Adventist HealthCare logo
Adventist HealthCare
Silver Spring, Maryland

Social Worker MSW, Day Shift, Home Health

Social WorkerNo weekendsFull-Time

Listed compensation

$29.08-$42.17/hr

The week · per this posting · Monday – FridayWeekdays only

Ask the employer about the work setting, call expectations and time off.

Posted 49m ago · Verified live

Job Description

AHC - Home Health Southern Maryland

If you are a current Adventist HealthCare employee, please click this link to apply through your Workday account.

Adventist HealthCare Home Health is hiring a Social Worker MSW in our Southern Maryland Territory and Silver Spring Territory. Qualified candidates will be eligible for up to a $2,500 sign-on bonus! (*Current AHC employees not eligible – see below under additional details.)

We're seeking an experienced Social Worker MSW, who will embrace our mission to extend God’s care through the ministry of physical, mental and spiritual healing.

As a Social Worker You Will

  • Demonstrates the knowledge and skills necessary to provide quality therapeutic care that is appropriate to the age, diagnoses, developmental state, and mental status of the clients that are assigned to their specific unit/department
  • Initiates and implements complete, comprehensive psychosocial assessments
  • Provides individual, group, and family therapies to clients and their families
  • Participates in and interdisciplinary treatment team to propose and develop strategies and interventions that would promote excellent therapeutic outcomes
  • Assists clients in their development of self-respect, dignity, integrity, and self-actualization through a multitude of traditional and adjunctive therapeutic services
  • Documents services provided and disseminates information/reports to community referral sources and agencies, i. e., DJJ, DSS, HHS, APS, CPS, LCC, etc.
  • Co-Ordinates with the interdisciplinary team, referral sources, and community resources aftercare and supportive services to ensure a successful discharge planning process
  • Demonstrates knowledge and skills necessary to diffuse psychotic and/or behavioral crises to ensure client, unit, and staff safety an stability B
  • Assesses and intervenes in cases of suspected/disclosed child/adult neglect/abuse issues
  • Promotes positive patient-family-community relations

Qualified Candidates Will Possess

  • Master’s Degree in Social Work or equivalent Master’s Degree in a recognized health field
  • Licensed Graduate Social Work Licensure Required
  • One to Three Years Social Work Experience Preferred, Experience in an Inpatient Setting Preferred
  • Knowledge of Psychological Disorders & Abnormal Psychology Related to Adolescents and Adults Required
  • Work is primarily sedentary in nature requiring occasional exertion of up to ten pounds of force to lift, carry, push, pull, or otherwise move objects.
  • Work requires visual acuity to read, prepare, and analyze data, transcriptions, and characters on computer terminal, visual inspection of documents, and similar objects or items at distances generally close to eyes.
  • Worker is not substantially exposed to adverse environmental condition; conditions are typical of office setting.

Work Schedule: Employment Type: Full-time

Hours per Week: 40 hrs/week

Typical Daily Schedule: 8:00 AM–5:00 PM Monday through Friday

Shift Type: Days

Weekend Requirements: Rotating

Holiday Requirements: Rotating

Pay Range

  • $29.08 - $42.17
  • If the salary range is listed as $0 or if the position is Per Diem (with a fixed rate), salary discussions will take place during the screening process.
  • Under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA), this position is classified as:
  • United States of America (Non-Exempt)
  • At Adventist HealthCare our job is to care for you.

We Do This by Offering

  • Work life balance through nonrotating shifts
  • Recognition and rewards for professional expertise

Free Employee Parking

Medical, Prescription, Dental, and Vision coverage for employees and their eligible dependents effective on your date of hire

Employer-paid Short & Long-Term Disability, Basic Life Insurance and AD&D, (short-term disability buy-up available)

Paid Time Off

  • Employer retirement contribution and match after 1-year of eligible employment with a 3-year vesting period
  • Voluntary benefits include flexible spending accounts, legal plans, and life, pet, auto, home, long term care, and critical illness & accident insurance
  • Subsidized childcare at participating childcare centers
  • Tuition Reimbursement
  • Employee Assistance Program (EAP) support

As a faith-based organization, with over a century of caring for the communities in the Maryland area, Adventist HealthCare has earned a reputation for high-quality, compassionate care. Adventist HealthCare was the first and is the largest healthcare provider in Montgomery County.

If you want to make a difference in someone’s life every day, consider a position with a team of professionals who are doing just that, making a difference.

Join the Adventist HealthCare team today, apply now to be considered!

COVID-19 Vaccination

Adventist HealthCare strongly recommends all applicants to be fully vaccinated for COVID-19 before commencing employment. Applicants may be required to furnish proof of vaccination.

Tobacco and Drug Statement

Tobacco use is a well-recognized preventable cause of death in the United States and an important public health issue. In order to promote and maintain a healthy work environment, Adventist HealthCare will not hire applicants for employment who either state that they are nicotine users or who test positive for nicotine and drug use.

