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Thom Child & Family Services
Norwood, Massachusetts

Music Therapist

Counselor / TherapistNo weekendsFull-Time

Listed compensation

$51k-$60k

The week · per this posting · Monday – Friday

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Job Description

This position offers a salary range of $51,000 to $60,000. Actual pay will be based on relevant skills, qualifications, and experience.

Are you looking for a rewarding opportunity working with the pediatric population (children birth to 3 years)? Are you passionate about making a difference in the lives of families? Thom Child & Family Services located in Norwood, MA is seeking a board-certified Music Therapist to join their team.

As an Early Intervention Music Therapist, 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:

Compensation & Benefits

  • Salary range: $51,000–$60,000, based on relevant skills, qualifications, and experience
  • Productivity bonus opportunities
  • Mileage reimbursement
  • 403(b) retirement plan with employer match

Schedule & Paid Time Off

  • Flexible FT, PT, Per Diem, and flexible hours
  • Monday–Friday schedule, generally between 8:30 a. m. and 4:30 p. m.
  • Generous vacation time
  • 96 hours of sick time annually
  • 12 paid holidays
  • Up to 24 hours of professional development/conference time annually

Health & Insurance Benefits

  • Medical, dental, and vision insurance
  • Fitness benefits and wellness incentive program
  • Employer-sponsored Health Reimbursement Account
  • Section 125 flexible benefits plan for medical and dependent care expenses
  • Employer-paid long-term disability insurance
  • Employer-paid life and accidental death and dismemberment insurance
  • Employee Assistance Program
  • Optional coverage is also available, including:
  • Short-term disability insurance
  • Accident insurance
  • Cancer insurance

Professional Support & Development

  • Paid professional license renewal fees
  • Clinical supervision and structured orientation
  • Ongoing mentoring and team support
  • Scholarship opportunities through the Fazzio Scholarship and Thom Academy

Tools Provided

  • Employer-issued laptop
  • Employer-issued cell phone

Position Responsibilities

  • 1. Participate in multidisciplinary team assessments of the client’s developmental status.

2. Assess family and child strengths/resources, concerns, and progress.

3. Provide child and family centered services and activities developmentally appropriate for children birth to three and their families using parent coaching model.

4. Provide service coordination by scheduling, developing, implementing, monitoring, and evaluating the intervention plan for each family, ensuring that appropriate procedures and timelines are followed.

5. Partner with families in the development of Individual Family Service Plans (IFSPs) to identify goals, objectives, and strategies related to the child’s development.

6. Facilitate parent-child interactions to encourage child's development; assist families to act as advocates for their child.

7. Complete progress notes, reports, assessments, and correspondence as appropriate using the Thom electronic documentation system.

8. 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

  • Degree and professional credentials/board certification as Registered Music Therapist.
  • 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.

Hear From Our Team

Learn what our employees value about working at Thom Child & Family Services:

“My wonderful, supportive colleagues. My flexible work schedule.”

“The opportunity to truly support families knowing that I'm helping guide them during an important time”

“Making a meaningful difference in the lives of babies & their families, witnessing those first milestones, supporting my colleagues and seeing my team members support each other”

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Thom Child and Family Services is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, veteran status, familial status, domestic violence status, or any other status protected by law.

Key Responsibilities

Provide home and community-based early intervention music therapy services to infants and toddlers with developmental delays. Partner with families to develop and implement individualized intervention plans while facilitating parent-child interactions.

Requirements

Requires a degree and board certification as a Registered Music Therapist. Candidates must have knowledge of family systems, early childhood development, and the ability to maintain professional boundaries.

Qualifications

Education
Professional certificate or licensure

Key Skills

Pediatric careIndividualized family service plansDevelopmental assessmentAdvocacy

Work-Life Balance Analysis

WeekdayDoc's proprietary algorithm rates Music Therapist at Thom Child & Family Services a 6.3 out of 10 for work-life balance — classified as good. This places the position in the Above average in Mental Health Therapy (Counseling) — ranked against 7,891 active Mental Health Therapy (Counseling) listings on WeekdayDoc. Contributing factors include no weekend requirements.

Counselor Career Context

Thom Child & Family Services ranks #13 of 16 employers hiring Counselor on WeekdayDoc by average advertised pay.

Of the 50 active Mental Health Therapy listings this role was benchmarked against, 44% are remote, 36% have no call, 72% require no weekends.

Mental Health Therapy by the numbers
MeasureThis jobMarket
Work-life score6.3 / 10 · above average in mental health therapy (counseling)ranked against 7,891 Mental Health Therapy (Counseling) listingslisting-based score, 0–10
Cost-of-living adjusted pay~$52k in purchasing powerMassachusetts index 105.8 (US = 100)BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)
Mental Health Therapy listings in Massachusetts272 active7,912 nationallylive on WeekdayDoc, Nov 2026
Work settingon-sitepeers: 44% remote · 36% no call · 72% no weekends50 benchmarked listings
Sign-on & loan repaymentnot statedMassachusetts Counselor listings: 11% state a sign-on bonus (median $3k) · 16% offer loan repayment525 active listings, Nov 2026
New Mental Health Therapy listings2,533 in the last 30 days1,454 the 30 days before (+74%)U.S., first seen on WeekdayDoc, Nov 2026
Mental Health Therapy pay trend−3.3% vs prior quarter—through Oct 2026
Thom Child & Family Services#13 of 16 for payTop Employers work-life index
Sources: WeekdayDoc live listing index (7,891 Mental Health Therapy (Counseling) listings), Top Employers work-life index, BEA Regional Price Parities (2024); as of Nov 2026. Same values as the Weekday Verdict and Market Insights on this page.

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Work-life snapshot

median 6.0this job 6.3
Better work-life than 60% of Mental Health Therapy (Counseling) listings

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About Thom Child & Family Services

Benefits & Perks

Productivity Bonus Opportunities
Mileage Reimbursement
403(b) Retirement Plan with Employer Match
Generous Vacation Time
96 Hours Sick Time
12 Paid Holidays
Up to 24 Hours Professional Development
Medical, Dental, and Vision Insurance

Living in Norwood

Typical 3-bedroom home value
$725k≈ 14.2× annual pay
Typical market rent
$2,579/mo≈ 61% of gross pay
Residents’ average commute
30 min
Metro price indexU.S. average = 100
108.3
State income tax
Up to 5%
Sources & methodology

Sources: Zillow home values (Sep 2026), Zillow market rents (Sep 2026), U.S. Census ACS 2024 five-year.

BEA 2024 · Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH metro prices. Housing figures are city-level.

Ratios use this listing’s gross annual pay. Not a cost-of-living guarantee.