Music Therapist

About the role

Thom Child & Family Services in Norwood, MA is seeking a board‑certified Music Therapist to provide home and community‑based early intervention services to infants and toddlers (birth‑3 years) who have or are at risk for developmental delays. As an Early Intervention Music Therapist you will partner with parents/caregivers to deliver individualized, evidence‑based, family‑centered services that honor each family’s priorities, needs, culture, and values.

Responsibilities

• Participate in multidisciplinary team assessments of the child’s developmental status.
• Assess family and child strengths/resources, concerns, and progress.
• Provide child‑ and family‑centered services and activities developmentally appropriate for children birth to three using a parent‑coaching model.
• Provide service coordination: schedule, develop, implement, monitor, and evaluate intervention plans for each family, ensuring appropriate procedures and timelines are followed.
• Partner with families in developing Individual Family Service Plans (IFSPs) to identify goals, objectives, and strategies related to the child’s development.
• Facilitate parent‑child interactions to encourage development; assist families to act as advocates for their child.
• Complete progress notes, reports, assessments, and correspondence using the Thom electronic documentation system.
• Provide individual and group intervention for infants and toddlers (birth‑3) with developmental delays or at risk in cognition, adaptive behavior, social‑emotional development, self‑care, fine motor, gross motor, and communication.

Requirements

• Degree and professional credentials/board certification as a 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 and strong documentation skills.
• Current driver’s license and reliable transportation.
• Bilingual/bicultural a plus.

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: short‑term disability, accident, and cancer insurance.
• Paid professional license renewal fees.
• Clinical supervision and structured orientation.
• Ongoing mentoring and team support.
• Scholarship opportunities through the Fazzio Scholarship and Thom Academy.
• Employer‑issued laptop.
• Employer‑issued cell phone.

Pay

• Salary range: $56,000–$61,000 per year, based on relevant skills, qualifications, and experience.
• Productivity bonus opportunities.
• Mileage reimbursement.
• 403(b) retirement plan with employer match.

Schedule

• 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.