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Thom Child & Family Services
Waltham, Massachusetts

Physical Therapist

Physical TherapistNo weekendsPart-Time

Listed compensation

$65-$70/hr

The week · per this posting · Monday – Friday

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Job Description

This position offers an hourly range of $65 to $70. 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 Waltham, 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: Minimum 10 hours (Monday through Friday)
  • Health Insurance, including Fitness Benefits and Wellness Incentive Program.
  • Sick time
  • 403(b) with employer matching
  • Professional Development Trainings
  • Paid professional license renewal fees
  • Clinical supervision, mentoring, and team support
  • Mileage reimbursement

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

  • Current licensure as a Physical Therapist by the Massachusetts Board of Registration of Allied Health Professions
  • 1 year experience in Early Intervention or minimum 3 years' experience working 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 Physical Therapist provides home and community-based early intervention services to infants and toddlers with developmental delays. They collaborate with families to develop and implement Individual Family Service Plans while facilitating child development and parent-child interactions.

Requirements

Candidates must hold a current Massachusetts Physical Therapist license and possess knowledge of family systems and early childhood development. A minimum of 1 year of experience in Early Intervention or 3 years of experience working with infants and families is preferred.

Qualifications

Experience
2+ years of experience

Key Skills

Physical therapyPediatric careIndividualized family service planDevelopmental assessmentFamily supportMultidisciplinary collaborationAdvocacy

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 ~$140k midpoint carries the purchasing power of roughly $133k 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 score6.8 / 10 · top 25% in physical therapyranked against 21,543 Physical Therapy listingslisting-based score, 0–10
Listed pay$135k–$146kPhysical Therapy median $101k (middle half $83k–$106k)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~$133k in purchasing powerMassachusetts index 105.8 (US = 100)BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)
Physical Therapy listings in Massachusetts586 active21,702 nationallylive on WeekdayDoc, Nov 2026
Work settingon-sitepeers: 25% no call · 50% no weekends40 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
Sources: WeekdayDoc live listing index (21,543 Physical Therapy listings), 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 6.8 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. Contributing factors include no weekend requirements.

Top Physical Therapist Jobs

39 matches · ranked by pay

Salary Distribution

19 jobs
6
<$105k
6
$105k-125k
1
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$145k-165k

Annual compensation range

Benefits & Perks

29 jobs · 20 employers
401k / retirement match
90% this job
CME allowance
48%
Loan repayment
14%
Sign-on bonus
10%

Share of similar jobs offering each benefit

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Work-life snapshot

median 4.8this job 6.8
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: Minimum 10 hours (Monday through Friday)
Health Insurance, including Fitness Benefits and Wellness Incentive Program
Sick time
403(b) with employer matching
Professional Development Trainings
Paid professional license renewal fees
Clinical supervision, mentoring, and team support
Mileage reimbursement

Living in Waltham

Typical 3-bedroom home value
$833k
Typical market rent
$2,930/mo
Residents’ average commute
25 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.

City-level figures. Not a cost-of-living guarantee.