Overview
Bexley CAMHS has undergone a service transformation to align with the CAMHS Thrive framework. As the Senior Art Therapist in the Cedar Team, you will lead the art therapy pathway in our service and provide clinical leadership to our Art Therapists. The aim of this post is to deliver timely, responsive and needs-based mental health interventions for the children and young people in Bexley.
The role focuses on providing high quality, evidence-based art psychotherapy to children, their families, carers and professional networks, and contributing to overall service delivery within a multidisciplinary team.
Responsibilities
* To provide the CAMHS team with a high quality, evidence based art psychotherapy service to children, their families, carers and professional networks in keeping with the CYP-IAPT principles.
* To provide highly specialist assessment and therapy to families with children and adolescents referred to CAMHS.
* To provide specialist advice and consultation regarding treatment to CAMHS colleagues, external agencies, working autonomously within professional guidelines and within a multi-disciplinary team, contributing to overall service delivery as required.
* To contribute to the development of local and trust wide policy and service initiatives in Art Psychotherapy and the Psychological Therapies directorate. To assist and support the implementation of trust wide policies for the Service and to be responsible for interpreting Art Psychotherapy policies for the service in which the post is based.
* Main duties of the job
* To plan, organise and manage own workload, prioritising work as appropriate.
* To be responsible for the clinical supervision and professional management of Art Psychotherapists and trainee Art Psychotherapists in the borough of Bexley
* To manage the workloads of supervisees, within the framework of team policies and procedures and oversee clinical standards
* Inform and advise other professionals and students about Art Psychotherapy through presentations and teaching.
* To be involved in the recruitment of staff, sitting on interview panels and taking part in the selection process as required
* To lead on an agreed area of service development
* To develop, monitor and evaluate the effectiveness of Art Psychotherapy Service in Bexley CAMHS, and contribute to the Art Psychotherapy service as a whole.
About Us
Oxleas offers a wide range of NHS healthcare services 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 staff work in many settings including hospitals, clinics, prisons, secure hospitals, children\'s centres, schools and people\'s homes. We operate across London and Kent, and are the largest NHS provider of prison health services in various regions.
Our Purpose is to Improve Lives By Providing The Best Possible Care To Our Patients And Their Families, strengthened by our values: We\'re Kind, We\'re Fair, We Listen, We Care.
Details
* Date posted: 23 September 2025
* Pay scheme: Agenda for change
* Band: Band 8a
* Salary: £61,631 to £68,623 a year pa pro rata
* Contract: Permanent
* Working pattern: Part-time
* Location: Bexley CAMHS, Park Crescent, Erith, DA8 3EE
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