New Song Music Therapy is seeking music therapists to join our passionate team. If you are passionate, reliable, self-motivated, interested in working within a music psychotherapy framework and would love to work with seniors who are striving for personal development then New Song is looking for you! We work closely with residents who have had a stroke, Parkinson's, anxiety, depression, life transitions and other related diagnoses found in long term care.
New Song Music Therapy is a music psychotherapy company based in Ontario, Canada serving the community since 2009. We are a creative company that cares about seniors and senior living. Over the past 12 years, we have developed a transformative and signature music therapy program for the needs of seniors, and we are happy to see just how much of a difference it has made in their lives. We could not have achieved this without our team – the skilled, compassionate, and committed people that are the key to our success.
- Full-time and Part-Time Employee Positions with room to grow
- Paid Vacation and Stat Holidays
- Clinical and Peer Supervision
- Team Meetings and Socials (which often includes Ice Cream Cake)
- Continued Education Opportunities
- Ongoing Training, support and development
- A growing company with various opportunities
- Additional resources
- Onsite session time and documentation supported by our cloud-based system
- Caseload and groups are pre-established, as per the New Song model
- Each location has its own set of instruments
- Ability to work within the new song model which includes a music psychotherapy framework
- Music Therapy Degree
- Music Therapist Accredited status or seeking Accreditation
- A Member in Good standing with the CAMT
- The ability to work as part of an inter-professional team and independently
- Passionate about music therapy
- Willing to engage in ongoing training
- Strong music skills
- Ability to assess, observe and document a patient’s mood, affect, behaviour and responses to music interventions
- Desire to develop Psychotherapeutic techniques
- Experience in Geriatrics is an asset
- Maintaining Professional Behaviour
- Ability to play basic chord progressions (I, IV, V) in various keys on the guitar
- Ability to accompany yourself on the guitar while singing and engaging clients in the music
- Ability to improvise, using percussion instruments, voice and/or guitar
- Ability to quickly learn music and apply it in different interventions
- Understanding of a music therapy model that includes counselling
- Access to a vehicle.
- Meets or works towards requirements for registration with the College of Registered Psychotherapists of Ontario.