While some jurisdictions, including Maryland, permit the use of marijuana for medical purposes, marijuana continues to be classified as an illegal drug under the federal Controlled Substances Act. As a result, medical marijuana use will not be accepted as a valid explanation for a positive drug test result.

Adventist HealthCare will withdraw offers of employment to applicants who test positive for Cotinine (nicotine) and marijuana. Those testing positive are given the opportunity to re-apply in 90 days, if they can truthfully attest that they have not used any nicotine products in the past ninety (90) days and successfully pass follow-up testing. ("Nicotine products" include, but are not limited to: cigarettes, cigars, pipes, chewing tobacco, e-cigarettes, vaping products, hookah, and nicotine replacement products (e. g., nicotine gum, nicotine patches, nicotine lozenges, etc.).

Equal Employment Opportunity

Adventist HealthCare is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. We are committed to attracting, engaging, and developing the best people to cultivate our mission-centric culture. Our goal is to have a welcoming, equitable, and safe place to work and grow for all employees, no matter their background.

AHC does not discriminate in employment opportunities or practices on the basis of race, ethnicity, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, pregnancy and related medical conditions, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.

Adventist HealthCare will make reasonable accommodations for applicants with disabilities, in accordance with applicable law. Adventist HealthCare is a religious organization as defined under applicable law; however, it will endeavor to provide reasonable accommodations for applicants’ religious beliefs.

Applicants who wish to request accommodations for disabilities or religious belief should contact the Support Center HR Office.

Key Responsibilities

The Social Worker will conduct comprehensive psychosocial assessments and provide therapeutic interventions to clients and their families. They will also coordinate with interdisciplinary teams and community resources to ensure effective discharge planning and supportive care.

Requirements

Candidates must hold a Master’s Degree in Social Work or a related health field and possess a Licensed Graduate Social Work license. One to three years of social work experience, preferably in an inpatient setting, is required.

Qualifications

Education
Professional certificate or licensure
Experience
2+ years of experience

Key Skills

Individual therapyGroup therapyFamily therapyCrisis interventionBehavioral crisis managementAbuse assessmentNeglect assessmentDocumentationPatient relationsCase management

Work-Life Balance Analysis

WeekdayDoc's proprietary algorithm rates Social Worker MSW, Day Shift, Home Health at Adventist HealthCare a 6.4 out of 10 for work-life balance — classified as good. This places the position in the Above average in Social Work — ranked against 6,508 active Social Work listings on WeekdayDoc. Contributing factors include no weekend requirements.

Social Worker Career Context

Adventist HealthCare ranks #4 of 18 employers hiring Social Worker on WeekdayDoc by average advertised pay.

In Maryland, the Social Work weighted monthly median benchmark on WeekdayDoc is ~$82k (55 salary observations; 89 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, 56% are remote, 32% have no call, 62% 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 Maryland is 105.0 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)), so the posted ~$74k midpoint carries the purchasing power of roughly $71k in an average-cost state. 62.9% of Maryland clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).

Top Social Worker Jobs

35 matches · ranked by pay

Salary Distribution35 jobs · 22 employers

13
<$90k
5
$90k-105k
3
$105k-120k
11
$120k-135k
3
$135k+

Annual compensation range

Benefits & Perks31 jobs · 22 employers

401k / retirement match
94% this job
Sign-on bonus
45% this job
CME allowance
19%
Loan repayment
6%

Share of similar jobs offering each benefit

#1

Licensed Independent Clinical Social Worker (LICSW)

LifeStance Health · Vancouver, Washington

$123k-$141k
#2

Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW)

LifeStance Health · West Linn, Oregon

$123k-$141k
#3

Licensed Mental Health Therapist (LMFT, LCSW, LPCC)

$118k-$135k
#4

Licensed Mental Health Therapist (LMFT, LCSW, LPCC)

$117k-$134k
+ 33 more · ranked by pay

Work-life snapshot

median 6.0this job 6.4
Better work-life than 60% of Social Work listings

Listing-based score, 0–10, across 6,508 comparable listings. Shaded area = the share scoring below this one.

  • No weekends

Living in Silver Spring

Typical 3-bedroom home value
$526k
Typical market rent
$1,962/mo
Residents’ average commute
34 min
Metro price indexU.S. average = 100
108.9
State income tax
Up to 5.8%
Sources & methodology

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

BEA 2024 · Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV metro prices. Housing figures are city-level.

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

Adventist HealthCare logo

About Adventist HealthCare

Hospitals and Health Care
Gaithersburg, MD
1,001-5,000 employees

Benefits & Perks

Up to $2,500 sign-on bonus
Medical, Prescription, Dental, and Vision coverage effective on date of hire
Employer-paid Short & Long-Term Disability, Basic Life Insurance and AD&D
Paid Time Off
Employer retirement contribution and match after 1-year of eligible employment
Tuition Reimbursement
Free Employee parking
Subsidized childcare at participating childcare centers