 We are hiring a part-time Music Therapist position with the potential to grow as desired by the employee. The ideal candidate will be a creative, organized, compassionate therapist to support existing clients and new referrals as we continue to grow. This position would include one afternoon in the North Metro and one day in the Southwest and West metro. This caseload requires some after-school, weekday afternoon and evening availability. Interested? Please view the full description for more information and how to apply. 
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Our team at TCMTS is dedicated to your health and the well-being of our greater community! What we are doing: Our entire team is vaccinated and boosted for COVID-19. We have continued to hold high standards throughout the pandemic, including N95 mask requirements for our team during all sessions, and a sanitizing protocol for instruments and session area. Our therapists are committed to testing after known exposures to COVID-19, and will offer options for virtual sessions while waiting for test results. What our clients, families and staff are doing: We ask that all individuals, over the age of 5, who participate in the session to wear a mask, as they are able. We understand some of our clients are not able to wear a mask due to sensory or medical needs. Our therapists will wear a high-quality mask to keep those we serve who are unable to mask safe! We also ask our clients and families to notify us if anyone in the household or community program test positive for COVID-19. Thank you!
 As we approach the one-year anniversary of COVID-19 here in Minnesota, we wanted to do a special feature on our elderly community, who have been significantly impacted by the pandemic. During this past year, our seniors have especially felt the emotional, mental, spiritual and physical impact from isolation and the trauma of so many layers of loss. Through these unimaginable challenges, music therapists have had the incredible privilege of navigating new ways of providing connection and support through music through virtual telehealth formats, and under layers of PPE. We are excited to share stories from two incredible music therapists, Megan Druckrey and McKenna Selissen, who have a great passion for working with older adults in our community. Megan Druckrey, MT-BCMusic Therapist at Allina Hospice (MN)  I've been a hospice music therapist working in the Twin Cities since 2007. When the pandemic first hit and everyone was scrambling to figure out how we were going to make music therapy sessions continue, I admit that I was very skeptical about the efficacy of Telehealth to deliver the power of music therapy. Weeks went by with phone calls to clients, families, and facilities trying to figure out how to proceed. During this time, our clients who were already isolated due to declining health were now facing a deeper level of isolation when friends and families could no longer pay them in-person visits. Ten months later, there are still many facilities that are not letting in families and support staff.
I went into my first Telehealth session with a patient feeling uneasy about my ability to connect via the computer. With the help of a hospice nurse assisting the connection, we soon experienced the power of music therapy when my patient's scowl melted into a beautiful smile, a relaxed affect, and a look of relief when she saw my familiar face and heard her favorite song. We could connect!
I write this as we approach the holiday season for many. As a parent to a Minneapolis Public Schools student, we are tasked with 100% distance learning. The COVID-19 pandemic is a worsening threat. My 83-year-old mother-in-law is in our quarantine pod, and we five in my immediate family hardly ever step foot out in the community. Not until there is a vaccine available to us all.
Knowing this, we are bracing ourselves for an entire academic year here at home. What does that mean for my kids? For me? And yet another challenge: What does it mean for my private practice? I know I am not alone in this.
In the fall of 2020, TCMTS partnered with Minnesota Non-Profit, Springboard for the Arts to establish a Scholarship Fund.
Our Goal is to provide full music therapy scholarships for 4 individual sessions for six months! Scholarship Applicants must meet the following Criteria:
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