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Outreach Development
Ridgewood, New York

Music Therapist

CounselorIncludes weekendsPart-Time

Listed compensation

$20-$26/hr

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Part-Time
Call expectations
Not specified
Weekends
Includes weekends
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Job Description

Outreach Development Corporation

Outreach is a non-profit organization that helps people address issues stemming from substance use and behavioral health disorders by providing the highest quality, life-changing treatment, training, and tools to build healthy lives. Our mission is to inspire individuals and families to achieve a life of unlimited potential. For more information, please visit www.opiny.org [http://www.opiny.org].

Position: PT Music Therapist 

Responsible for all aspects of client recreational activities that relate to music and musical instruments.

Job Scope

* Provide supervised highly structured music related indoor recreational activities to residents.

* Planning and preparing lessons in relation to resident needs

* Acquiring appropriate teaching materials and resources

* Teaching music theory, aural skills and practical techniques to residents

* Motivating residents and encouraging progress

* Maintain communication with program management by assessing pupils’ abilities, providing feedback and providing any required documentation

* Responsible for maintaining and securing all music equipment

* Interacting with staff, clients, students and visitors in a courteous, professional and respectful manner that is consistent with the agency’s mission and values.

* Producing accurate, neat and thorough work.

* Prioritizing and planning work time efficiently; effectively managing competing demands and dealing with changes, delays and unexpected events.

* Understanding and consistently complies with agency policy and procedures (including time and attendance, dress code, etc.).

* Supporting a positive work atmosphere by behaving and communicating in a manner that allows the employee to get along with clients, students, coworkers and supervisors.

* Communicating (in writing as well as orally) clearly and concisely

* Illustrating flexibility and adaptability in role and function when circumstances warrant; (demonstrates openness to assist in needed responsibilities in evolving situations).

* Maintaining appropriate boundaries, ethics and professionalism; complying with agency, OASAS and other professional code(s) of ethics; seeking supervision when challenges arise.

Supervised by

House Management Dept.

Qualifications

* Experience in planning and facilitating physical education, exercise and/or other recreational activity.

* Certificates & Licenses: None required

Position Status

This is a part-time non-exempt position. 

Schedule: Wednesday and Friday 5pm - 9pm, Saturday 3pm - 8pm

Key Responsibilities

The Music Therapist is responsible for planning and facilitating structured music-related recreational activities for residents. They must also maintain music equipment, assess pupil progress, and provide necessary documentation to program management.

Key Skills

Music therapyLesson planningRecreational activity facilitationEquipment maintenanceTime managementConflict resolution

Counselor Career Context

Of the 40 active Mental Health Therapy listings this role was benchmarked against, 45% are remote, 30% have no call, 80% require no weekends.

Mental Health Therapy pay on WeekdayDoc is up 6.4% vs. the prior quarter (through Aug 2026).

The cost-of-living index for New York is 107.9 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)), so the posted ~$48k midpoint carries the purchasing power of roughly $44k in an average-cost state. 64.6% of New York clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).

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CME allowance
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Work-life snapshot

3.0/ 10
Listing-based score
  • Includes weekends