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Centra Care
Willmar, Minnesota

Social Worker | Hospice

Social WorkerNo weekendsFull-Time

Listed compensation

$65k-$98k

The week · per this posting · Monday – Friday

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Posted 20m ago · Verified live

Job Description

Join the Hospice team as a Social Worker, serving the Appleton, Dawson, and Ortonville service area!

Summary

  • Provide medical social work services to patients/families in order to meet psychosocial needs of patients and families.
  • Provide comprehensive social work services, including patient/family education support, and resources information and referral for patients and families.
  • Participate in professional, departmental and hospital activities.
  • Serve as a member of the interdisciplinary team.
  • Coordinate appropriate community referrals for patients and bereaved.
  • Assist with the coordination of children's grief camps.
  • Provide professional clinical social work with individuals, families, and groups through the implementation of clinical modalities, i. e. individual, group and family therapy.

Schedule

  • Full-time, salaried position | 80 hours every two weeks
  • Mon-Fri 8:00AM to 4:30PM

Pay & Benefits

Pay based on experience. Starting pay with no experience $73,157 annually.

  • Full range Pay range: $65,020 to $97,552 annually.

$3,000 hiring bonus and $5,000 relocation bonus for eligible candidates!

Full-time Benefits

medical, dental, PTO, retirement, employee discounts and more!

Qualifications

  • Current Licensed Social Worker (LSW) in Minnesota required.
  • Bachelor's degree in social work.
  • Prefer minimum of one year of experience as a Social Worker (not required).
  • Prior experience in a healthcare setting preferred (not required).

To be eligible for the hiring and relocation bonus you must be an external candidate who is hired into an eligible full or part-time benefited position.

Previous employees qualify if they have not worked for CentraCare for at least 9 months at the date of hire.

To be eligible for the relocation bonus, you must currently reside more than 50 miles away from St. Cloud Hospital and relocate to within 30 miles of it. CentraCare hiring incentives to include but not limited to, hiring and relocation bonuses may be discontinued at any time.

CentraCare hiring incentives to include but not limited to, hiring and relocation bonuses may be discontinued at any time.

CentraCare has made a commitment to diversity in its workforce. All individuals including, but not limited to, individuals with disabilities, are encouraged to apply. CentraCare is an EEO/AA employer.

Key Responsibilities

Provide comprehensive medical social work services to patients and families, including psychosocial support and resource referrals. Participate in interdisciplinary team meetings and facilitate clinical therapy sessions for individuals and groups.

Qualifications

Education
Bachelor degree

Key Skills

Psychosocial assessmentPatient educationReferral coordinationInterdisciplinary team collaborationGrief counselingCrisis interventionCase management

Work-Life Balance Analysis

WeekdayDoc's proprietary algorithm rates Social Worker | Hospice at Centra Care a 6.0 out of 10 for work-life balance — classified as good. This places the position in the Above average in Social Work — ranked against 6,463 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, 60% are remote, 24% have no call, 74% require no weekends.

The cost-of-living index for Minnesota is 98.6 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)), so the posted ~$81k midpoint carries the purchasing power of roughly $82k in an average-cost state. 63.4% of Minnesota clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).

Social Work by the numbers
MeasureThis jobMarket
Work-life score6.0 / 10 · above average in social workranked against 6,463 Social Work listingslisting-based score, 0–10
Listed pay$65k–$98kSocial Work median $77k (middle half $67k–$88k)306 comparable listings, Nov 2026
Cost-of-living adjusted pay~$82k in purchasing powerMinnesota index 98.6 (US = 100)BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)
Social Work listings in Minnesota92 active6,546 nationallylive on WeekdayDoc, Nov 2026
Work settingon-sitepeers: 60% remote · 24% no call · 74% no weekends50 benchmarked listings
Sign-on & loan repayment$3k sign-onUS social worker listings (all specialties): 8% state a sign-on bonus (median $5k) · 5% offer loan repayment1,000 active listings, Nov 2026
New Social Work listings2,608 in the last 30 days1,361 the 30 days before (+92%)U.S., first seen on WeekdayDoc, Nov 2026
Sources: WeekdayDoc live listing index (6,463 Social Work listings), 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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Benefits & Perks

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Sign-on bonus
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CME allowance
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Loan repayment
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Work-life snapshot

median 5.1this job 6.0
Better work-life than 70% of Social Work listings

Listing-based score, 0–10, across 6,463 comparable listings. Shaded area = the share scoring below this one.

  • No weekends
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About Centra Care

Hospitals and Health Care
St. Cloud, MN
5,001-10,000 employees

Benefits & Perks

Medical, dental, PTO, retirement, employee discounts
$3,000 hiring bonus
$5,000 relocation bonus

Living in Willmar

Typical 3-bedroom home value
$228k≈ 3.5× annual pay
Typical market rent
$912/mo≈ 17% of gross pay
Residents’ average commute
13 min
State income tax
Up to 9.8%
Sources & methodology

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

Ratios use this listing’s gross annual pay. Not a cost-of-living guarantee.