Music Therapist

Job Title:Music Therapist

Salary:34386.26 - 37462.14 per annum (pro rata of full time equivalent 42982.83 - 46827.67)

Team:Therapists

Hours:Part Time 30 hours per week

Contract Type:Permanent

Location: Christophers Guildford Surrey GU3 1LP and Shooting Star House Hampton Middlesex TW12 3RA

About the role

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 post will be based inboth hospice sites:Hampton and Guildford.

About you

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.

Please see the attached job description for more information about this opportunity at Shooting Star Childrens Hospices.

What we offer

In return you will receive a competitive salary along with a range of benefits which include:

Pension scheme

• NHS Pension Scheme (for eligible employees) or our stakeholder pension scheme with up to 7% employer contributions

Annual leave

• 27 days plus Bank Holidays rising with length of service
• 2 weeks paid sabbatical leave after 5 10 and 15 years service

Contractual benefits

• Generous sick pay scheme
• Enhanced maternity adoption and paternity leave pay
• Flexible working arrangements
• Death in service benefits
• Reimbursed professional membership fees
• Eye care
• Employee referral scheme
• Blue Light discount card

Health and wellbeing

• Employee Assistance Programme
• Occupational Health
• Mindfulness sessions
• Mental Health First Aiders

Safeguarding
We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expect all our staff to share this commitment. Also we are committed to equal opportunities and consider all applicants to be in line with the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974. Employment is subject to receipt of satisfactory references and a DBS check.


Equality diversity and inclusion
Shooting Star Childrens Hospices is committed to inclusion and diversity in everything we do. We know that getting things right is critical for us to live our organisations values: Professionalism Respect Integrity Diversity and Excellence.

We are always trying to improve our way of working to be more inclusive and equal. Our vision is for Shooting Star Childrens Hospices to be a place where people of all backgrounds groups and communities feel welcomed to work and volunteer.

Please contact Marion or0if you have any questions about this role

Anticipated closing date:17/07/2026