Part Time Music Therapist
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Job Description
The Music Therapist is responsible for providing music groups to students in Kindergarten-8th grade for Elementary Education Services (EES). Groups are weekly for one hour and would include 5-8 children and the Classroom Counselor. Groups can include relevant themes such as expression, creativity, self-esteem, impulse-control, or peer relationships. The Music Therapist/Educator could also include music theory, skills, instrumental work, and singing.
CGRC’s Elementary Education Services (EES) Program is a licensed, private Special Education School for children in grades K-8 in Delaware County who are struggling in their public-school classroom. Our school is a structured academic environment, much like mainstream classrooms, and teaches an academic curriculum but with a strong emphasis on social, emotional, and behavioral development.
Some Responsibilities Include
- Collaborate with interdisciplinary team to ascertain whether individuals qualify.
- Design musical interventions based on therapeutic goals to improve client’s psychological, physical, and social health.
- Establish goals for therapy.
- Collect and analyze data from client responses to music.
- Customize treatment plans for each client.
- Provide music therapy sessions.
- Document client progress.
- Completes all training and actively participates in required supervision in accordance with program and agency guidelines.
Who is CGRC? We are a premier children’s provider that embraces our clinicians as partners in our organization’s strategic plan.
What can CGRC do for you? Do YOU want to be a Change Agent? If so, we want you to be a part of CGRC's internship program! Interning here means being open to new clinical experiences both as an individual and as part of a team.
We offer comprehensive clinical supervision and training with the opportunity to develop your leadership competencies and career interests on a personal level. Join any of our organizational committees, task forces, or work groups. We offer flexibility for classes and internship possibilities within our organization.
It is important to us that you enjoy a healthy work-school-life balance and we will encourage you to have personal goals that focus on self-care.
At CGRC, you can enjoy a supportive working environment with schedules that allow for a healthy work-school-life balance. We encourage and support career development and there are always opportunities for you to learn and grow within the organization.
Apply Now to Join Our Team!
Child Guidance Resource Centers is an Equal Opportunity Employer
Key Responsibilities
The Music Therapist designs and facilitates therapeutic music groups for students in grades K-8 to support their social, emotional, and behavioral development. Responsibilities include collaborating with an interdisciplinary team, documenting client progress, and customizing treatment plans based on individual needs.
Requirements
The candidate must be capable of working within a structured academic environment and collaborating with classroom counselors. They are expected to complete all required training and participate in agency-mandated supervision.
Qualifications
- Education
- Professional certificate or licensure
Key Skills
Counselor Career Context
Of the 50 active Mental Health Therapy listings this role was benchmarked against, 32% are remote, 30% have no call, 68% require no weekends.
Mental Health Therapy pay on WeekdayDoc is up 1.0% vs. the prior quarter (through Sep 2026).
| Measure | This job | Market |
|---|---|---|
| Listed pay | not listed | Mental Health Therapy median $62k (middle half $54k–$68k)10 comparable listings, Oct 2026 |
| Cost of living | Pennsylvania index 97.6 | US average = 100BEA Regional Price Parities (2024) |
| Mental Health Therapy listings in Pennsylvania | 444 active | 7,870 nationallylive on WeekdayDoc, Oct 2026 |
| Work setting | on-site | peers: 32% remote · 30% no call · 68% no weekends50 benchmarked listings |
| Sign-on & loan repayment | not stated | Pennsylvania Counselor listings: 15% state a sign-on bonus (median $5k) · 14% offer loan repayment749 active listings, Oct 2026 |
| Mental Health Therapy pay trend | +1.0% vs prior quarter | —through Sep 2026 |
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