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Douglas-A-Thom Clinic
Marlborough, Massachusetts

Social Worker / Mental Health Clinician - Early Intervention

Social WorkerFull-Time

Listed compensation

$60K–$65K /yr

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Job Description

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 Marlboro, MA is seeking a Social Worker or a Mental Health Clinician - LCSW, LICSW, LMHC to join their team.

As an Early Intervention Social Worker or 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:

  • Flexible Schedules: FT, PT, 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 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 OR Certified or Licensed Social Worker (LCSW, LICSW, LHMC) 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.

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

Provide home and community-based early intervention services to infants and toddlers with developmental delays and their families. Collaborate with caregivers to develop and implement Individual Family Service Plans (IFSP) while coordinating multidisciplinary assessments.

Requirements

Requires a Master's Degree in Social Work or a professional license such as LCSW, LICSW, or LMHC. Candidates must have a valid driver's license, reliable transportation, and strong knowledge of early childhood development.

Qualifications

Education
Master's degree (postgraduate degree)

Key Skills

Case ManagementClinical AssessmentFamily Systems KnowledgeTherapeutic Relationship BuildingCulturally Humble Service DeliveryIntervention PlanningMultidisciplinary CollaborationParent-Child Interaction Facilitation

Work-Life Balance Analysis

WeekdayDoc's proprietary algorithm rates Social Worker / Mental Health Clinician - Early Intervention 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 Social Work — ranked against 6,480 active Social Work listings on WeekdayDoc.

Social Worker Career Context

Douglas-A-Thom Clinic ranks #21 of 21 employers hiring Social Worker on WeekdayDoc by average advertised pay.

In Massachusetts, the Social Work weighted monthly median benchmark on WeekdayDoc is ~$83k (181 salary observations; 584 listings), vs ~$81k nationally (4,412 salary observations; 19,550 listings). Monthly aggregates cover 2026-01-01 through 2026-10-01; these are not the modal's selected comparable-job medians.

Of the 50 active Social Work listings this role was benchmarked against, 30% are remote, 38% have no call, 78% require no weekends.

The cost-of-living index for Massachusetts is 105.8 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)), so the posted ~$63k midpoint carries the purchasing power of roughly $59k in an average-cost state. 63.2% of Massachusetts clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).

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Work-life snapshot

median 6.0this job 7.2
Better work-life than 80% of Social Work listings

Listing-based score, 0–10, across 6,480 comparable listings. Shaded area = the share scoring below this one.

Living in Marlborough

Typical 3-bedroom home value
$575k≈ 9.6× annual pay
Typical market rent
$2,634/mo≈ 53% 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 (Aug 2026), Zillow market rents (Aug 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.

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About Douglas-A-Thom Clinic

Individual and Family Services
Framingham, Massachusetts
201-500 employees

Benefits & Perks

Flexible Schedules (FT, PT, family hours)
Health and Dental Insurance
Fitness Benefits and Wellness Incentive Program
Generous vacation
Personal time
Sick time (80-96 hours/year)
Paid holidays (10-12)
403(b) with employer matching