Social Worker MSW (Per Diem/Weekends) Center City
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Job Description
Number of Positions In Requisition
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Job Details
Provides social work services, assesses and enhances the patient’s/family’s/significant other’s ability to cope with physical, emotional and environmental problems related to illness/convalescence and discharge plan. Works collaboratively with the multidisciplinary healthcare team to establish a discharge plan for the patient.
Job Description
Essential Functions
Interacts with co-workers, visitors, and other staff consistent with the values of Jefferson.
Conducts psychosocial assessment/reassignment of patients/significant others relating to the social, emotional and cognitive capabilities of patients in relationship to their illness and health maintenance needs.
Develops and implements a plan of intervention that addresses identified needs related to needs/problems identified during assessment.
- Collaborated with the multidisciplinary team to ensure appropriate discharge planning
- Provides counseling for patient/family/significant others to assist with coping with new diagnoses, chronic illness and palliative or terminal care
- Advocates on behalf of the patients/families to enable them to obtain necessary services.
Minimum Education and Experience Requirements
Education:
Graduate from an accredited Masters of Social Work program required. Masters of Social Work required.
AND
Experience
- Minimum of 2 years hospital based social work experience.
- Minimum Certifications, Registration or License Requirements:
- Active LSW or LCSW required for New Jersey positions and preferred for Pennsylvania positions.
Work Shift
- Workday Day (United States of America)
- Worker Sub Type
- Regular
- Employee Entity
- Thomas Jefferson University Hospitals, Inc.
- Primary Location Address
- 111 S 11th Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Nationally ranked, Jefferson, which is principally located in the greater Philadelphia region, Lehigh Valley and Northeastern Pennsylvania and southern New Jersey, is reimagining health care and higher education to create unparalleled value.
Jefferson is more than 65,000 people strong, dedicated to providing the highest-quality, compassionate clinical care for patients; making our communities healthier and stronger; preparing tomorrow's professional leaders for 21st-century careers; and creating new knowledge through basic/programmatic, clinical and applied research.
Thomas Jefferson University, home of Sidney Kimmel Medical College, Jefferson College of Nursing, and the Kanbar College of Design, Engineering and Commerce, dates back to 1824 and today comprises 10 colleges and three schools offering 200+ undergraduate and graduate programs to more than 8,300 students.
Jefferson Health, nationally ranked as one of the top 15 not-for-profit health care systems in the country and the largest provider in the Philadelphia and Lehigh Valley areas, serves patients through millions of encounters each year at 32 hospitals campuses and more than 700 outpatient and urgent care locations throughout the region.
Jefferson Health Plans is a not-for-profit managed health care organization providing a broad range of health coverage options in Pennsylvania and New Jersey for more than 35 years.
Jefferson is committed to providing equal educational and employment opportunities for all persons without regard to age, race, color, religion, creed, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, marital status, pregnancy, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, military status, veteran status, handicap or disability or any other protected group or status.
Benefits
Jefferson offers a comprehensive package of benefits for full-time and part-time colleagues, including medical (including prescription), supplemental insurance, dental, vision, life and AD&D insurance, short- and long-term disability, flexible spending accounts, retirement plans, tuition assistance, as well as voluntary benefits, which provide colleagues with access to group rates on insurance and discounts.
Colleagues have access to tuition discounts at Thomas Jefferson University after one year of full time service or two years of part time service.
All colleagues, including those who work less than part-time (including per diem colleagues, adjunct faculty, and Jeff Temps), have access to medical (including prescription) insurance.
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Key Responsibilities
Provides social work services by assessing patient and family needs to facilitate coping with illness and health maintenance. Collaborates with the multidisciplinary healthcare team to develop and implement effective discharge plans.
Requirements
Requires a Master of Social Work degree from an accredited program. Candidates must have a minimum of 2 years of hospital-based social work experience and hold an active LSW or LCSW license.
Qualifications
- Education
- Master's degree (postgraduate degree)
- Experience
- 2+ years of experience
Key Skills
Social Worker Career Context
In Pennsylvania, the Social Work weighted monthly median benchmark on WeekdayDoc is ~$84k (32 salary observations; 117 listings), vs ~$81k nationally (1,517 salary observations; 4,492 listings). Monthly aggregates cover 2026-01-01 through 2026-10-01; these are not the modal's selected comparable-job medians.
Of the 50 active Social Work listings this role was benchmarked against, 36% are remote, 36% have no call, 76% require no weekends.
Social Work pay on WeekdayDoc is up 3.3% vs. the prior quarter (through Sep 2026).
The cost-of-living index for Pennsylvania is 97.6 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)). 61.7% of Pennsylvania clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).
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