Social Worker
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.
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 or risks. Collaborate with families to develop and implement Individual Family Service Plans (IFSP) while acting as a service coordinator.
Requirements
Requires a Master's Degree in Social Work and an LCSW or LICSW license. Experience 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
Work-Life Balance Analysis
WeekdayDoc's proprietary algorithm rates Social Worker at Douglas-A-Thom Clinic 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 6,480 active Social Work listings on WeekdayDoc. Contributing factors include no weekend requirements.
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, 80% require no weekends.
The cost-of-living index for Massachusetts is 105.8 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)), so the posted ~$65k midpoint carries the purchasing power of roughly $61k 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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