Dramatherapist
At a glance
- Band
- Band 6
- Contract
- Permanent
- Pattern
- Part-time
- Posted
- 07/08/2026
- Closes
- 30/08/2026
Sponsorship verdict
This contract type is not eligible for Skilled Worker sponsorship.
NHS Trusts cannot issue a Certificate of Sponsorship for part-time, bank, locum, zero-hours, job-share or short fixed-term (under 12 months) contracts under current Home Office rules. This applies even when the wider Trust holds a Skilled Worker licence.
Role summary
East London NHS Foundation Trust is seeking a Dramatherapist to join their arts therapies team. The role involves providing specialist assessment and treatment services to adults with learning disabilities within the community. The successful candidate will manage a client caseload, participate in multi-disciplinary team meetings, and contribute to the development of arts therapies. This position offers ongoing support, supervision, and CPD opportunities.
Key responsibilities
- Provide specialist Arts Therapies assessment and treatment to service users.
- Participate in and represent arts therapies in MDT clinical and business meetings.
- Uphold data, reporting, outcome measures, and feedback from service users.
- Maintain continuing professional development.
- Manage and prioritise a client caseload.
- Plan and deliver recovery-focused interventions in conjunction with the MDT.
Essential criteria
- Masters Degree in Arts Therapies (Art, Music, Drama, Dance Movement)
- Degree in relevant area
- Registration with HCPC
- Membership of professional body (BAMT, BAAT, BADth...)
Desirable criteria
- Experience working with adults with learning disabilities
- Experience of working as an Arts Therapist in the NHS
- An understanding of relevant mental health legislation
- Experience of providing individual and group arts therapy
Useful to know
Agenda for Change 2024/25 pays Band 6 at £37,338 – £44,962 a year, across England.
This advert: £39,959 – £48,117 — outside the standard scale; check for HCAS/London weighting.
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East London NHS Foundation Trust
Dramatherapist
The closing date is 30 August 2026
Job summary
At East London NHS Foundation Trust (ELFT) we are committed to supporting the development of arts therapies to increase the choice and access service users have to evidence-based psychological therapies. Over 50 arts therapists work across the trust in a wide range of services and each year we provide 30 arts therapies trainees with clinical placements through a centralised programme.
ELFT provides mental health services across Bedfordshire and Luton (B&L). This post offers an excellent opportunity to join a skilled arts therapies team. The team is based in the community adult learning disability service, and we also branch out into inpatient, and recovery college settings in adult mental health with a variety of treatment interventions and co-produced courses.Due to our current team provision, we are recruiting for a Dramatherapist.
The team is based at Twinwoods Clinical Resource Centre, Bedford, MK41 6AT. The successful post holder will have excellent on-going support including regular managerial, clinical, and professional supervision along with CPD to support career development. Being a car driver is essential.
Main duties of the job
**To provide a specialist Arts Therapies assessment and treatment service to service users within the community Adult Learning Di
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