Employers' Information: What can you expect from a Sesame Practitioner

If you are considering employing a Sesame practitioner it is important to appreciate that the Sesame Approach is a way of working therapeutically which uses drama and movement as tools for psychological well-being.  It is life enhancing and honours soul values, those aspects of the inner landscape that are often ignored in today’s world.  Given this, outcomes of Sesame interventions are more accurately measured through qualitative means rather than the usual quantitative approaches.

For an example Working Agreement document, please click here.

If you are considering employing a Sesame Practitioner you can expect:

Insurance:

It is important to be clear about the provisions for public liability insurance and professional indemnity cover. The therapist should be able to show documentary proof of their up to date insurance cover.  It is the employer’s responsibility to ask for this and to check it.

Police checks:

Where this is necessary to work with the clients please discuss with the Sesame Practitioner and organise as appropriate.

HPC Registration:

It is the employer's responsibility to see documentary proof of the dramatherapist's up-to-date registration with the Health Professions Council. This comes in the form of a certificate issued every two years and a registration number that begins with the letters AS. You can check their registration online by visiting the HPC website (www.hpc-uk.org).  It is also the employer's responsibility to see documentary proof of the professional qualifications and registration where appropriate of any other therapist they employ who uses the Sesame Approach.

Supervision and Therapy:

Therapists are required to see a clinical supervisor on a regular basis. For dramatherapists this is usually, but not always, another Dramatherapist who has undertaken specialist training in supervision. Clinical supervision is a separate process whereby the therapist takes matters arising from their work so that any difficulties and the therapist's own emotional responses can be heard and processed. There are currently no requirements for the specific number of hours or frequency of supervision sessions laid down by the Sesame Institute or the HPC.

Dramatherapists are required to be in their own personal therapy and their own group Dramatherapy as part of their initial training. There is no current requirement for therapists to continue in personal therapy once they have completed their training; however, from 2009 the Health Professions Council will require registrants to show evidence of their continuing professional development (CPD).

For information about the training, supervision and personal therapy requirements of therapists from other disciplines please check the relevant professional association.

Code of Ethics:

All Sesame Practitioner adhere to the Sesame code of conduct, as well as those of their authorising profession.

Please click here to take you to a copy of the Sesame Institute Code of Ethics