Social Worker MSW
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Job overview
The Social Worker provides support and guidance to individuals and families facing complex challenges. The role conducts psychosocial assessments, develops care plans, provides counseling and crisis intervention, connects clients with resources, and advocates in collaboration with multidisciplinary teams. The position supports patient and family education, care coordination, transitions, and community resource management.
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Job Summary and Responsibilities
As our Social Worker, you will be a compassionate advocate, providing vital support and guidance to individuals and families facing complex challenges.
Every day, you will conduct psychosocial assessments, develop care plans, provide counseling and crisis intervention, and connect clients to resources. You'll advocate for clients and collaborate with multidisciplinary teams to ensure holistic support and promote well-being.
To be successful in this role, you will possess exceptional interpersonal skills, empathy, strong knowledge of community resources, and proven crisis management abilities, fostering positive change and client empowerment.
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Employees must abide by all Joint Commission Requirements including but not limited to sensitivity to cultural diversity, patient care, patient’s rights and ethical treatment, safety and security of physical environments, emergency management, teamwork, respect for others, participation in ongoing education and training, communication and adherence to safety and quality programs, sustaining compliance with National Patient Safety Goals, and licensure and health screenings.
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Advocacy & Education: Patient/Family Self Care Management, Patient/Family Health Management Education, Bioethics Referrals & Management, Physician, Staff & Community Education, Case Management Education & Training, Risk Management Identification & Referral
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Psychosocial Management: Crisis Intervention, Psychosocial Assessment/Functioning, Counseling Support & Referral, Abuse/Neglect Identification & Referral (Partner, Child, Elder), Family Issues Affecting Care, Coping/Emotional Adjustment, Grief/Bereavement Support (Individual & Group), Adoption Resources, Health/Wellness Promotion, Substance Abuse Screening/Resources, Psychiatric Screening/Behavior, Management, Staff Support and Crisis Intervention (Critical Incident Stress Debriefing)
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Patient/Family Care Conferences: Interdisciplinary Care Communication/Coordination, Continuity of Care Planning Management.
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Continuity/Transition Management: As part of Care Coordination team, facilitation of Patient decisions and communications regarding post-acute care; professional responsibility for knowledge of community resources related to clinical social work scope of service and functions and social worker discretion; maintaining appropriate up to date resource lists; education for patients/families about availability of community resources, mental health service coordination, Hospice
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Community Resource Coordination; Life Care Planning, Palliative/End-of-Life Care, expert consultation on health care resource management; team and patient education regarding CCS/Medicare/Medi-Cal/SSI
Job Requirements
Required
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Master's Degree from a School of Social work accredited by the Council of Social Work Education
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At least one (1) year of clinical and/or medical social work experience.
Preferred
- Provisional Licensed Master Social Worker.
Where You'll Work
Founded in 1925, Dignity Health - Mercy General Hospital is a 310-bed, acute care, nonprofit hospital located in Sacramento, California. Serving over 100,000 patients annually, the hospital offers a full complement of services including heart care, cancer care, women’s health, and neurology. Additionally, Mercy General Hospital has been recognized as an LGBTQ+ Healthcare Equality Leader by the Human Rights Campaign Foundation and a Joint Commission-certified Primary Stroke Center.
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Pay Range
$59.26 - $59.26 /hour
We are an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer.
How this job compares
Set against the 3,369 open Social Worker jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 1, 2026.
- Pay
- This posting$59.26/hr
- California median$43–62/hr77 hourly ranges
- US median$31–45/hr898 hourly ranges
This rate, $59.26/hr, is 9% above the California median midpoint ($55/hr) — in the middle half of Social Worker hourly ranges in California.
- Openings
- Olive Jobs lists 171 open Social Worker jobs in California and 3,369 across the US. 3% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
- Hiring the most in California
- Experience
- This posting asks for at least 1 year of experience; Social Worker postings that state a minimum ask for 2 years at the median (1,656 postings).
- Education
- This posting asks for a master's degree; 1,749 of the 3,369 open Social Worker jobs (52%) ask for a master's degree or higher.
Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on November 1, 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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