Finding work after you qualify
Nordoff Robbins is the leading provider of music therapy services in the UK, currently working with over 70 partner organisations nationwide to provide music therapy and music and health projects in a wide range of settings. We know what to look for in a music therapist, and it is with these qualities of employability that we seek to equip our students.
Our graduates consistently find work, develop new work and usually stay in the profession. This is because:
1. Our approach emphasises that people’s capacity for social interaction is fundamentally musical. This makes sense to employers and funders and as a trained Nordoff Robbins music therapist; you will be able to demonstrate how it happens by using recordings of your work.
2. We equip students to deliver services through the practical skills of making music with people in particular places at particular times for particular reasons. This might range from the micro-skill of accompanying someone whose physical movements are constrained by cerebral palsy to the macro-skill of liaising with other workers to organise a community event.
3. We teach flexibility. Context is everything: music therapists need to be able to apply their skills and thinking to each situation. They need to be adaptable in approach to environment. As the number of posts in NHS facilities wanes, our students have developed work in community settings and charitable or non-statutory organisations.
