Physical Therapist

Actual pay will be based on relevant skills, qualifications, and experience.

About the role

Thom Child & Family Services located in Worcester, MA is seeking a Physical Therapist/PT to join their team. As an Early Intervention Physical Therapist/Clinician, you will provide home and community-based early intervention services to infants and toddlers (birth to 3 years) who have or are at risk for developmental delays, and their families. Services are delivered in homes and community settings, partnering with parents/caregivers to ensure individualized, meaningful, and evidence-based care that prioritizes families’ needs, culture, and values.

Responsibilities

• Participate in multidisciplinary team assessments of client’s developmental status.
• Provide direct services and developmentally appropriate activities for children 0-3 and their families.
• Participate in the development of Individual Family Service Plan (IFSP), identifying goals, objectives, and strategies related to the child’s development.
• Complete progress notes, reports, assessments, and correspondence as appropriate.
• Provide individual and group intervention for infants and toddlers with developmental delays or at risk for delays in 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 appropriate procedures and timelines are followed.
• Provide supportive professional assistance to families and facilitate parent-child interactions to encourage child's development.
• Assist families to act as advocates for their child.

Requirements

• Current licensure as a Physical Therapist by the Massachusetts Board of Registration of Allied Health Professions.
• 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 and strong documentation skills.
• Current driver’s license and reliable transportation.
• Bilingual/Bicultural is a plus.

Benefits

• Flexible Schedules: Minimum 20 hours (Monday through Friday) 8:30am to 4:30pm.
• 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.

Pay

$51.00 to $58.00 hourly.