
Trauma Social Worker - Quality Services Emergency Department Care
Hershey, PAFull-timeSeen 1 day agoSeen in employer's feed 1 day ago
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The Trauma Social Worker supports Pennsylvania’s only combined Level 1 adult and pediatric trauma center, focusing on trauma accreditation standards and intervention for substance abuse, PTSD, acute stress, abuse, intimate partner violence, and sex trafficking. The role also provides psychosocial support to individuals, families, and groups coping with illness, advises family caregivers, offers information and counseling, makes referrals, and represents social services at trauma peer review and operations meetings.
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Invest in Your Future and Theirs: Full-time Milton S. Hershey Medical Center employees receive a 75% Penn State tuition discount for themselves and eligible dependents through the Grant-in-Aid program.
Penn State Health - Hershey Medical Center
Location: US:PA: Hershey
Work Type: Full Time
FTE: 1.00
Shift: Day
Hours: 10 hour shift
Recruiter Contact: Corey Cunningham at [email protected] (MAILTO://[email protected])
SUMMARY OF POSITION:
The Trauma Social Worker will provide support to Pennsylvania’s only combined Level 1 adult and pediatric trauma center. Focus will be on facilitating the Pennsylvania Trauma Systems Foundation standards of accreditation with focus on identification and intervention of substance abuse, PTSD, acute stress, child abuse, elder abuse, intimate partner violence, and sex trafficking. The Trauma Social Worker will also provide individuals, families, and groups with the psychosocial support needed to cope with chronic, acute, or terminal illnesses. Services include advising family caregivers, providing patients with information and counseling, and make referrals for other services. This position will represent social services at the trauma peer review, and trauma operations meetings.
MINIMUM QUALIFICATION(S):
- Master’s Degree in Social Work
WHY PENN STATE HEALTH?
Penn State Health offers exceptional opportunities to learn and grow, exposure to a wide patient population, and the ability to provide individualized, innovative, and specialized care to patients in the community.
Penn State Health offers an exceptional benefits package including medical, dental and vision with no waiting period as well as a Total Rewards Program that highlights a few of the many additional offerings below:
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Be Well with Employee Wellness Programs, and Fitness Discounts (University Fitness Center, Peloton).
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Be Balanced with Generous Paid Time Off, Personal Time, and Paid Parental Leave.
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Be Secured with Retirement, Extended Illness Bank, Life Insurance, and Identity Theft Protection.
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Be Rewarded with Competitive Pay, Tuition Reimbursement, and PAWS UP employee recognition program.
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Be Supported by the HR Solution Center, Learning and Organizational Development and Virtual Benefits Orientation, Employee Exclusive Concierge Service for scheduling.
WHY PENN STATE HEALTH MILTON HERSHEY MEDICAL CENTER?
Penn State Hershey Medical Center is Central Pennsylvania’s only Academic Medical Center, Level 1 Regional Adult and Pediatric Trauma Center, and Tertiary Care Provider. As a four-time Magnet-designated hospital, Hershey Medical Center values the hard work and dedication that our employees exhibit every day. Through our core values of Respect, Integrity, Teamwork, and Excellence, our employees are a team committed to compassionate care for our diverse patient population, our community and each other. As a valued team member, we promote continued professional development, specialty certification, continuing education, and career growth.
YOU TAKE CARE OF THEM. WE’LL TAKE CARE OF YOU. State-of-the-art equipment, endless learning, and a culture of excellence – that’s Penn State Health. But what makes our healthcare award-winning? That’s all you.
This job posting is a general outline of duties performed and is not to be misconstrued as encompassing all duties performed within the position. Eligibility for shift differential pay based on the terms outlined in company policy or union contract. All individuals (including current employees) selected for a position will undergo a background check appropriate for the position's responsibilities.
Penn State Health is an Equal Opportunity Employer and does not discriminate on the basis of any protected class including disability or veteran status. Penn State Health’s policies and objectives are in direct compliance with all federal and state constitutional provisions, laws, regulations, guidelines, and executive orders that prohibit or outlaw discrimination.
Union: Non Bargained
Position Trauma Social Worker - Quality Services Emergency Department Care
Location US:PA: Hershey | Human Services | Full Time
Req ID 104636
How this job compares
Set against the 3,278 open Social Worker jobs on Olive Jobs, counted October 30, 2026.
- Pay
- This postingNot listed
- Pennsylvania median$59–81K/yr25 salary ranges
- US median$31–45/hr873 hourly ranges
- Openings
- Olive Jobs lists 128 open Social Worker jobs in Pennsylvania and 3,278 across the US. 3% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
- Hiring the most in Pennsylvania
- Geisinger14 open
- Penn Medicine11 open
- Commonwealth of Pennsylvania8 open
- Experience
- Social Worker postings that state a minimum ask for 2 years of experience at the median; the middle half ask for 1 to 2 years (1,631 postings).
- Education
- This posting asks for a master's degree; 1,745 of the 3,278 open Social Worker jobs (53%) ask for a master's degree or higher.
Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on October 30, 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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