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Music Therapist

Springwell Leeds Academy, Leeds, LS10 3JA

This job expired on 11 July 2025 – see similar jobs

• Closing date

  11 July 2025 at 9am

• Date listed

  7 July 2025

Job details

• Job role:
  • Other support roles
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Full time, part time
• Contract type: Fixed term
• Full-time equivalent salary: £28,865.00 - £34,860.00 Annually (Actual)

Music Therapist job summary

Music Therapist

Are you a passionate and experienced Music Therapist seeking a rewarding role?

Springwell Leeds Academy, is looking for a dedicated Regional Music Therapist to provide high-quality, specialist music therapy services to children and young people with diverse and complex needs.

In this role, you will work with children and young people facing Social, Emotional and Mental Health (SEMH) difficulties, Autistic Spectrum Conditions (ASC), learning disabilities, and other complex needs across special schools and alternative provisions within the at Springwell Leeds Academy and across the West and North Yorkshire Specialist Schools Partnership (WNYSP) These schools are part of the Wellspring Trust and include:

• Springwell Leeds Academy

• Springwell Harrogate

• The Forest School

• Forest Moor School

• Green Meadows Academy

• Penny Field School

You will conduct comprehensive assessments, plan and deliver individual and group music therapy sessions, and manage your own caseload. Collaboration is key, as you'll work as part of a multidisciplinary team to provide holistic support for pupils.

This position also involves delivering and developing music therapy services to schools outside the WNYSP on a traded (commissioned) basis, contributing to the wider reach and sustainability of the therapy service.

We require a Master's Degree (or equivalent) in Music Therapy from an HCPC approved course and current HCPC registration. You should have demonstrable experience working with children and young people with SEND, and proven experience working effectively within multidisciplinary teams. Strong organisational skills and the ability to travel independently between various school locations are essential.

This is a term-time only contract (39 weeks), with a salary commensurate with qualifications and experience (aligned with NHS Agenda for Change Band 6). An enhanced DBS check and the right to work in the UK are also required.

Join us in making a significant difference in the lives of children and young people through the power of music therapy!

Further information about the job

The candidate will be required to undergo a full enhanced DBS check and must be eligible to work in the UK.

Visas cannot be sponsored.

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Commitment to safeguarding

Springwell Leeds is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.

All candidates successfully selected for interview are required to complete a self-disclosure form.

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About Springwell Leeds Academy

• School type: Academy, ages 5 to 16
• School size: 345 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 5 to 16
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Springwell Leeds Academy website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/springwell-leeds-academy

Springwell Leeds Academy is a special school for children with Social, Emotional and Mental Health (SEMH) needs.

We are located on three sites accross the city of Leeds in Middleton, Seacroft and Tinshill - check job details for where each role is based.

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