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Mount Sinai Health System
New York, New York

Social Worker, Palliative Care at Home - (Mount Sinai Home Health) Full Time - Day

Social WorkerFull-Time

Listed compensation

$80k-$120k

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Employment & setting
Full-Time
Call expectations
Not specified
Weekends
Not specified
Posted 56m ago · Verified live

Job description

Join Mount Sinai Health System as a Palliative Care Social Worker – Home-Based, Full-Time Days in New York, New York, United States.

Benefits & Compensation

  • Salary: $79,720 - $119,580
  • Health Insurance
  • PSLF Eligible

Work Schedule

  • Full-Time position.
  • No explicit call, weekend, or night shift information provided.

Apply to join Mount Sinai Health System as a Palliative Care Social Worker – Home-Based, Full-Time Days.

Key Responsibilities

The social worker provides direct psychosocial support and counseling to patients and families facing advanced illness in a home-based setting. They collaborate with an interdisciplinary team to develop and coordinate comprehensive care plans that address patient symptoms and goals of care.

Requirements

Candidates must hold a Master’s degree in Social Work from a CSWE accredited program and possess a valid LMSW or LCSW license in New York. Previous experience in palliative care or hospice settings and working within interdisciplinary teams is required.

Qualifications

Experience
2+ years of experience

Key Skills

Hospice CareChronic Illness ManagementCase ManagementPsychosocial AssessmentInterdisciplinary Team CollaborationFamily CounselingPatient EducationCrisis InterventionCare PlanningDocumentationCommunication SkillsLeadershipSpanish Proficiency

Palliative Care — Social Worker Career Context

Mount Sinai Health System ranks #4 of 18 employers hiring Social Worker on WeekdayDoc by average advertised pay, and holds silver-tier status on the Top Employers work-life index, composite score 73/100, 234 active listings.

Of the 50 active Social Worker listings this role was benchmarked against, 34% are remote, 16% have no call, 60% require no weekends.

The cost-of-living index for New York is 107.9 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)), so the posted ~$100k midpoint carries the purchasing power of roughly $92k in an average-cost state. 64.6% of New York clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).

Position Insights

AI ANALYSIS

This role scores 3.0/10 on work-life balance for Social Worker roles.

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Annual compensation range

Benefits & Perks35 jobs

401k / retirement match
83%
CME allowance
49%
Loan repayment
17%
Sign-on bonus
9%
PSLF eligible
9% this job

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Work-life snapshot

3.0/ 10
Listing-based score

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