Music Therapy Instructor

**Music Therapy Instructor**:
**Job ID**:

- 231223

**Posting status**:

- Open

**Organization**:

- Ministry of Education

**Division**:

- Provincial and Demonstration Schools Branch

**City**:

- Brantford

**Position(s) language**:

- English

**Job term**:

- 1 Temporary Fixed-Term Position (Available September 2025 to Mid-March 2026 with possibility of extension to June 2026)

**Job code**:

- 09322 - Occupational Therapist 2

**Salary**:

- $1,331.38 - $1,553.45 Per week*
*Indicates the salary listed as per the OPSEU Collective Agreement.

**Competition # PDSB25-077**

Join the dedicated staff at the Ministry of Education, Provincial and Demonstration Schools Branch where we believe that our purpose is to reach every one of our learners and help to actualize their full potential. We are seeking a Music Therapy Instructor to provide unique technique and support to students at the W. Ross Macdonald School in Brantford for students who are blind, low-vision and visually impaired.

**About the job**: In this role you will:

- Plan, develop, implement, and evaluate music therapy programs for students who are blind, low-vision and visually impaired, within an individual or group format, as a member of a multi-disciplinary team.
- Provide training, educational, and consultative services to staff, students, and community.
- Assess student needs.
- Maintain clinical records.
- Participate in the development of departmental policies, procedures, and services.
- Participate and conduct research projects, audit, and quality assurance activities.
- Supervise students' training and evaluate their performance.
- Conduct seminars and workshops

**What you bring to the team**:
**Mandatory requirements**:

- Post-secondary degree in Music Therapy from an accredited university or equivalent.
- Willingness to participate in First Aid, CPR and Behaviour Management Systems (BMS) training or equivalent.

**Skills and Qualifications**: Your background and experience enable you to meet the following requirements:

- You have knowledge of music therapy and treatment techniques for students with visual impairment plus developmental disabilities and emotional behavioural disorders.
- You have experience working with students with visual impairment.
- You have demonstrated consultation, organization, and project management skills.
- You have advanced presentation skills.
- You have excellent communication and interpersonal skills to communicate with students, staff, parents, and stakeholders.

**How we support diversity, inclusion and accessibility**: We are building an inclusive workforce that reflects the communities we serve. We encourage everyone interested in working with us to apply, including people with disabilities, Indigenous, Black and racialized individuals, as well as people from all ethnicities, cultures, sexual orientations, gender identities and gender expressions.

Our hiring process is accessible, consistent with Ontario's _Human Rights Code_ and the _Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act, 2005._ We are working to prevent and remove barriers in our hiring processes and can offer accommodation to address specific needs related to Code-protected grounds such as disability, family status and religion. For more information about accommodation during the hiring process please contact us.

Learn more about the work the OPS is doing to create an inclusive, anti-racist, accessible and diverse workplace:

- diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives
- accessibility
- Anti-Racism Policy

**Additional information**:

- Monday, July 7, 2025 11:59 pm EDT

**Position details**:

- 1 English Temporary, duration up to 10 months, 350 Brant Ave, Brantford, West Region, Vulnerable Sector Check

**Compensation group**:

- Ontario Public Service Employees Union

**Work hours**:

- Schedule 3.7

**Category**:

- Education and Training

**Posted on**:

- Friday, June 20, 2025

**Note**:

- **About security checks**:
A criminal or other federal offence record **does not automatically disqualify you** from the position. We consider each situation based on the position's responsibilities.
If a check is needed and you've lived outside of Canada in the past 5 years for 6 or more months in a row, or if you are not a Canadian resident, you'll need to provide an out-of-country police clearance certificate from the country you lived in.
Employment screening checks are only reviewed and evaluated by the Transition and Security Office, which also maintains them and keeps them strictly confidential.

**How to apply**:

- Your cover letter and resume combined should not exceed five (5) pages. For tips and tools on how to write a concise cover letter and resume, review the Writing a Cover Letter and Resume: Tips, Tools and Resources.
- Customize your cover letter and resume to the qualifications listed on the job ad. Using concrete examples, you must show how you demonstrated the requirements for this job. We rely on the information