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Thom Child & Family Services
Boston, Massachusetts

Social Worker

Social WorkerNo weekendsFull-Time

Listed compensation

$60k-$70k

The week · per this posting · Monday – Friday

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Job Description

This position offers a salary range of $60,000 to $70,000. 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 Boston, MA is seeking a Social Worker - LCSW or LICSW to join their team.

As an Early Intervention Social Worker / 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 benefits package including, but not limited to:

Compensation & Benefits

  • Salary range: $60,000–$70,000, 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

  • Participate in multidisciplinary team assessments of the client’s developmental status.
  • Provide direct child development services and activities developmentally appropriate for children 0-3 and their families.
  • Participate in the development of an Individual Family Service Plan (IFSP) with responsibility for identifying goals, objectives, and strategies related to the child’s development.
  • Complete progress notes, reports, assessments, and correspondence as appropriate
  • Provides 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 cognitive, adaptive behavior, social-emotional, self-care, fine motor, gross motor, and communication development.
  • Assess family and child strengths/resources, concerns, and progress.
  • Act as a service coordinator for the family by scheduling, developing, implementing, monitoring, and evaluating the intervention plan for each family on caseload, ensuring that appropriate procedures and timelines are followed.
  • Provides supportive professional assistance to families.
  • Facilitate parent-child interactions to encourage child's development; assist families to act as advocates for their child.

Position Requirements

  • Master's Degree in Social Work from an accredited school of social work AND Certified or Licensed Social Worker (LCSW, LICSW) required.
  • 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”

No Phone Calls or Recruiters Please

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

The Social Worker provides home and community-based early intervention services to infants and toddlers with developmental delays or risks. They are responsible for developing Individual Family Service Plans (IFSP) and facilitating supportive, therapeutic interactions between families and their children.

Requirements

Candidates must hold a Master's Degree in Social Work and possess an LCSW or LICSW license. Experience working with infants, toddlers, and families is preferred, along with strong organizational and communication skills.

Qualifications

Education
Master's degree (postgraduate degree)
Experience
2+ years of experience

Key Skills

Clinical assessmentCase managementAdvocacyMultidisciplinary collaborationCrisis interventionCultural humility

Work-Life Balance Analysis

WeekdayDoc's proprietary algorithm rates Social Worker 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 Social Work — ranked against 6,407 active Social Work listings on WeekdayDoc. Contributing factors include no weekend requirements.

Social Worker Career Context

Thom Child & Family Services ranks #14 of 17 employers hiring Social Worker on WeekdayDoc by average advertised pay.

Of the 50 active Social Work listings this role was benchmarked against, 38% are remote, 28% have no call, 76% require no weekends.

Social Work by the numbers
MeasureThis jobMarket
Work-life score6.3 / 10 · above average in social workranked against 6,407 Social Work listingslisting-based score, 0–10
Listed pay$60k–$70kSocial Work median $75k (middle half $67k–$82k)15 comparable listings, Nov 2026
Cost-of-living adjusted pay~$61k in purchasing powerMassachusetts index 105.8 (US = 100)BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)
Social Work listings in Massachusetts224 active6,477 nationallylive on WeekdayDoc, Nov 2026
Work settingon-sitepeers: 38% remote · 28% no call · 76% no weekends50 benchmarked listings
Sign-on & loan repaymentnot statedMassachusetts Social Worker listings: 20% state a sign-on bonus (median $8k) · 11% offer loan repayment258 active listings, Nov 2026
New Social Work listings2,525 in the last 30 days1,439 the 30 days before (+75%)U.S., first seen on WeekdayDoc, Nov 2026
Thom Child & Family Services#14 of 17 for payTop Employers work-life index
Sources: WeekdayDoc live listing index (6,407 Social Work 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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Benefits & Perks

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Sign-on bonus
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CME allowance
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Loan repayment
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Work-life snapshot

median 5.1this job 6.3
Better work-life than 70% of Social Work listings

Listing-based score, 0–10, across 6,407 comparable listings. Shaded area = the share scoring below this one.

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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 of sick time annually
12 paid holidays
Up to 24 hours of professional development/conference time annually
Medical, dental, and vision insurance

Living in Boston

Typical 3-bedroom home value
$800k≈ 13.3× annual pay
Typical market rent
$3,271/mo≈ 65% 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.