The Western NSW Primary Health Network (WNSW PHN) is seeking suitably qualified and experienced clinicians to provide either therapy in the form of Art, music and / or play in the following locations:
- Orange
- Bathurst
- Cowra
- Dubbo
- Parkes / Forbes
- Broken Hill
- Eugowra

Service Requirement

Expressive therapists use visual art-making, drama, dance and movement to improve physical, mental and emotional well-being. They work with individuals or groups using arts processes such as painting to create meaning, rather than focussing on product. It has been evidentially proved that this type of therapy can be helpful for people who cannot verbalise their feelings due to developmental, cognitive, or other conditions.

Art / Play / Music therapy is a form of psychotherapy that is used to improve and enhance the physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual well-being of participants. This form of therapy is an important part of comprehensive treatment programmes which allows individuals to express themselves, let off steam and be creative. WNSW PHN want to support people to explore new ways to relieve stress and cope with difficult emotions. Our programme will be designed to address service gaps in particular geographical areas and population groups and is designed to complement already existing services.

Importantly, we will be attempting to select service providers who have the necessary qualifications and experience to provide the required services.

We are looking for both art/ play and/or music therapists to provide either 1) regular individualised sessions or 2) regular group sessions to the following vulnerable populations;

1) New and Expecting mothers
The aim is to utilise this therapeutic approach to alleviate both anxiety and depression surrounding the three phases of childbirth for women. Art / Play and/or Music therapy directives can be used to alleviate stress and help mothers process a new stage of life, while postnatally helping to connect with their new baby.

2) Indigenous Specific
WNSW PHN is wanting to recruit specialised therapist art / play / music therapist who will engage clients (both children and adults) in creative therapies to address their trauma, using expressive arts therapy as a way of addressing trauma experienced by Indigenous peoples and their communities.

3) People assessed with addiction.
We are seeking to recruit therapist art / play / music therapist who will engage clients with addictions. These innovative expressive therapies aid people to engage in a model that is creative, supportive to process emotions and enhance their recovery.