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Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts

Inpatient Social Worker - Adult Psych

Social WorkerNo weekendsFull-Time

Compensation

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The week · per this posting · Monday – Friday

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Posted 7mo ago

Job Description

Responsibilities

Social Worker Opportunity – Adult Inpatient Mental Health

At Arbour Hospital, we work diligently and compassionately to provide patients and their families with high-quality care and service excellence across a continuum of specialized behavioral health services. We have proudly served the residents of the greater Boston area since 1909.

Our medical staff consists of psychiatrists who average 20 years of practice at our facility, providing a solid and trusted foundation for our patient-focused approach to behavioral healthcare.

We stand ready to provide compassionate care through inpatient treatment and a strong continuum of aftercare services, community-based programs, and day treatment.

Website: arbourhospital.com

The Inpatient Social Worker is a vital part of Arbour Hospital’s multidisciplinary treatment team. This is a full time, Monday – Friday, 40 hour per week position at Arbour's Main Campus in Jamaica Plain, MA. This position is on Arbour Hospital's adult inpatient behavioral health units.

  • Benefit Highlights
  • Challenging and rewarding work environment
  • Competitive Compensation
  • Generous Paid Time Off
  • Excellent Medical, Dental, Vision and Prescription Drug Plan
  • 401(K) with generous company match and discounted stock plan
  • Career development opportunities within UHS and its 300+ Subsidiaries

Tuition Reimbursement

Further your education at a low cost through our Tuition Discount partnership with Chamberlin University

Supervision for Licensure

Responsibilities

  • Provide case management, family case work, and group therapy on inpatient psychiatric units
  • Document clients’ treatment
  • Complete diagnostic assessments
  • Provide crisis intervention
  • Provide milieu management

About Universal Health Services

One of the nation’s largest and most respected providers of hospital and healthcare services, Universal Health Services, Inc. (UHS) has built an impressive record of achievement and performance.

During the year, UHS was again recognized as one of the World’s Most Admired Companies by Fortune; and listed in Forbes ranking of America’s Largest Public Companies.

Operating acute care hospitals, behavioral health facilities, outpatient facilities and ambulatory care access points, an insurance offering, a physician network and various related services located all over the U.S. states, Washington, D.C., Puerto Rico and the United Kingdom. uhs.com

Qualifications

Requirements

  • Master’s Degree in Social Work, counseling, or other human services related field
  • LCSW, LICSW, or LMHC preferred
  • LADAC strongly preferred

EEO Statement

All UHS subsidiaries are committed to providing an environment of mutual respect where equal employment opportunities are available to all applicants and teammates. UHS subsidiaries are equal opportunity employers and as such, openly support and fully commit to recruitment, selection, placement, promotion and compensation of individuals without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex (including pregnancy, gender identity, and sexual orientation), genetic information, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.

We believe that diversity and inclusion among our teammates is critical to our success.

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During the recruitment process, no recruiter or employee will request financial or personal information (e. g., Social Security Number, credit card or bank information, etc.) from you via email. Our recruiters will not email you from a public webmail client like Hotmail, Gmail, Yahoo Mail, etc.

If you suspect a fraudulent job posting or job-related email mentioning UHS or its subsidiaries, we encourage you to report such concerns to appropriate law enforcement. We encourage you to refer to legitimate UHS and UHS subsidiary career websites to verify job opportunities and not rely on unsolicited calls from recruiters.

Qualifications

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

Key Skills

Documentation

Work-Life Balance Analysis

WeekdayDoc's proprietary algorithm rates Inpatient Social Worker - Adult Psych at UHS 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 6,494 active Social Work listings on WeekdayDoc. Contributing factors include no weekend requirements.

Social Worker Career Context

Of the 50 active Social Work listings this role was benchmarked against, 28% are remote, 24% have no call, 72% require no weekends.

The cost-of-living index for Massachusetts is 105.8 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)). 63.2% of Massachusetts clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).

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Salary Distribution47 jobs · 36 employers

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Annual compensation range

Benefits & Perks38 jobs · 36 employers

401k / retirement match
97% this job
Sign-on bonus
32%
CME allowance
18%
Loan repayment
3%
PSLF eligible
3%

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Work-life snapshot

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

Listing-based score, 0–10, across 6,494 comparable listings. Shaded area = the share scoring below this one.

  • No weekends
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About UHS

Hospitals and Health Care
Aiken, South Carolina
501-1,000 employees

Benefits & Perks

Generous PTO
Medical, dental, vision, prescription drug plan
401(k) with company match
Tuition reimbursement
Supervision for licensure