West London Music Therapist
| Company: | Shooting Star Children's Hospices |
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| Salary: | £16,306.40 to £16,306.40 a year |
| Hours: | Part-time |
| Location: | The Avenue, , TW12 3RA |
| Working pattern: | On-site |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Posting date: | 30 Oct 2026 |
| Closing date: | 16 Nov 2026 |
Summary
Your key purpose will be to provide high quality music therapy to children and family members. You will be using creative techniques to address the psychological challenges associated with life-limiting conditions, trauma, and issues of loss and grief.
This is an opportunity to work holistically with a multi-disciplinary team of psychosocial professionals, with a diverse caseload, providing assessment, individual and group therapy programs with children and/or family members. The post holder will utilise skills, knowledge and expertise to provide advice, education, signposting, supervision and support to staff, families, schools and other professionals.
This is a community-based post for West London, to enable those not previously able to access services to receive needed therapy and support.
Essential requirements
This role requires previous experience of working as an arts therapist in a health or social care environment, as part of a multi-disciplinary team. You should have significant experience of working with children and young people, including those with disabilities and those experiencing loss and grief, and chronic or acute trauma. We are looking for a therapist skilled in working closely with parents/carers, providing clinical expertise and suggesting specific approaches/strategies, and advising other team members. We welcome applications from candidates who speak an additional language, although this is not essential for the role.
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