At Chiltern Music Therapy we do things differently.  We are an award-winning not-for-profit organisation, providing music therapy across health, education, social care and community settings in England.  Our services cover the complete lifecycle, supporting premature infants through to people receiving end of life care.  We believe that music therapy can be the transformative thread in everyday life. 

Chiltern is employee-owned and operates under a self-managing model.  We recognise the different strengths within our team and provide an environment where people can take charge of the work they do, using professional judgement and life experience, alongside peer support, in order to make informed and integrated decisions.

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• £190 per day
• 1 day per week with the potential to expand depending on location
• Freelance position

• Delivering group and individual music therapy sessions as part of full and half-day services across SEN primary, SEN secondary and mainstream primary schools.
• Weekly clinical note-writing
• Carrying out individual assessments with reports and recommendations
• Annual review/discharge reports
• Managing and prioritising referrals
• Use of appropriate outcome measures to support goal-setting and service evaluation
• Managing onsite relationships with relevant staff members
• Delivering relevant presentations or training sessions to staff when required
• Working flexibly with services to meet their needs

• A comprehensive induction
• A range of mandatory trainings
• Outcomes Star training and licence
• CPD opportunities
• Discounted access to our NEST programme - Newly/recently qualified Music Therapist Development Programme
• In-house clinical and peer support
• Optional in-house supervision
• Online community through our Slack platform and channels

Supporting our team to realise their professional ambitions is important to us. Whilst the current opportunity is predominantly for school services, with the support of our Services Team, there is potential for us to support your personal development into other clinical areas.

Essential requirements:

• HCPC registration and a DBS check
• Confident and self-motivated individual
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Strong organisational, planning, and problem-solving skills
• Willing to travel to different locations throughout the week (some services will require equipment to be transported – a full driving licence with access to a vehicle or use of public transport is required)

Desirable:

• Previous experience working in schools or with children and young people in the community
• Additional training in Neurologic Music Therapy