Developmental Therapist
Listed compensation
$50k-$54k
Listing transparency3 of 6 stated
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- Employment & setting
- Full-Time
- Call expectations
- Not specified
- Weekends
- No weekends
Job Description
- As a Developmental Therapist at DSC, you will provide early intervention services to children birth to age three in their natural environment. You will work alongside a multidisciplinary team to provide wrap around support to children and their families to support child development. The therapist completes evaluations, assessments, and screenings in accordance with Early Intervention requirements, professional standards, and scope of practice. Maintains electronic client records and completes all service documentation and billing within DSC, EI, and regulatory requirements. The therapist participates in regular departmental, interdisciplinary, and other meetings as required. REQUIREMENTS:
- Bachelor’s degree in Special Education, Child Development or related field. Must possess or be eligible to obtain and maintain Illinois Early Intervention credential.
- Valid driver’s license, proof of insurance, and ability to travel throughout Champaign County to fulfill responsibilities of the position.
- Knowledge of EI principles, local community resources and support services.
- Bilingual, Spanish speaking preferred HOURS:
- 40 hours a week WHAT WE OFFER YOU:
- Grant-funded retention bonuses up to 2 payments for a maximum of $1,600 per fiscal year! (depending on when in the grant year you were hired)
- $50,000 - $54,000 annually
- All benefits start day 1 of employment
- 21 days of paid time off (PTO), 10 paid holidays, 1 personal holiday and 6 days of paid reserve leave per year
- Medical, dental, life and disability coverage (starts first day of employment)
- Health Reimbursement Arrangement (HRA), Flex Spending Account (FSA) and Dependent Care Account (DCA)
- Voluntary benefits including vision, STD, critical illness, accident, legal insurance and identity theft protection
- 401(k) retirement plan with company match
- Employee referral program (up to $1000 per referral)
- Fun, family-oriented work environment, casual dress, and employee appreciation events
- Employee assistance program
- Lots of perks and benefits! EOE
Key Responsibilities
The Developmental Therapist provides early intervention services to children from birth to age three within their natural environment. They also complete evaluations, assessments, and screenings while maintaining electronic client records and billing documentation.
Requirements
Candidates must hold a Bachelor’s degree in Special Education, Child Development, or a related field and possess or be eligible for an Illinois Early Intervention credential. A valid driver’s license and the ability to travel throughout Champaign County are also required.
Key Skills
Work-Life Balance Analysis
WeekdayDoc's proprietary algorithm rates Developmental Therapist at Developmental Services Center a 8.5 out of 10 for work-life balance — classified as excellent. This places the position in the top 10% in Mental Health Therapy (Counseling) — ranked against 7,736 active Mental Health Therapy (Counseling) listings on WeekdayDoc. Contributing factors include no weekend requirements.
Counselor Career Context
In Illinois, the Mental Health Therapy weighted monthly median benchmark on WeekdayDoc is ~$70k (156 salary observations; 407 listings), vs ~$74k nationally (2,909 salary observations; 9,387 listings). Monthly aggregates cover 2025-12-01 through 2026-09-01; these are not the modal's selected comparable-job medians.
Of the 50 active Mental Health Therapy listings this role was benchmarked against, 52% are remote, 34% have no call, 66% require no weekends.
Mental Health Therapy pay on WeekdayDoc is up 1.9% vs. the prior quarter (through Aug 2026).
The cost-of-living index for Illinois is 100.0 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)), so the posted ~$52k midpoint carries the purchasing power of roughly $52k in an average-cost state. 62.6% of Illinois clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).
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- No weekends
Living in Champaign
- Typical 3-bedroom home value
- $231k
- Typical market rent
- $1,506/mo
- Residents’ average commute
- 15 min
- Metro price indexU.S. average = 100
- 92.7
- 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 · Champaign-Urbana, IL metro prices. Housing figures are city-level.
City-level figures. Not a cost-of-living guarantee.