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Job Description
Plan, organize, or direct medically prescribed music therapy activities designed to positively influence patients' psychological or behavioral status.
Job Details
- The SOC (Standard Occupational Classification) code is 29-1125.02
☝️ Information based on the reference occupation “Music Therapists”.
Also Known As…
- Music Therapists
- Music Therapist, Public School System
- Music Therapist, Primary Service Coordinator
- Music Therapist
- Hospice Music Therapy
- Director, Private Music Therapy Agency
- Director of Music Therapy
- Director of Music
- Clinician
- Board Certified Music Therapist
- Music Therapy Specialist
- Music Rehabilitation Therapist
- Hospice Music Therapist
- Expressive Music Therapist
- Creative Arts Music Therapist
- Community Music Therapist
Tasks for “Home Care Music Therapist”
- Apply current technology to music therapy practices.
- Adapt existing or develop new music therapy assessment instruments or procedures to meet an individual client's needs.
- Communicate with clients to build rapport, acknowledge their progress, or reflect upon their reactions to musical experiences.
- Apply selected research findings to practice.
- Participate in continuing education.
- Design music therapy experiences, using various musical elements to meet client's goals or objectives.
- Communicate client assessment findings and recommendations in oral, written, audio, video, or other forms.
- Select or adapt musical instruments, musical equipment, or non-musical materials, such as adaptive devices or visual aids, to meet treatment objectives.
- Assess client functioning levels, strengths, and areas of need in terms of perceptual, sensory, affective, communicative, musical, physical, cognitive, social, spiritual, or other abilities.
- Design or provide music therapy experiences to address client needs, such as using music for self-care, adjusting to life changes, improving cognitive functioning, raising self-esteem, communicating, or controlling impulses.
- Gather diagnostic data from sources such as case documentation, observations of clients, or interviews with clients or family members.
- Conduct or assist in the conduct of music therapy research.
- Customize treatment programs for specific areas of music therapy, such as intellectual or developmental disabilities, educational settings, geriatrics, medical settings, mental health, physical disabilities, or wellness.
- Compose, arrange, or adapt music for music therapy treatments.
- Identify and respond to emergency physical or mental health situations.
- Supervise staff, volunteers, practicum students, or interns engaged in music therapy activities.
- Collaborate with others to design or implement interdisciplinary treatment programs.
- Document evaluations, treatment plans, case summaries, or progress or other reports related to individual clients or client groups.
- Analyze data to determine the effectiveness of specific treatments or therapy approaches.
- Assess the risks and benefits of treatment termination for clients.
- Analyze or synthesize client data to draw conclusions or make recommendations for therapy.
- Plan or structure music therapy sessions to achieve appropriate transitions, pacing, sequencing, energy level, or intensity in accordance with treatment plans.
- Improvise instrumentally, vocally, or physically to meet client's therapeutic needs.
- Sing or play musical instruments, such as keyboard, guitar, or percussion instruments.
- Confer with professionals on client's treatment team to develop, coordinate, or integrate treatment plans.
- Observe and document client reactions, progress, or other outcomes related to music therapy.
- Integrate behavioral, developmental, improvisational, medical, or neurological approaches into music therapy treatments.
- Conduct information sharing sessions, such as in-service workshops for other professionals, potential client groups, or the general community.
- Engage clients in music experiences to identify client responses to different styles of music, types of musical experiences, such as improvising or listening, or elements of music, such as tempo or harmony.
- Establish client goals or objectives for music therapy treatment, considering client needs, capabilities, interests, overall therapeutic program, coordination of treatment, or length of treatment.
Related Technology & Tools
- Timpani
- Automatic blood pressure cuffs
- Electronic keyboards
- Heart rate monitors
- Violins
- Handheld microphones
- Computer laser printers
- Digital video cameras
- MP3 players
- Compact disk CD players
- Autoharps
- Acoustic guitars
- Video game consoles
- Handbells
- Cellos
- Music video games
- Orchestral cymbals
- Snare drums
- Bass drums
- Laptop computers
- Tablet computers
- Personal computers
- Metallophones
- Digital audio recorders
- Pianos
- Electronic organs
- Rhythm instruments
- Musical flutes
- Avid Technology Pro Tools
- Web browser software
- Microsoft Office
- Musical instrument digital interface MIDI software
- Email software
- Virtual instrument software
- Electronic health record EHR software