Summary of Position:  The Music Therapy Department at the Community Music Center of Boston (CMCB) is seeking a motivated, creative, passionate and community-oriented music therapist.  The music therapist will provide quality music therapy services at various community outreach sites and at CMCB.  For the foreseeable future, these services will be provided online.  The Music Therapy Department serves individuals from a variety of populations and age groups.  The current available work includes adults with developmental disabilities as well as work with school-age children with developmental and behavioral needs.  Experience with one of these populations is preferred.  

Status: Part-time (10+ hours, weekdays)

Potential to increase hours in the near future   

Start date: August

Reports to: Director of Music Therapy

Works Closely With: Director of Music Therapy, Music Therapists and Music Therapy Interns

Responsibilities

• Provide weekly music therapy services in individual and group settings
• Facilitate sessions online and in person
• Provide supervision for Music Therapy Interns and Berklee College of Music practicum students
• Complete documentation including assessments, weekly progress notes, quarterly progress reports, and annual agency profiles
• Participate in weekly supervision with the Director of Music Therapy, complete professional development opportunities and onboarding tasks, attend quarterly Music Therapy Department staff meetings, present in-services and attend community events as a representative of CMCB
• Communicate with direct service staff and administrative teams at community outreach sites.  Communicate with caregivers regarding client progress
• Use Community Music Center of Boston email address to stay in communication with Music Therapy Department team

Essential Qualifications

• MT-BC required 
• Two years of professional experience, which will allow the music therapist to supervise interns
• Ability to facilitate music therapy sessions remotely
• Experience with a variety of populations and age groups
• Ability to adapt clinical work to different agency, group and individual client needs
• Flexible and comfortable in different clinical settings, work environments and community spaces
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Familiarity with hip hop music production, engineering and songwriting
• Proficiency in clinical musicianship and clinical improvisation.  Proficiency in voice and accompanying instrument.
• Understanding of the principles of diversity, equity and inclusion practices and their application to the field of music therapy
• Ability to effectively plan, facilitate and document music therapy sessions

Physical Demands

• Requires physical stamina to transport, lift and distribute instruments

Application Instructions

To apply, please submit a cover letter and resume to Christopher Perry, Director of Music Therapy at cperry@cmcb.org

Please, no phone calls.

Music Therapist

Our Music Therapist is responsible for planning, organizing and conducting a comprehensive music therapy program.

Required qualifications:

Job Type: Contract

Contact information:

Dana Spinney

Dspinney@htnr.net

508-852-1000

Start Date: Immediately

Job Type: Full-Time, Monday-Friday

Pay: Salaried position

Sing Explore Create, LLC has an immediate opening for a full-time board-certified music therapist. The majority of client hours will take place in the South Shore and surrounding areas south of Boston, including some clinic hours in our studio. Phone and in-person interviews will be conducted as applications are received.

Sing Explore Create, LLC is a music therapy private practice and arts studio. We provide music therapy services in our Rockland studios, as well as on-site at a number of schools, day habs, assisted living, hospitals, and other facilities across the South Shore and beyond. In addition, we have a team of teachers who provide music and art lessons and recreational classes in-studio and at other locations. While this position is for a full-time music therapist, teaching private lessons (including adapted lessons) may be an option if the candidate is interested. There is a real opportunity for growth in this position, as we are constantly expanding our practice and the list of agencies and facilities we work with. Hired candidate will have the opportunity to continue to mold the position to meet his/her professional goals and work with his/her preferred client population. Although this is a traveling position, every effort is made to minimize travel time and keep therapists working in 1 geographic location each day (some contracts require the therapist to be at one location all day).  Our team of therapists and educators is very supportive of one another and frequently communicates to share ideas, resources, and professional support, including biweekly peer supervision meetings. This is an exciting time to join our team and we look forward to meeting you!

Benefits:

• Health Insurance
• Worker’s compensation
• Liability Insurance
• Professional Liability Insurance
• CBMT annual dues
• Assistance in obtaining CMTEs
• Paid time off + certain paid holidays
• Travel Stipend
• Individual and Group Supervision
• Company-owned laptop/instruments distributed upon beginning of employment
• Access to library of music therapy resources and instruments
• Working with a strong team of music therapists and creative arts educators in collaborative environment that emphasizes active participation in supervision and sharing resources with one another!

Requirements:

• Board-certified music therapist (bachelor’s or master’s level)
• Reliable transportation and valid driver’s license. Willingness to travel to clients.
• Strong music skills (especially voice and guitar)
• Ability to plan and provide quality music therapy treatment to a variety of clients and populations
• Strong verbal and written communication skills
• Ability to work independently and with a team
• Pass a CORI/SORI background check
• Follow American Music Therapy Association (AMTA) and Certification Board for Music Therapists (CBMT) standards of practice.
• Maintain board certification by CBMT and comply with continuing education requirements. Some assistance will be given by Sing Explore Create, LLC for this.

Job Description:

• Provide a minimum of 20 direct client contact service hours per week in the South Shore and South Coast regions of MA. (Primary population is children/adults with developmental and intellectual disabilities, children and adults with anxiety/ADD/ADHD, residents in memory care).  
• Provide 1:1 music therapy and group music therapy sessions to clients in accordance with their treatment plans.
• Provide 1:1 adapted/therapeutic music lessons (for candidates qualified to do so)
• Complete and document intakes, assessments, and client sessions for music therapy clients.
• Maintain documentation for music therapy clients, utilizing Sing Explore Create, LLC’s documentation system, including weekly session notes, as well as written progress reports as frequently as deemed necessary in individual client’s treatment plans.
• Effectively communicate with parents/clients regarding treatment plans, sessions, scheduling, etc.
• Complete daily timesheets.  
• Attend staff meetings and participate in biweekly supervision meetings.
• Assist in program development needs as they arise.
• Attend open houses, recitals, and other community events as a representative of Sing Explore Create, LLC.
• Document hours and work completed each week.
• Perform other duties as assigned by the Director.

