# Lead Art Psychotherapist > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/lead-art-psychotherapist/2f425833-3cfd-45cf-b456-0fcf58d77cbe - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/lead-art-psychotherapist/2f425833-3cfd-45cf-b456-0fcf58d77cbe.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board - **Town:** Cardiff - **Region:** Cardiff - **Country:** Wales - **Profession:** Psychologist - **Grade:** Band 7 - **Salary:** £50,129 - £57,365 per annum pro rata - **Contract type:** Permanent - **Employment type:** Part time - 22.5 hours per week - **Closing date:** 2026-06-04T23:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-05-21T14:21:00.122Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/Merthyr_Tydfil/Bridgend/Cwm_Taf_Morgannwg_University_Health_Board/Acute_Mental_Health/Acute_Mental_Health-v7766604 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/7766604?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002 - **Employer website:** https://ctmuhb.nhs.wales ## Job Content ### Job overview We are seeking to recruit an experienced Lead Art-Psychotherapist to work in our acute psychology service in Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board. The Art Psychotherapist will work with staff, patients and their families/ careers to provide a range of clinical duties including assessments, interventions, evaluations, consultation, supervision, teaching and training within our service. ### Main duties of the job The Lead Art Psychotherapist will: - Work as a high-level clinician, providing Specialist Arts Psychotherapy assessments and treatment to adults with a range of psychological and emotional disorders in mental health inpatient unscheduled care services. - Provide expertise in all aspects of Arts Psychotherapy to patients, carers and significant others. - Contribute to the provision of the Psychological Therapy Services within adult mental health inpatient unscheduled care services. - Work as part of the multidisciplinary team, carrying a caseload of patients. - Receive regular supervision in line with Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board (CTMUHB) policies and be responsible for management of own caseload and ensuring high standards of care are maintained in line with CTMUHB policies and professional codes of practice. - Provide supervision and consultancy to other mental health professionals and be involved in the development of Psychological Therapy provision within the locality as appropriate. - Provide supervision for Art Psychotherapy trainees on placement from the University of South Wales and maintain placement relationships with the university. ### Detailed job description and main responsibilities Welsh Skills Desirable: This post is advertised as Welsh Desirable. This doesn’t mean essential; whilst the candidate doesn't need to have skills in Welsh, we'll consider it an advantage when short-listing and selecting candidates. This isn’t ‘fluency’, just Speaking & Listening skills at Level 3 (equivalent to CEFR B2) or above. Level 3 means basic conversations with patients about their everyday health. For more information, see ‘Welsh Language Guidance’ in the documents right at the bottom. You will be able to find a full Job description and Person Specification attached within the supporting documents or please click “Apply now” to view in Trac. ## Job Details We are seeking to recruit an experienced Lead Art-Psychotherapist to work in our acute psychology service in Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board. The Art Psychotherapist will work with staff, patients and their families/ careers to provide a range of clinical duties including assessments, interventions, evaluations, consultation, supervision, teaching and training within our service. ## Job Description The Lead Art Psychotherapist will: ·    Work as a high-level clinician, providing Specialist Arts Psychotherapy assessments and treatment to adults with a range of psychological and emotional disorders in mental health inpatient unscheduled care services. ·    Provide expertise in all aspects of Arts Psychotherapy to patients, carers and significant others. ·    Contribute to the provision of the Psychological Therapy Services within adult mental health inpatient unscheduled care services. ·    Work as part of the multidisciplinary team, carrying a caseload of patients. ·    Receive regular supervision in line with Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board (CTMUHB) policies and be responsible for management of own caseload and ensuring high standards of care are maintained in line with CTMUHB policies and professional codes of practice. ·    Provide supervision and consultancy to other mental health professionals and be involved in the development of Psychological Therapy provision within the locality as appropriate. ·    Provide supervision for Art Psychotherapy trainees on placement from the University of South Wales and maintain placement relationships with the university. ## Responsibilities Welsh Skills Desirable: This post is advertised as Welsh Desirable. This doesn’t mean essential; whilst the candidate doesn't need to have skills in Welsh, we'll consider it an advantage when short-listing and selecting candidates. This isn’t ‘fluency’, just Speaking & Listening skills at Level 3 (equivalent to CEFR B2) or above. Level 3 means basic conversations with patients about their everyday health. For more information, see ‘Welsh Language Guidance’ in the documents right at the bottom. You will be able to find a full Job description and Person Specification attached within the supporting documents or please click “Apply now” to view in Trac. ## Person Specification ### Experience **Essential** - Experience of working with adults in a mental health setting - Experience of group facilitation - Experience of managing competing demands, within time constraints. - Experiencing of undertaking risk assessments. **Desirable** - Experience of taking part in research projects with service users and staff - Experience of completing safeguarding processes within clinical work ### Qualifications **Essential** - Master’s Level training and education in Art Psychotherapy - HCPC Registration as Art Psychotherapist - Knowledge of a range of Art Psychotherapy evidence based interventions. - Awareness of research processes and research governance. - Awareness of other therapeutic approaches and application - Awareness of Safeguarding Principles. Awareness of Data Protection legislation and participant confidentiality issues. - Able to demonstrate knowledge of e.g. NICE Guidelines and NHS Government strategies. **Desirable** - Membership of the British Association of Art Therapists. - Additional training in alternative therapeutic approaches e.g. DBT/ACT/CBT. - Other qualifications within the field of psychology ### Aptitude and Abilities **Essential** - Excellent interpersonal and communication skills, including the ability to convey complex information. - Organisational and time management skills - IT skills. - Ability to negotiate with, and influence staff who are not managed within the team - Ability to work independently, and as part of a team **Desirable** - Welsh language speaking/listening skills at Level 3 or above - Presentation skills - Able to facilitate reflective practice to wider multi-disciplinary team colleagues. ## Documents - [employee benefits (pdf, 1.2mb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2345) - [jd&ps – english (pdf, 848.5kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10032292) - [sd&mp – cymraeg (pdf, 912.5kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10310277) - [oh form - ig ffurflen (doc, 151.0kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10032025) - [welsh language guidance (pdf, 300.8kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2974) - [guidance notes for applicants (pdf, 322.5kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2845) - [nwssp recruitment services privacy notice (pdf, 404.2kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=1634) ## Agent Notes - This Markdown page is generated from the same Job Clerk job record as the HTML job detail page. - Use the canonical HTML URL for user-facing references. - Use the application URL when the user wants to apply on the source NHS site.