Job Description:

The Office of Counseling & Advocacy Services is seeking an empathetic, culturally sensitive, and dual-credentialed Music Therapist & Licensed Clinician. Reporting directly to the Director, this unique position blends traditional clinical mental health frameworks with specialized music therapy modalities to serve our world-class student body of musicians, dancers, and actors. At Berklee, your work directly supports the next generation of creative leaders.

This position is a 1-year temporary role with full benefits and a strong potential for permanent conversion, subject to your performance and our business needs.

Key Responsibilities

Direct Clinical & Music Therapy Services:

• Caseload Management: Maintain an active clinical caseload using an intentional short-term therapy model, with direct clinical services capped at 65% of total time per AUCCCD guidelines.
• Integrated Modalities: Deliver clinical mental health services alongside music therapy interventions, adapting musical styles and activities dynamically to match the therapeutic needs of students.
• Assessments & Crisis Intervention: Conduct comprehensive psychological assessments, coordinate outpatient community referrals for long-term care, and provide immediate stabilization during daytime on-call crisis rotations.

Consultation & Community Outreach:

• Post-Discharge Planning: Serve as clinical consultant to the Assistant Vice President of Student Support Services to manage care integration and essential post-discharge planning for students returning from hospitalizations, as requested.
• Preventative Programming: Design, develop, and execute preventative community-facing mental health initiatives and psycho-educational outreach across campus, in collaboration with teammates..
• Campus Consultation: Provide professional guidance and consultation to faculty, staff, and student leaders to foster a supportive, trauma-informed ecosystem.
• Administration: Maintain meticulous clinical documentation within the electronic medical records database and attend weekly individual, group, and peer supervisions.

What You'll Bring

• Education & Licensure: Master’s degree and active clinical licensure in Massachusetts (LCSW/LICSW, LMFT, LMHC, or Licensed Clinical Psychologist).
• Music Therapy Credentials: Graduation from an accredited music therapy program and active Board Certification (MT-BC).
• Experience: Minimum of 1 year of post-licensure experience providing counseling services, ideally with historical experience in college student health or directly supporting performing artists.
• Clinical Specializations: Strong crisis intervention instincts and specialized experience treating substance use and eating disorders are highly preferred.
• Interpersonal Agility: Exceptional consultation, presentation, and multicultural competencies, with a proven ability to validate and engage with highly diverse student populations.

Schedule & Hybrid Work Environment

• Hybrid Model: Our team operates on a hybrid structure that flexes with the academic calendar. You will work primarily in person during high-demand windows like the start of semesters. When classes are in session, the role includes one remote day per week, expanding to two remote days per week during lower-demand periods (breaks and summer).
• Availability: Requires professional liability insurance and the flexibility to cover occasional evenings, weekends, and holidays to fulfill on-call or marquee campus event needs (e.g., Orientation, Parent/Family Weekend).
• While not prohibited, applicants should carefully consider these expectations before beginning or maintaining a private practice, or accepting/maintaining other part-time employment before accepting an offer of employment at Berklee.

Why Choose Berklee?

• Mission-Driven Impact: Guide and support the well-being of the world's most inspired young performers using innovative, expressive clinical tools.
• Cultural Access: Enjoy nightly, unrivaled access to world-class music, theater, and dance performances across our campus venues.
• Total Rewards: Exceptional health and dental packages, a 403(b) retirement system with matching contributions, generous PTO, and a paid winter break to rest and recharge.

Hiring Range: $45.00 to $50.00 per hour; salary dependent on experience and education.

Please visit the Total Rewards page to learn more about our benefits.

This document does not create an employment contract, implied or otherwise, other than an “at will” employment relationship.

Diversity, Equity, Inclusion & Equal Employment Opportunity at Berklee:

We support an inclusive workplace where everyone excels based on personal merit, qualifications, experience, ability, and job performance. Berklee affirms that inequality is detrimental to our faculty, staff, students, and the communities we serve. Our goal is to make lasting change through our actions. Berklee is committed to providing fair and equitable consideration of all employees and applicants without regard to race, color, religion, ancestry, age, national origin, place of birth, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, disability, genetic information, or status as a member of the armed forces or veteran of the armed forces, or any other category protected by federal, state, or local law.

As part of this commitment, Berklee will ensure that persons with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodations. If reasonable accommodation is needed to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and/or to receive other benefits and privileges of employment, please contact the Human Resources Team at [email protected] or call 617-747-2375.

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