Music Instructor for Seniors

September 17, 2024

Oakwood Creative Care

Chandler

FULL TIME

The Musician uses music to improve and enhance the physical, mental, and emotional well-being of people with challenging situations like dementia, Parkinson’s, and stroke. OCC believes that Music helps people develop interpersonal skills, manage behavior, reduce stress, increase self-esteem and self-awareness, and achieve insight in a therapeutic and meaningful way. The Musician develops, implements, and facilitates a variety of musical programs that maintain/enhance a participant’s cognitive, social, and physical abilities and provides input to member care plans.

Duties and Responsibilities:

Create and facilitate a monthly schedule of innovative music classes such as (drumming, choirs, music history, songwriting, lyric analysis, etc.) to engage club members in group sessions as well as independent areas of opportunity.
Create and facilitate a monthly schedule of other innovative classes using your skillsets and passions such as woodworking, gardening, exercise, etc.
Observe and analyze members' participation, reactions, and progress during sessions and provide feedback on care plan development.
Encourage members with special needs and circumstances to acquire new skills and become engaged by redirecting and scaling programs to best meet individual needs
Maintain up-to-date information on the community and evolving program trends in the field of Gerontology.
Confer with the interdisciplinary team to plan and evaluate programs.
Willingness to participate in additional opportunities for growth and development.
Support OCC’s fundraising efforts, and special events
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