Medical Social Worker (MSW) - Home Health | O'ahu
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Job Description
Medical Social Worker (MSW) - Home Health.
Location: O’ahu
Always Best Care Senior Services - O’ahu is hiring a Medical Social Worker to join our home health team. You will help patients and families work through the emotional, financial, and practical challenges that come with illness and recovery, right in their own homes.
What You Will Do
- Assess patients’ psychosocial and emotional needs, family dynamics, home environment, and financial concerns
- Provide counseling, emotional support, crisis intervention, advocacy, and education
- Connect patients and caregivers with community resources, including financial, housing, transportation, legal, and long-term care services
- Support discharge planning and transitions of care
- Coordinate with physicians, nurses, therapists, and the rest of the care team, and take part in case conferences
- Keep accurate, timely assessments, visit notes, and progress documentation
- Take part in quality improvement (QAPI) activities
Qualifications
- Master’s degree in social work
- Current Hawaii LSW license that meets home health medical social services requirements
- At least one year of experience in healthcare, home health, or social services preferred
- Knowledge of community resources and social service programs
- Strong assessment, counseling, communication, documentation, advocacy, and organizational skills
- Valid driver’s license, reliable transportation, and automobile insurance when required by agency policy
Always Best Care provides equal employment opportunities.
Call 808-207-8558 [tel:808-207-8558] (available 24/7)
Key Responsibilities
The Medical Social Worker will assess patients' psychosocial needs and provide counseling, crisis intervention, and emotional support in their homes. They will also coordinate care with the multidisciplinary team and connect patients with essential community and financial resources.
Qualifications
- Education
- Master's degree (postgraduate degree)
Key Skills
Social Worker Career Context
Of the 50 active Social Work listings this role was benchmarked against, 46% are remote, 28% have no call, 76% require no weekends.
Social Work pay on WeekdayDoc is down 1.4% vs. the prior quarter (through Oct 2026).
| Measure | This job | Market |
|---|---|---|
| Listed pay | not listed | Social Work median $72k (middle half $62k–$82k)332 comparable listings, Nov 2026 |
| Cost of living | Hawaii index 110.0 | US average = 100BEA Regional Price Parities (2024) |
| Social Work listings in Hawaii | 28 active | 6,470 nationallylive on WeekdayDoc, Nov 2026 |
| Work setting | on-site | peers: 46% remote · 28% no call · 76% no weekends50 benchmarked listings |
| Sign-on & loan repayment | not stated | US Social Worker listings: 8% state a sign-on bonus (median $5k) · 4% offer loan repayment1,000 active listings, Nov 2026 |
| New Social Work listings | 2,430 in the last 30 days | 1,521 the 30 days before (+60%)U.S., first seen on WeekdayDoc, Nov 2026 |
| Social Work pay trend | −1.4% vs prior quarter | —through Oct 2026 |
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