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Pediatric Physical Therapist

Somerville, MA
Full-Time

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Riverside Community Care

Love what you do!

Pediatric Physical Therapist - Early Intervention

Great opportunity for a Pediatric Physical Therapist to join our dynamic, professional, multidisciplinary team in a supportive family-focused environment! The Pediatric Physical Therapist (PT) participates on a multidisciplinary team within the Early Intervention (EI) program providing home-based services to children (0-3 years) and their families. The PT is responsible for coordinating gross motor, handling, positioning, and adaptive equipment aspects of the child's treatment plan.

Other Responsibilities include:

  • conducts developmental assessments
  • fulfills coordination duties
  • leads and supports group activities
  • maintains an individual caseload  

Schedule: Full Time, 40 hours

Pay Range: $64,613/salaried to $78,611/salaried depending on years of experience

Why You'll Love Riverside
We make a true difference in people’s lives through rewarding work. Most of our jobs come with great benefits – including healthcare, numerous professional development opportunities, and generous time off - all in a respectful and inclusive environment, perhaps why Riverside was named a Boston Globe Top Workplace and a best-in-state employer by Forbes.  

Benefits include:

  • Comprehensive, high-quality health, dental, and vision insurance options
  • Flexible Spending Accounts – both medical and dependent care
  • Eleven paid holidays
  • Separate accruals for vacation (increases with tenure), personal, and sick time
  • Tax-deferred 403(b) retirement savings plan with employer match
  • Employee Assistance Plan / Travel Assistance Plan
  • Employee bonus for referrals resulting in hiring
  • Discounts to movie theaters, sporting, and entertainment events
  • Employee YMCA discount: 10% off a YMCA monthly membership and 50% off the joiner’s fee

Learn more about our benefits and culture:

Our Benefits

Our Culture

Hear what employees think about working for Riverside!

Required Skills

  • Experience in early intervention, special needs populations, or early childhood preferred 
  • Excellent verbal and written communication skills 
  • Excellent organizational and time-management skills 
  • Knowledge of basic computer systems 
  • Valid driver's license and reliable transportation or ability to access public transportation
  • Ability to push, pull and lift up to 40 pounds 
  • Ability to frequently bend, stoop, kneel, sit, reach, crawl, and maneuver with infants and toddlers exercising constant changes of position and movement

Required Experience

  • University Degree in Physical Therapy
  • Eligible for or Current Massachusetts Licensure as a Physical Therapist

Riverside Community Care is dedicated to the goal of building a culturally diverse and inclusive organization committed to working in a multicultural environment and strongly encourages applications from culturally diverse applicants. We provide equal opportunity for all persons seeking employment without regard to race, age, color, religion, gender, gender identity and expression, marital status, sexual orientation, military status, national origin, disability, or any other characteristic as established by law.

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Riverside Community Care

Love what you do!

Pediatric Physical Therapist - Early Intervention

Great opportunity for a Pediatric Physical Therapist to join our dynamic, professional, multidisciplinary team in a supportive family-focused environment! The Pediatric Physical Therapist (PT) participates on a multidisciplinary team within the Early Intervention (EI) program providing home-based services to children (0-3 years) and their families. The PT is responsible for coordinating gross motor, handling, positioning, and adaptive equipment aspects of the child's treatment plan.

Other Responsibilities include:

  • conducts developmental assessments
  • fulfills coordination duties
  • leads and supports group activities
  • maintains an individual caseload  

Schedule: Full Time, 40 hours

Pay Range: $64,613/salaried to $78,611/salaried depending on years of experience

Why You'll Love Riverside
We make a true difference in people’s lives through rewarding work. Most of our jobs come with great benefits – including healthcare, numerous professional development opportunities, and generous time off - all in a respectful and inclusive environment, perhaps why Riverside was named a Boston Globe Top Workplace and a best-in-state employer by Forbes.  

Benefits include:

  • Comprehensive, high-quality health, dental, and vision insurance options
  • Flexible Spending Accounts – both medical and dependent care
  • Eleven paid holidays
  • Separate accruals for vacation (increases with tenure), personal, and sick time
  • Tax-deferred 403(b) retirement savings plan with employer match
  • Employee Assistance Plan / Travel Assistance Plan
  • Employee bonus for referrals resulting in hiring
  • Discounts to movie theaters, sporting, and entertainment events
  • Employee YMCA discount: 10% off a YMCA monthly membership and 50% off the joiner’s fee

Learn more about our benefits and culture:

Our Benefits

Our Culture

Hear what employees think about working for Riverside!

Required Skills

  • Experience in early intervention, special needs populations, or early childhood preferred 
  • Excellent verbal and written communication skills 
  • Excellent organizational and time-management skills 
  • Knowledge of basic computer systems 
  • Valid driver's license and reliable transportation or ability to access public transportation
  • Ability to push, pull and lift up to 40 pounds 
  • Ability to frequently bend, stoop, kneel, sit, reach, crawl, and maneuver with infants and toddlers exercising constant changes of position and movement

Required Experience

  • University Degree in Physical Therapy
  • Eligible for or Current Massachusetts Licensure as a Physical Therapist

Riverside Community Care is dedicated to the goal of building a culturally diverse and inclusive organization committed to working in a multicultural environment and strongly encourages applications from culturally diverse applicants. We provide equal opportunity for all persons seeking employment without regard to race, age, color, religion, gender, gender identity and expression, marital status, sexual orientation, military status, national origin, disability, or any other characteristic as established by law.

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About Riverside Community Care

A community-based non-profit organization serving more than 40,000 people a year in Massachusetts, Riverside Community Care offers a wide range of mental healthcare, developmental and brain injury services, early childhood and youth programs, addiction treatment, trauma response, and more. And our digital learning platforms extend our reach to more than one million people around the globe, providing tools for education, prevention, and crisis management.


We are dedicated to: Children, youth, and families needing mental healthcare, early intervention services, family support, and care coordination services.

Individuals with mental health needs seeking counseling and/or medication, emergency psychiatric services, employment, and housing support.

Those with developmental disabilities, brain injury, or autism, needing residential services, employment assistance, or support services.

Families and children who have experienced domestic violence.

Schools, colleges, workplaces, and communities seeking to address mental health issues, substance use, and suicide risk.

Organizations and communities facing the aftermath of a tragic event such as a teen suicide or natural disaster.


We partner with local hospitals and physicians, and work with most insurers and MassHealth in support of individual and collective goals.

Our staff are remarkable, compassionate people who are proud of the work they do to improve people’s lives and are up for any challenge.

You can count on Riverside when you or someone you know needs help.

We take your trust seriously and work hard to make a difference by delivering integrated, quality care.

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