Music Therapist
Listed compensation
$60K - $65K
The week · per this posting · weekdays assumed
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Job Description
This position offers a salary range of $60,000 to $65,000. 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 West Newbury, 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:
- Flexible Schedules: FT, PT, Per Diem and family hours
- Health and Dental Insurance, including Fitness Benefits and Wellness Incentive Program.
- Generous vacation
- Personal time
- Sick time (80 – 96 hours every year)
- Paid holiday (10-12 paid holidays)
- 403(b) with employer matching
- Section 125 flexible benefits plan (Medical and dependent care)
- Employer sponsored Long-term disability insurance.
- Employer sponsored Life Insurance
- Employer sponsored Accidental Death and Dismemberment Insurance
- Productivity Bonus Plan
- Continuing education leave and paid conference fees.
- Paid professional license renewal fees.
- Clinical supervision, mentoring and team support.
- Mileage reimbursement
Other Optional Benefits
- 1. Short-term Disability Insurance
- 2. Accident Insurance
- 3. Cancer Insurance
Position Responsibilities
- Participate in multidisciplinary team assessments of client’s developmental status.
- Provide direct services and activities developmentally appropriate for children 0-3 and their families.
- Participate in the development of 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 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
- 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.
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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. Collaborate with families to develop and implement Individual Family Service Plans (IFSP) while coordinating services and monitoring progress.
Requirements
Requires a degree and board certification as a Registered Music Therapist along with a valid driver's license and reliable transportation. Candidates must possess knowledge of early childhood development and the ability to build therapeutic relationships with families.
Qualifications
- Education
- Professional certificate or licensure
Key Skills
Work-Life Balance Analysis
WeekdayDoc's proprietary algorithm rates Music Therapist at Douglas-A-Thom Clinic a 7.2 out of 10 for work-life balance — classified as very good. This places the position in the top 25% in Mental Health Therapy (Counseling) — ranked against 7,479 active Mental Health Therapy (Counseling) listings on WeekdayDoc.
Counselor Career Context
Of the 50 active Mental Health Therapy listings this role was benchmarked against, 44% are remote, 36% have no call, 62% require no weekends.
Mental Health Therapy pay on WeekdayDoc is down 1.9% vs. the prior quarter (through Oct 2026).
| Measure | This job | Market |
|---|---|---|
| Work-life score | 7.2 / 10 · top 25% in mental health therapy (counseling) | ranked against 7,479 Mental Health Therapy (Counseling) listingslisting-based score, 0–10 |
| Listed pay | $60k–$65k | Mental Health Therapy median $75k (middle half $63k–$92k)10 comparable listings, Nov 2026 |
| Cost-of-living adjusted pay | ~$59k in purchasing power | Massachusetts index 105.8 (US = 100)BEA Regional Price Parities (2024) |
| Mental Health Therapy listings in Massachusetts | 274 active | 7,509 nationallylive on WeekdayDoc, Nov 2026 |
| Work setting | on-site | peers: 44% remote · 36% no call · 62% no weekends50 benchmarked listings |
| Sign-on & loan repayment | sign-on bonus | Massachusetts counselor listings (all specialties): 12% state a sign-on bonus (median $3k) · 15% offer loan repayment521 active listings, Nov 2026 |
| New Mental Health Therapy listings | 2,562 in the last 30 days | 1,376 the 30 days before (+86%)U.S., first seen on WeekdayDoc, Nov 2026 |
| Mental Health Therapy pay trend | −1.9% vs prior quarter | —through Oct 2026 |
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