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Adams Place
Dickson, Tennessee

Social Worker

Social WorkerFull-Time

Compensation

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Posted 5mo ago

Job Description

Why NHC?

At NHC, we “Put our Heart in Everything We Do!” We take pride in working together as a team in our family-oriented work environment. We provide a culture of excellence, recognition, empowerment, and fun. We offer professional growth opportunities along with competitive compensation wage increases based on performance. If you want this experience in your career, apply today!

Position: Social Worker

The qualified applicant for this position should hold a Bachelor's or Master's degree in social work from an accredited program, and have knowledge of the case management process and needs of geriatric patients, including funding resources.

Benefits We Offer

  • Flexible Schedule
  • Competitive Pay & Holiday Incentive Pay
  • Earned Time Off
  • Health, Dental, Vision, Disability and Life insurance
  • 401k with generous company contributions
  • Uniforms
  • Tuition Reimbursement Opportunities
  • Advancement Opportunities

Social Worker Position Highlights

  • working with individual patients and families toward adjustment to center life and to crises of illness, disability and death
  • serving in an advocacy role for patients and their families in expressing, defining and resolving grievances
  • coordinating discharge planning functions
  • reporting to the Director of Social Work Services the current status of social services and present needs
  • participate in developing patient care plans in cooperation with individuals from other disciplines
  • maintaining confidentiality of professional information

NHC Dickson is located at 812 N Charlotte St, Dickson, TN 37055

If you are interested in working as a Social Worker for a leader in senior care, share NHC's values of honesty and integrity, and have a heart for the geriatric patient, please apply today and find out more about us at nhccare.com/locations/dickson/

We look forward to talking with you about this great Social Worker opportunity.

NHC is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

Key Responsibilities

The Social Worker will support patients and families with adjustment to center life and crises related to illness or disability. They are also responsible for coordinating discharge planning and advocating for patient needs within the care team.

Requirements

Applicants must hold a Bachelor's or Master's degree in social work from an accredited program. Knowledge of the case management process and the specific needs of geriatric patients is required.

Qualifications

Education
Master's degree (postgraduate degree)

Key Skills

Geriatric CarePatient AdvocacyCare PlanningCrisis InterventionGrievance Resolution

Work-Life Balance Analysis

WeekdayDoc's proprietary algorithm rates Social Worker at Adams Place a 7.9 out of 10 for work-life balance — classified as very good. This places the position in the top 10% in Social Work — ranked against 6,459 active Social Work listings on WeekdayDoc. Contributing factors include flexible scheduling.

Social Worker Career Context

Of the 50 active Social Work listings this role was benchmarked against, 34% are remote, 38% have no call, 56% require no weekends.

The cost-of-living index for Tennessee is 91.9 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)). 58.6% of Tennessee clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).

Location & Logistics

Tennessee has no state income tax, which can significantly increase take-home pay compared to high-tax states.

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Annual compensation range

Benefits & Perks21 jobs

401k / retirement match
95% this job
Sign-on bonus
29%
CME allowance
24%
Loan repayment
14%
PSLF eligible
14%

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Work-life snapshot

median 6.0this job 7.9
Among the best 10% of Social Work listings for work-life

Listing-based score, 0–10, across 6,459 comparable listings. Shaded area = the share scoring below this one.

  • On-site

Living in Dickson

Typical 3-bedroom home value
$347k
Median resident rent
$1,063/mo
Residents’ average commute
27 min
Metro price indexU.S. average = 100
96.3
State income tax
None
Sources & methodology

Sources: Zillow home values (Aug 2026), U.S. Census ACS 2024 five-year.

BEA 2024 · Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN metro prices. Housing figures are city-level.

City-level figures. Not a cost-of-living guarantee.

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About Adams Place

Hospitals and Health Care
Murfreesboro, Tennessee
1,001-5,000 employees

Benefits & Perks

Flexible Schedule
Competitive Pay & Holiday Incentive Pay
Earned Time Off
Health, Dental, Vision, Disability and Life insurance
401k with generous company contributions
Uniforms
Tuition Reimbursement Opportunities
Advancement Opportunities