West London Music Therapist

Shooting Star Children's Hospices; Hampton (VA); On-site; USD 20,000 - 24,000; Part time

Job summary

Shooting Star Children's Hospices is seeking a West London Music Therapist to deliver high quality music therapy to children and families within a multi-disciplinary team. The role emphasizes assessment, individual and group therapy, and involvement with staff, schools and carers to promote emotional wellbeing.

We welcome candidates with language skills and a background in arts therapy in health or social care, especially those experienced with loss, grief, and trauma.

Qualifications

• Experience as an arts therapist in health or social care.
• Significant experience working with children and young people.
• Ability to work closely with parents/carers and advise other team members.
• Additional language skills are beneficial.

Responsibilities

• Provide assessment and individual and group music therapy for children and families.
• Work within a multi-disciplinary team to support psychosocial care.
• Offer education, signposting, supervision and support to staff, families and schools.

Skills

Music therapy

Child & family work

Trauma & loss experience

Multidisciplinary teamwork

Additional language

Job description

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.

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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West London Music Therapist

Company: Shooting Star Children's Hospices 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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