Working - all requests for flexible working options can be discussed as part of the interview process.

Person specification
Qualifications
Essential

• A minimum two-year post-graduate (or equivalent) qualification in Art Therapy, Dramatherapy or Music Therapy.
• Registration with the Health and Care Professionals Council (HCPC) as an arts therapist.
• Evidence of relevant continuing professional development.

Desirable

Registration with BAAT

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 Professional Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website.

For help with your application, contact:

Kezia Crichton

Pay scheme

Agenda for Change

Band

Band 7

Salary

£ to £ Yearly

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Part-Time

Reference number

348-CFS-9556

Job locations

Oak Park Childrens Services

8 Lavant Drive

Havant

Hampshire

PO9 2AW

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