Join the Team- Music Therapist Job Position

We are seeking a passionate and dedicated part-time music therapist to join our North Vancouver studio team. Our studio serves a diverse range of clients, including neurodiverse children, adolescents, and adults, as well as individuals with mental health and other diverse needs.

We pride ourselves on fostering a collaborative, supportive, and close-knit team environment. As such, we are seeking candidates who are genuinely interested in building a long-term role with us. If you’re exploring a short-term opportunity (e.g., 6 months to 1 year), this position may not be the right fit.

If you are ready to commit to a meaningful, long-term position and thrive in a supportive team, we’d love to hear from you!

Job Parameters:

Number of Hours: 11 hours/week

Days:

Wednesdays (6 hours) 1:10pm-7:45pm

Thursdays (5 hours) 1:15pm-6:45pm

• 11 clients, most weekly, some biweekly

• 1 hour 1:1 sessions

• days and times are non negotiable as there are current clients in the slots that will be transitioning over to you.

Site: ET Music Therapy Inc. Headquarters & North Vancouver Studio 786 East 13th Street, North Vancouver

Session Format: Individual Sessions

Training Period: effective now (one month paid training)

Start Date: Immediately following training completion

Requirements:

• Applicant must have an avid interest & passion in working with autistic individuals, and other neurodiverse children, teens and young adults with diverse needs, as well as mental Health clients.

• Applicant should have/but not required to have: experience working with autistic individuals, those with diverse needs

• Applicant must be creative, driven, energetic

• Applicant must have high stamina and a strong work ethic

• Applicant must have strong and dynamic skills in piano and guitar, including improvisation

• Applicant must be confident in using their voice acapella and within structured interventions

• Applicant must have strong music theory knowledge and application

• Applicant must have strong team collaboration skills and enjoy being part of a team

Please send in your resume to Esther Thane: [email protected]

What ET Music Therapy Provides:

• Extended medical benefits coverage plan (min. 10 hours per week of employment with ET Music Therapy Inc.)

• Extended dental benefits coverage plan (min. 10 hours per week of employment with ET Music Therapy Inc.)

• Professional liability Insurance coverage

• General Liability Insurance coverage

• Workers’ compensation provision

• Vacation pay

• Sick pay

• Provision of Zoom Pro Account

• Criminal record checks provision payments upon request

• Monthly invoicing & reconciliation of payments

• Session scheduling

• Initial intake conversations/ liaising with new clients (ie. 15-30 minute phone calls, multiple emails)

• Provision of intake forms

• Provision on ongoing letters for funding for clients to submit to funding bodies

• Provision of Enterprise Level Cloud Therapy Documentation Platform: UnitusTI (including additional digital materials bundle access for clients/families use), + provision of expert music therapist app’s package.

• Training in, and on going use of: the Meet In The Music© – music therapy curriculum

• Provision, Supply & Maintenance of: music instruments, materials, props, other session manipulatives

• Provision of session site

• Provision of cleaning/ health supplies (masks, cleaning supplies)

• Ongoing curration of new clients

• Ongoing connection meetings with para- professionals for referrals & ongoing relationship maintenance of funding bodies and charities

• Ongoing supervision of sessions & professional consultation

• Ongoing provision of professional development training & financial coverage of external learning opportunities

Please send resume to Esther Thane: [email protected]