Physical Therapist

Thom Child and Family Services

$81K — $86K *
Healthcare
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Current licensure as a Physical Therapist in Massachusetts
  • Preferred experience with infants, toddlers, and families
  • Knowledge of family systems and early childhood development
  • Ability to foster therapeutic relationships with children and caregivers
  • Commitment to culturally sensitive service delivery
  • Strong verbal and written communication skills
  • Good computer and documentation skills
  • Valid driver's license and reliable transportation
  • Bilingual/Bicultural skills are advantageous

Responsibilities

  • Participate in multidisciplinary assessments of clients' developmental status
  • Assess and document family and child resources, concerns, and progress
  • Deliver child and family-centered services using a parent coaching model
  • Coordinate services by scheduling, implementing, and evaluating intervention plans
  • Collaborate with families to develop Individual Family Service Plans (IFSPs)
  • Facilitate parent-child interactions to support child development
  • Complete documentation using Thom's electronic system for progress and assessment
  • Provide individualized and group interventions for children with developmental delays

Benefits

  • Flexible schedule options of 30-40 hours per week
  • Comprehensive health, dental, and vision insurance with fitness benefits
  • Generous vacation and personal leave
  • 96 hours of sick time annually
  • Professional development time and conference attendance
  • 12 paid holidays each year
  • 403(b) plan with employer matching
  • Health reimbursement account and Section 125 flexible benefits
  • Employer-sponsored disability, life insurance, and AD&D coverage
  • Productivity bonus opportunities
  • Scholarship options through Fazzio scholarship and Thom Academy
  • Support for professional license renewal fees
  • Clinical supervision, mentoring, and team support
  • Employee Assistance Program availability
  • Mileage reimbursement and employer-issued laptop and phone
Full Job Description
Sign on Bonus Available $1,500

This position offers a salary range of $81,000 to $86,000. Actual pay will be based on relevant skills, qualifications, and experience.

As an Early Intervention Physical Therapist/Clinician, you will be responsible for providing home and community based early intervention services to infants and toddlers who have or are at risk for developmental delays and their families in both their homes and community settings. You will partner with parents/caregivers to ensure service delivery is individualized, meaningful for the family, and grounded in evidence-based practice. Through this collaborative process you ensure families' priorities, needs, culture, and values are prioritized.

Thom Child & Family Services offers competitive salaries and a comprehensive benefit package including, but not limited to:
  • Flexible Schedules: 30-40 hours a week (Monday through Friday) 8:30am to 4:30pm
  • Health, Dental and Vision Insurance, including Fitness Benefits and Wellness Incentive Program
  • Generous vacation and personal time
  • Sick time (96 hours every year)
  • Professional Development/Conference time
  • Paid holiday (12 paid holidays)
  • 403(b) with employer matching
  • Section 125 flexible benefits plan (Medical and dependent care)
  • Thom Sponsored Health Reimbursement Account
  • Employer-sponsored Long-term disability insurance
  • Employer-sponsored Life Insurance
  • Employer-sponsored Accidental Death and Dismemberment Insurance
  • Productivity Bonus Plan
  • Opportunity for scholarship through Fazzio scholarship and Thom Academy
  • Paid professional license renewal fees.
  • Clinical supervision, orientation program, mentoring and team support.
  • Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
  • Mileage reimbursement
  • Employer issued laptop and cell phone
  • Other optional benefits:
    1. Short-term Disability Insurance
    2. Accident Insurance
    3. Cancer Insurance
      Position Responsibilities:
    4. Participate in multidisciplinary team assessments of the client's developmental status.
    5. Assess family and child strengths/resources, concerns, and progress.
    6. Provide child and family centered services and activities developmentally appropriate for children birth to three and their families using parent coaching model.
    7. Provide service coordination by scheduling, developing, implementing, monitoring, and evaluating the intervention plan for each family, ensuring that appropriate procedures and timelines are followed.
    8. Partner with families in the development of Individual Family Service Plans (IFSPs) to identify goals, objectives, and strategies related to the child's development.
    9. Facilitate parent-child interactions to encourage child's development; assist families to act as advocates for their child.
    10. Complete progress notes, reports, assessments, and correspondence as appropriate using the Thom electronic documentation system.
    11. Provide individual and group intervention for infants and toddlers from birth to three years old who have developmental delays or who are at risk for delays in the areas of cognition, adaptive behavior, social-emotional development, self-care, fine motor, gross motor, and communication.


Position Requirements:
  • Current licensure as a Physical Therapist by the Massachusetts Board of Registration of Allied Health Professions
  • Experience with infants, toddlers and families is preferred
  • Knowledge of family systems and early childhood development.
  • Ability to engage in meaningful, therapeutic relationships with children, parents/caregivers, and community partners.
  • Commitment to delivering individualized and culturally humble services.
  • Excellent written and verbal communication and organizational skills.
  • Abide by all confidentiality and professional boundaries standards.
  • Good computer skills as well as strong documentation skills.
  • Current driver's license and reliable transportation.
  • Bilingual/Bicultural a plus.


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