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Thom Child & Family Services
Springfield, Massachusetts

Physical Therapist

Physical TherapistFull-Time

Listed compensation

$63k-$68k

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Job Description

This position offers a salary range of $63,000 to $68,000. 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 Springfield, MA is seeking a Physical Therapist/PT to join their team.

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: FT, PT (minimum 6 hours), Per Diem and family hours
  • 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

  • Participate in multidisciplinary team assessments of the client’s developmental status.
  • Assess family and child strengths/resources, concerns, and progress.
  • Provide child and family centered services and activities developmentally appropriate for children birth to three and their families using parent coaching model.
  • Provide service coordination by scheduling, developing, implementing, monitoring, and evaluating the intervention plan for each family, ensuring that appropriate procedures and timelines are followed.
  • Partner with families in the development of Individual Family Service Plans (IFSPs) to identify goals, objectives, and strategies related to the child’s development.
  • Facilitate parent-child interactions to encourage child's development; assist families to act as advocates for their child.
  • Complete progress notes, reports, assessments, and correspondence as appropriate using the Thom electronic documentation system.
  • 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.

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 services to infants and toddlers with developmental delays or risks. Partner with families to develop and implement Individual Family Service Plans (IFSPs) using a parent coaching model.

Requirements

Requires current licensure as a Physical Therapist by the Massachusetts Board of Registration of Allied Health Professions. Experience with infants, toddlers, and families is preferred, along with strong communication and documentation skills.

Qualifications

Education
Professional certificate or licensure

Key Skills

Physical TherapyPediatric Physical TherapyIndividualized Family Service PlansDevelopmental AssessmentMultidisciplinary Team CollaborationTherapeutic Relationship BuildingAdvocacy

Physical Therapist Career Context

In Massachusetts, the Physical Therapy weighted monthly median benchmark on WeekdayDoc is ~$98k (467 salary observations; 1,431 listings), vs ~$94k nationally (11,785 salary observations; 62,466 listings). Monthly aggregates cover 2026-01-01 through 2026-11-01; these are not the modal's selected comparable-job medians.

The cost-of-living index for Massachusetts is 105.8 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)), so the posted ~$66k midpoint carries the purchasing power of roughly $62k in an average-cost state. 63.2% of Massachusetts clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).

What does the Physical Therapy market look like in Massachusetts?
MeasureThis jobMarket
Work-life score6.4 / 10 · top 25% in physical therapyranked against 21,543 Physical Therapy listingslisting-based score, 0–10
Listed pay$63k–$68kPhysical Therapy median $92k (middle half $84k–$105k)10 comparable listings, Nov 2026
Massachusetts vs national$98k median in Massachusetts$94k nationally (+4%)467 state / 11,785 national salary observations
Cost-of-living adjusted pay~$62k in purchasing powerMassachusetts index 105.8 (US = 100)BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)
Physical Therapy listings in Massachusetts586 active21,700 nationallylive on WeekdayDoc, Nov 2026
Work settingon-sitepeers: 4% remote · 42% no call · 62% no weekends50 benchmarked listings
Sign-on & loan repaymentnot statedMassachusetts Physical Therapist listings: 24% state a sign-on bonus (median $10k) · 19% offer loan repayment611 active listings, Nov 2026
New Physical Therapy listings7,748 in the last 30 days4,154 the 30 days before (+87%)U.S., first seen on WeekdayDoc, Nov 2026
Physical Therapy pay trend+1.6% vs prior quarter—through Oct 2026
Thom Child & Family Services#13 of 14 for payTop Employers work-life index
Sources: WeekdayDoc live listing index (21,543 Physical Therapy 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.

Work-Life Balance Analysis

WeekdayDoc's proprietary algorithm rates Physical Therapist at Thom Child & Family Services a 6.4 out of 10 for work-life balance — classified as good. This places the position in the top 25% in Physical Therapy — ranked against 21,543 active Physical Therapy listings on WeekdayDoc.

Top Physical Therapist Jobs

37 matches · ranked by pay

Salary Distribution

37 jobs · 26 employers
9
<$100k
16
$100k-120k
5
$120k-140k
7
$140k-160k

Annual compensation range

Benefits & Perks

35 jobs · 26 employers
401k / retirement match
86% this job
CME allowance
63%
Sign-on bonus
49%
Loan repayment
23%
Relocation assistance
14%

Share of similar jobs offering each benefit

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Work-life snapshot

median 4.8this job 6.4
Better work-life than 80% of Physical Therapy listings

Listing-based score, 0–10, across 21,543 comparable listings. Shaded area = the share scoring below this one.

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About Thom Child & Family Services

Benefits & Perks

Flexible Schedules: FT, PT (minimum 6 hours), Per Diem and family hours
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
12 paid holidays
403(b) with employer matching
Section 125 flexible benefits plan

Living in Springfield

Typical 3-bedroom home value
$307k≈ 4.9× annual pay
Typical market rent
$1,822/mo≈ 35% of gross pay
Residents’ average commute
20 min
Metro price indexU.S. average = 100
96.1
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 · Springfield, MA metro prices. Housing figures are city-level.

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