Music Instructor-Adolescent Residential - Long Island City, United States - Outreach Development Corp.

Description

Exciting. High-energy. Rewarding.

Outreach is seeking an experienced and extremely motivated Music Instructor to work in our Adolescent Residential facility. The Music Instructor will be responsible for all aspects of client recreational activities that relate to music and musical instruments. The schedule for this position is Wednesday and Friday 5 pm - 9 pm.

What You Will Do:

• Provide supervised highly structured music related indoor recreational activities to residents. Plan and prepare lessons in relation to resident needs
• Acquire appropriate teaching materials and resources
• Teach music theory, aural skills and practical techniques to residents
• Motivate residents and encouraging progress
• Maintain communication with program management by assessing residents abilities, providing feedback and providing any required documentation
• Be responsible for maintaining and securing all music equipment

Who You Are:

• Ability to play one or more musical instruments.
• Experience or training in music therapy.
• Experience in music instruction.
• Experience working with adolescents a plus.

At Outreach, we enjoy a strong work-life balance, excellent benefits, and ongoing professional training. Our enthusiastic employees love what they do and the positive impact they make every day. Outreach embraces diversity and promotes a workplace in which individual differences are recognized, appreciated and respected.

Our employees are the reason Outreach ranks among the most respected health and human services providers in New York City and Long Island. In fact, we have been named one of the "Best Companies to Work for in New York" a total of nine times since 2010.

Communities throughout Queens, Brooklyn and Long Island turn to Outreach for a vast array of treatment and training needs. We customize our services to increase our access to a wide range of individuals and groups including Families, Justice System, Aspiring Professionals, EAPs/MAPs and Community Members. Outreach's treatment services are licensed by the New York State Office of Alcoholism and Substance Abuse Services (OASAS) and employ best practices in line with the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services' (SAMHSA) indicators of quality treatment.

An EEO employer, we enjoy exceptional workforce retention – many of our employees have been with Outreach for 10 years or more, some starting as part-timers and now working in full-time senior management.

Adding to our outstanding benefits, some members of Outreach's clinical and professional staff may be eligible for student loan forgiveness and repayment plans for persons working in public service, education, and health care, including the federal Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF) Program, Income-Driven Repayment (IDR) Plan, or the New York State Licensed Social Worker Loan Forgiveness (LSWLF) Program. Outreach's NYC outpatient programs are also approved for the National Health Service Corps (NHSC) Substance Use Disorder Loan Repayment program, for eligible clinicians.

Compensation details: 20-26 Hourly Wage

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