Social Worker Long Term Care
Milwaukee, WIFull-time$49–72K/yrSeen 5 days agoSeen in employer's feed 5 days ago
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Job overview
The Social Worker Long Term Care role is based at St. Francis Place in Milwaukee and is scheduled for full-time day shifts. The social worker interviews patients, assesses priorities, and documents case activity; coordinates with care teams, agencies, and relatives; connects clients and families with community resources; and helps maintain resident safety. A high school diploma/GED with two years of experience, an associate's degree, or a bachelor's degree is required.
Skills & qualifications
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Full job description
Your future role at a glance
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Location: Milwaukee, WI
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Facility: St. Francis Place
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Department: Social Services
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Schedule: Day shift l Full-time
How you’ll make an impact in this role
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Interviews patients, assesses priorities and documents case activity.
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Consults with team managers, statutory and voluntary agencies and patient's relatives to ensure compliance with patient's treatment plan.
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Assists clients/families with obtaining community assistance by referral to proper resources. Develops and maintains working relationships with community health, welfare and social agencies and seeks creative means to assist the client with his/her needs.
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Assures resident safety by identifying safety hazards and emergency situations and initiates corrective action as appropriate.
What minimum requirements you’ll need
Licensure / Certification / Registration
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Required Credential(s):
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None Required.
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Preferred Credential(s):
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Master Social Worker.
Education
- High school diploma/GED with 2 years of experience, or Associate's degree, or Bachelor's degree required.
Work Experience
- 3 years of experience preferred.
Benefits that help you thrive
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Comprehensive health coverage: medical, dental, vision, prescription coverage and HSA/FSA options
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Financial security & retirement: employer-matched 403(b), planning and hardship resources, disability and life insurance
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Time to recharge: pro-rated paid time off (PTO) and holidays
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Career growth: Ascension-paid tuition (Vocare), reimbursement, ongoing professional development and online learning
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Emotional well-being: Employee Assistance Program, counseling and peer support, spiritual care and stress management resources
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Family support: parental leave, adoption assistance and family benefits
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Other benefits: optional legal and pet insurance, transportation savings and more
Life at Ascension: Where purpose meets opportunity
Ascension is a leading nonprofit Catholic health system with a culture and associate experience grounded in service, growth, care and connection. We empower our 99,000+ associates to bring their skills and expertise every day to reimagining healthcare, together. Recognized as one of the Best 150+ Places to Work in Healthcare and a Military-Friendly Gold Employer, you'll find an inclusive and supportive environment where your contributions truly matter.
Equal employment opportunity employer
Ascension provides Equal Employment Opportunities (EEO) to all associates and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex/gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, pregnancy, childbirth, and related medical conditions, lactation, breastfeeding, national origin, citizenship, age, disability, genetic information, veteran status, marital status, all as defined by applicable law, and any other legally protected status or characteristic in accordance with applicable federal, state and local laws. For further information, view the EEO Know Your Rights (English) (https://www.eeoc.gov/sites/default/files/2023-06/22-088\_EEOC\_KnowYourRights6.12.pdf) poster or EEO Know Your Rights (Spanish) (https://www.eeoc.gov/sites/default/files/2023-06/22-088\_EEOC\_KnowYourRightsSp6.12.pdf) poster.
Fraud prevention notice
Prospective applicants should be vigilant against fraudulent job offers and interview requests. Scammers may use sophisticated tactics to impersonate Ascension employees. To ensure your safety, please remember: Ascension will never ask for payment or to provide banking or financial information as part of the job application or hiring process, our legitimate email communications will always come from an @ascension.org email address; do not trust other domains, and an official offer will only be extended to candidates who have completed a job application through our authorized applicant tracking system.
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Min Salary: 49374.00
Max Salary 72209.48
How this job compares
Set against the 3,214 open Social Worker jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 10, 2026.
- Pay
- This posting$49–72K/yr
- US median$67–94K/yr1,000 salary ranges
This range's midpoint, $61K, is 23% below the US median midpoint ($79K) — in the lowest quarter of Social Worker salary ranges across the US.
- Openings
- Olive Jobs lists 85 open Social Worker jobs in Wisconsin and 3,214 across the US. 3% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
- Hiring the most in Wisconsin
- Ascension Health (this employer)11 open
- SSM Health7 open
- Advocate Health4 open
- Experience
- This posting asks for at least 2 years of experience; Social Worker postings that state a minimum ask for 1 year at the median (1,591 postings).
- Education
- 2,192 of the 3,214 open Social Worker jobs (68%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.
Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on November 10, 2026. Pay medians are the middle values of the low ends and of the high ends of postings that list both ends of a range in the same cadence (a yearly salary or an hourly rate); a range's midpoint is halfway between its ends. Pay and experience figures resting on fewer than 20 postings are left out.
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