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Music Therapist

olvhs
Buffalo, NY Full Time
POSTED ON 10/22/2026
AVAILABLE BEFORE 11/21/2026

Are you passionate about providing support and clinical services to adolescents and adults through music therapy sessions?

 

Join OLV Human Services as a Music Therapist! 🎶🎷🎼

 

Pay Range: $24.00 - $38.00/hour

 

Responsible to: Recreation Coordinator

Job Summary:

The Music Therapist provides support and clinical services to adolescents, and adults, adjusting for the effects of age, culture, background, experience and developmental status. This employee is responsible for planning, implementing and evaluating therapeutic individual and group music therapy sessions that address the treatment needs of the client.

 

Essential Job Duties:

  1. Adapts lesson plans and activities to individuals’ ability and treatment needs.
  2. Ensures that appropriate supplies are available, in good working condition and are safe.
  3. Identifies and links residents with appropriate community resources.
  4. Formulates an assessment of prioritized treatment issues to be addressed (relevant to the scope and purpose of the individual’s program), based on the information gathered.
  5. Formulates a treatment plan which is written in behavioral terms, is measurable and changes over the course of treatment.
  6. Demonstrates an awareness of outside resources relevant to the population served.
  7. Implements appropriate record keeping procedures (monthly activities calendar, weekly schedule, multi-d reports, and evaluations/assessments).
  8. Assists in transporting clients as required.
  9. Follows agency guidelines.
  10. Performs all other job-related duties as assigned by supervisor.

 

Skills:

  • Computer skills
  • Knowledge of how to work with clients of all ages and abilities

 

Competencies Template: Professional

 

Competencies:

  • Communication: Oral and Written
  • Creativity/Innovation: Fosters and initiates new ideas, methods and solutions
  • Teamwork ability: Work with others, being personally connected with other professionals on the job
  • Dependability: Being reliable, responsible, and dependable and fulfilling obligations
  • Adaptability: Open to change and being flexible in the workplace

Minimum Degree Required:

  • Bachelor's degree

 

Minimum Experience Required:

  • 1-2 years working with youth with behavioral/emotional issues and a variety of disabilities

 

Required License/Registration/Certification:

  • Valid NYS Driver’s License
  • Board certified Music Therapist
  • TCI Certification (training provided by OLV Human Services)

 

Required Training:

  • New Hire Orientation
  • TCI Certification (training provided by OLV Human Services)

 

Physical Requirements:

  • The overall nature of the position is sedentary requiring little physical effort with occasional light physical exertion required. There is little, if any, exposure to environmental conditions
  • The constant physical demands of the position are standing and walking.
  • The frequent physical demands of the position are sitting, climbing, talking, hearing, repetitive motions, and eye/hand/foot coordination.
  • The occasional physical demands of the position are lifting, carrying, pushing, pulling, balancing, stooping, crouching, reaching, handling, grasping, and feeling.

Salary : $25 - $38

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