Drama Therapist/Art Therapist | Cambridgeshire and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust
| Posting date: | 18 February 2026 |
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| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £38,682 - £46,580 per annum pro rata |
| Hours: | Part time |
| Closing date: | 20 March 2026 |
| Location: | Cambridge, CB21 5EF |
| Company: | Cambridgeshire and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust |
| Job type: | Contract |
| Job reference: | 7761783/310-ASMH-7761783 |
Summary
The Arts Therapies Service take referrals for patients where a clear clinical need is identified across all localities within CPFT. Referrals are taken from Children’s, Adults and Older Peoples Directorates both in Acute and Community settings. The Arts Therapies Service delivers groups and individual sessions on Wards for inpatients and delivers sessions for community patients within the Arts Therapies department main base and where relevant in Community bases for patients in the community.
The postholder will provide specialist Drama/Art Therapy assessment and intervention, both individual and group, and to review the effectiveness of interventions using outcome measures as required by the Arts Therapies Professional Lead.
• To work collaboratively with people, their carers and families, and multidisciplinary teams and to plan Drama/Art Therapy interventions.
• To manage a specialist case load, providing assessment, diagnoses, treatment and monitoring of individuals identified needs across the Arts Therapies Service.
• To participate in multi-disciplinary/ multi agency working within the Arts Therapies. and with key partners.
Cambridgeshire and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust is a health and social care organisation dedicated to providing high-quality care with compassion to improve the health and wellbeing of the people we care for, as well as supporting and empowering them to lead a fulfilling life.
Our clinical teams deliver many NHS services, not only via inpatient and primary care settings, but also within the community. These services include children's, adult and older people's mental health, forensic and specialist mental health, learning disabilities, primary care and liaison psychiatry, substance misuse, social care, research and development.
To achieve our goal, we look to recruit high-calibre candidates who share our vision and values. As an equal opportunities employer, we encourage applications from all sectors of the community, particularly from under-represented groups including people with long term conditions and members of our ethnic minority and LGBTQ+ communities.
Please be advised we reserve the right to close adverts earlier than the closing date should we receive sufficient applications.
Regrettably, we cannot offer sponsorship for all our job roles. If you apply for a role that we cannot offer sponsorship for, unfortunately, your application form will be rejected from the process.
For further information on CPFT, please visit our website at www.cpft.nhs.uk
Please refer to the attached job description and person specification for full details of responsibilities.
• To participate in the delivery of Drama/Art Therapy under the guidance of a specialist band 7 Arts Therapist and the Lead Arts Therapist by managing a caseload of clients.
• To maintain professional standards in accordance with the relevant professional body BADTH/BAAT and the professional regulator (Health and Care Professions Council)
• To participate in audit, service evaluation and research activities when required
• To participate in the delivery of Drama/Art Therapy under the guidance of specialist band 7 Arts Therapist and the Lead Arts Therapist by managing a caseload of clients.
• The post holder will demonstrate specialist knowledge and skills and have undertaken appropriate post registration training.
• To be proficient in the assessment, identification, treatment and management of the emotional and psychological needs of the population requiring prolonged, in-depth concentration. This includes risk assessment, assessment of complex conditions.
• To frequently communicate and receive highly complex sensitive information with people; who have experienced trauma/abuse /highly complex needs; their relatives/carers and other professionals.
• To have the specialist knowledge / skill to apply psychodynamic formulations and theory to work with individuals, groups and organizations
This advert closes on Wednesday 4 Mar 2026