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Nicole Craven, MA MT-BC

  Director, Sing Explore Create, LLC

  (781)803-2117 ext. 4

  28 Webster St. Box 11, Rockland, MA 02370

Sing Explore Create, LLC

Making music and the arts accessible to all!

Providing services in-studio and at facilities throughout the South Shore and beyond!

www.singexplorecreate.com

We are seeking a board certified music therapist to join our Creative Arts Therapies (CAT) team.  This is a part-time/fee for service position with immediate need to fill music therapy positions in Early Intervention, in-home service with medically fragile children and adolescents, and 1:1 music therapy.  It is anticipated that additional contract work will be available, including, small group, Memory Care and Alzheimer’s programming, school based group music therapy, and specialized ensemble work (chorus).  Hours are varied and will include morning, afternoon, evening, and weekends.  Ability to work Saturday is required.  Services are provided on the South Shore and Southeastern Massachusetts.  Reliable transportation and valid driver’s license is required.

Essential Duties include, but are not limited to:

Ø  Plan, organize, and lead goal directed music therapy sessions, for groups and individuals with diverse abilities, skills, and needs, in a variety of settings

Ø  Prepare and maintain music therapy session plans, observations, progress reports, and materials as required and/or requested

Ø  Communicate with all stake holders (team, family, individual) in both written and verbal form

Ø  Collaborate with team, department, and others to develop and deliver effective and relevant treatment

Ø  Represent CAT at vendor fairs, conferences, workshops, and special events

Ø  Maintain board certification (MT-BC) through continuing education

Ø  Participate in scheduled SSC and departmental meetings, professional development, and supervision

Ø  Promote and support SSC programs, activities, and mission 

Qualifications:

Ø  Board Certification in Music Therapy (CBMT certification)

Ø  Proficiency of clinical musicianship on piano, guitar, voice

Ø  Ability to improvise using both melodic and rhythm instruments

Ø  Excellent communication skills

Ø  Experience working with a variety of populations, including early childhood and geriatrics

Ø  Valid driver’s license and reliable transportation

Salary:

Ø  Varies with contracts; based on experience.

Please send resume and cover letter to Eve Montague, MSM, MT-BC, Director, Creative Arts Therapies at e.montague@sscmusic.org

Posted, August 21, 2019 

About South Shore Conservatory

South Shore Conservatory, (SSC) has been providing access to and enriching the lives of South Shore residents through music and the arts for almost 50 years. Recognized as a national model for arts education by the National Guild for Community Arts Education, SSC is the largest, not-for-profit, community school for the arts in Massachusetts, serving over 4500 students of all ages and abilities at its two beautiful campuses and in partnership with schools, and social service and community agencies throughout the South Shore. Students participate in more than 50 diverse programs in music, dance and drama, with performance playing an important role in overall education. With more than 100 exceptional musicians on faculty, SSC offers 30 professionally produced concerts annually.  Through innovative partnerships, SSC’s Creative Arts Therapies department supports the mental, emotional, and physical health of some of our community’s underserved members.  SSC’s campuses are located at One Conservatory Drive, Hingham, (781-749-7565) and 64 St. George Street, Duxbury (781-934-2731). At our newest campus, 135 Webster Street, Hanover, (781-452-7455), the Glick Family Center for Creative Arts Therapies is scheduled to come on line in the Fall of 2020. 

SSC was established with the belief that the arts are vital to and an innate part of everyone’s life, regardless of age, ability or circumstance. SSC’s mission statement: to provide access to exceptional arts education and performance for the South Shore community, fostering creativity, artistic growth, and well-being for individuals of all ages, backgrounds and abilities, reflects the full scope of opportunities and aspirations for which it strives.  SSC programs are supported in part by a grant from the Massachusetts Cultural Council, a state agency. For more information call us, follow us on Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest or Instagram or visit www.sscmusic.org.

In keeping with SSC’s inclusive mission to provide access to quality education in the arts for all, the Conservatory offers programs for all segments of the population to enjoy, regardless of age, ability, geography, and financial means.  Furthermore, South Shore Conservatory admits students and families of any race, color, national and ethnic origin to all the rights, privileges, programs and activities generally accorded or made available to students at the school.

Making Music

Changing Lives

Anna Maria College is hiring adjunct music therapy instructors to teach undergraduate music therapy courses for Fall 2019 including Clinical Guitar I, and III, Introduction to Music Therapy, Music Therapy with Adult Populations, and Music as a Health Resource (self-care with music for nursing students).  The music department has a strong team approach, a supportive teaching atmosphere, and classes are small (8-12 students). Qualified MT-BC candidates will have a Masters degree in Music Therapy and supervisory and/or teaching experience is desired but not required. To apply, submit 1) a resume, 2) two references (willing to be contacted), and 3) a cover letter including a short description of your pedagogical approach to one or more of the following courses: Clinical Guitar, Introduction to Music Therapy, Music Therapy with Adult Populations, Music as a Health Resource to lsummer@annamaria.edu.  The review of applications will begin immediately and continue until the position is filled.

Anna Maria College; 50 Sunset Lane; Paxton, MA  01612-1198; www.annamaria.edu