Social Worker MSW

Social WorkerFull-Time

Listed compensation

$24.27-$36.1/hr

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Job Description

Where You’ll Work

Welcome to Saint Joseph London, a 150-bed regional hospital founded in 1926. Located on a 52 acre healing environment, Saint Joseph London offers private patient rooms that overlook a small lake and healing garden and has been recognized as a Best Place to Work in Kentucky for five years in a row (2020-2024).

CHI Health Saint Joseph is part of CommonSpirit Health, a non-profit, Catholic health system dedicated to advancing health for all people. With approximately 175,000 team members and 25,000 physicians and advanced practice clinicians.

Our commitment to serve the common good is delivered through the dedicated work of thousands of physicians, advanced practice clinicians, nurses, and staff; through clinical excellence delivered across a system of 140 hospitals and more than 2,200 care centers serving 24 states.

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.

Conducts a psychosocial assessment on identified priority patients in collaboration with family.

Outline available strategies and services to assist in addressing psychosocial care needs, and to make recommendations as appropriate.

Specialized screening tools may be used for the assessment such as Depression screen, Anxiety screen, Substance Abuse screen, Health Literacy screen, Mental Status screen, and Social Support screen as well as other specialized screens and evaluative tools.

Develops individualized psychosocial case plans in collaboration with Case Manager -Acute Care based on assessment and in conjunction with other members of the Care Management team.

Documents actions in medical record according to departmental guidelines and oversees process of exchange of information with other facilities/agencies adhering to legal mandates about confidentiality.

Provides crisis interventions and psychosocial counseling services to restore patients and families to optimum social and psychological health based on their strengths and use of available resources.

Job Requirements

Required

Masters Of Science Social Work and Demonstrated experience in case management, discharge planning, and transfer coordination., upon hire

Master Social Worker: KY, upon hire

Key Responsibilities

The Social Worker conducts psychosocial assessments and develops individualized care plans to support patients and their families. They provide crisis intervention, counseling, and collaborate with multidisciplinary teams to ensure holistic patient care.

Requirements

Candidates must hold a Master of Science in Social Work and possess a valid Master Social Worker license for Kentucky. Demonstrated experience in case management, discharge planning, and transfer coordination is required.

Qualifications

Education
Master's degree (postgraduate degree)
Experience
2+ years of experience

Key Skills

Care planningHealth literacy screeningSubstance abuse screeningMental status screeningMultidisciplinary collaboration

Social Worker Career Context

Of the 50 active Social Work listings this role was benchmarked against, 58% are remote, 30% have no call, 74% require no weekends.

The cost-of-living index for Kentucky is 90.2 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)), so the posted ~$63k midpoint carries the purchasing power of roughly $70k in an average-cost state. 61.6% of Kentucky clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).

Social Work by the numbers
MeasureThis jobMarket
Listed pay$50k–$75kSocial Work median $62k (middle half $50k–$79k)235 comparable listings, Nov 2026
Cost-of-living adjusted pay~$70k in purchasing powerKentucky index 90.2 (US = 100)BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)
Social Work listings in Kentucky86 active6,498 nationallylive on WeekdayDoc, Nov 2026
Work settingon-sitepeers: 58% remote · 30% no call · 74% no weekends50 benchmarked listings
Sign-on & loan repaymentnot statedUS Social Worker listings: 8% state a sign-on bonus (median $5k) · 5% offer loan repayment1,000 active listings, Nov 2026
New Social Work listings2,510 in the last 30 days1,443 the 30 days before (+74%)U.S., first seen on WeekdayDoc, Nov 2026
Sources: WeekdayDoc live listing index, BEA Regional Price Parities (2024); as of Nov 2026. Same values as the Weekday Verdict and Market Insights on this page.

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Salary Distribution

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Annual compensation range

Benefits & Perks

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401k / retirement match
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Sign-on bonus
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CME allowance
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Relocation assistance
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Loan repayment
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Work-life snapshot

median 5.1this job 3.0
Better work-life than 20% of Social Work listings

Listing-based score, 0–10, across 6,365 comparable listings. Shaded area = the share scoring below this one.

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About Saint Joseph Hospital - London

Hospitals and Health Care
Lexington, Kentucky
501-1,000 employees

Benefits & Perks

PSLF eligible employer

Living in London

Typical 3-bedroom home value
$219k
Median resident rent
$815/mo
Residents’ average commute
24 min
State income tax
Up to 4.5%
Sources & methodology

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

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