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Art / Music / Play Therapist roles in Toowoomba, QLD sit within steady demand across clinical and community roles. Rural outreach positions are consistently available. Agricultural and mining workforce mental health, AOD, and youth mental health are active areas. art / music / play therapist positions are found across public health services, community organisations, and private practice in the region.
Creative arts therapies use non-verbal and expressive modalities to facilitate healing and growth. Art therapists work with visual media; music therapists use sound and rhythm; play therapists work primarily with children. Each modality has its own professional body and training pathway, but all share a foundation in psychological theory and therapeutic practice.
Darling Downs Hospital and Health Service (DDHHS) provides public mental health services across South West Queensland, including inpatient care at Toowoomba Hospital, community mental health teams, and acute crisis services. The DDHHS catchment is geographically vast, extending to remote communities in South West Queensland, and includes significant rural outreach service delivery.
Typical salary
$65k – $90k AUD
NDIS and community roles are the most common employment pathway. Private practice is growing but less established than in counselling or psychology.
Registration
No statutory registration. ANZATA, AMTA, or ATPA professional membership expected. RTO qualifications or university degrees in the relevant modality.
Qualifications typically required
- Degree or postgraduate qualification in Art Therapy, Music Therapy, or Play Therapy
- Professional association membership (ANZATA, AMTA, or ATPA)
- NDIS Worker Screening Check for community roles
- Working with Children Check for roles involving minors
Key employers in Toowoomba, QLD
- Darling Downs Hospital and Health Service
- Toowoomba Hospital
- headspace Toowoomba
- Darling Downs and West Moreton PHN
- Lives Lived Well
- UnitingCare Queensland
- University of Southern Queensland