
Social Worker
Worcester, MAFull-time$35–40/hrSeen 2w agoSeen in employer's feed 2 days ago
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Job overview
Athena Health Care Systems is hiring a full-time Social Worker at Parsons Hill Rehabilitation & Health Care Center in Worcester. The role provides social services to meet residents’ medically related emotional and social needs. Candidates must hold a Massachusetts social work license and a bachelor’s degree in social work. The posting prefers at least one year of social work experience in a health-related setting.
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Full job description
We are hiring a full-time Social Worker to join our dynamic care team at Parsons Hill Rehabilitation & Health Care Center in Worcester!
8a-4p schedule with weekly pay ranging from $35 to $40, depending on license and experience.
Your role is to assist with the planning, organizing, developing, and directing all required social services to meet the needs of residents to ensure that the medically related emotional and social needs of the resident are met/maintained on an individual basis.
Experience & Education:
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Must possess a social work license in the state of Massachusetts (LSW, LICSW, LSWA, and/or LCSW).
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A minimum of one (1) year social work in a hospital, skilled facility, or other health-related field preferred.
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Must possess, as a minimum, a bachelor's in social work from an approved school of social work.
Duties & Responsibilities:
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Coordinate and monitor resident care conferences.
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Work with individual residents, responsible parties, and families towards adjustment to placement and to crisis (i.e., illness, disability, and death).
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Complies with facility Privacy Practices policies and procedures and protects residents’ individual health information.
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Complete comprehensive documentation in a timely manner.
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In the role of advocate coordinate personal needs.
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Utilize community resources appropriately.
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Support staff in relation to resident-related issues.
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Other duties deemed appropriate and assigned by your supervisor.
Specific Requirements:
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Must be able to read, write, speak and understand the English language.
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Must possess the ability to make independent decisions when circumstances warrant such action.
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Must possess the ability to deal tactfully with personnel, residents, family members, visitors, government agencies/personnel and general public.
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Must have patience, tact, cheerful disposition, and enthusiasm, as well as being willing to handle residents based on whatever maturity level in which they are currently functioning.
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Must possess the ability to seek out new methods and principles and be willing to incorporate them into existing Social Service practices.
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Must be able to relate information concerning a resident’s condition/incident to the Interdisciplinary Team as appropriate.
Benefits:
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Weekly Pay
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Holiday & Overtime Pay
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Career Advancement Opportunities
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Exclusive Employer Discount Program
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401(k) with Employer Match
Available for Full-Time Staff:
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Employer-Paid Life Insurance
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Vacation and Personal Time
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Health, Dental, and Vision Insurance
We are an equal opportunity employer that values diversity at all levels. All individuals are encouraged to apply. Our facility follows federal and state guidelines regarding staff vaccinations. Our policy requires all staff to be up to date with COVID and flu vaccinations, or acknowledge a declination of the vaccination(s).
How this job compares
Set against the 3,362 open Social Worker jobs on Olive Jobs, counted October 31, 2026.
- Pay
- This posting$35–40/hr
- Massachusetts median$35–45/hr35 hourly ranges
- US median$31–45/hr898 hourly ranges
This range's midpoint, $37.50/hr, is 6% below the Massachusetts median midpoint ($40/hr) — in the middle half of Social Worker hourly ranges in Massachusetts.
- Openings
- Olive Jobs lists 188 open Social Worker jobs in Massachusetts and 3,362 across the US. 3% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
- Hiring the most in Massachusetts
- OptiMindHealth39 open
- Mass General Brigham32 open
- State of Massachusetts13 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 (1,666 postings).
- Education
- This posting asks for a bachelor's degree; 2,167 of the 3,362 open Social Worker jobs (64%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.
Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on October 31, 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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