Social Worker
Listed compensation
$43 per hour
The week · per this posting
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Job Description
Wingate at Silver Lake - SNF
Schedule: Part time
Days-Long Term Care Units
Salary: Up to $43 per hour
Benefits: 401K, Health, Dental, Vision insurance
Your Career. Your Calling. Our Commitment to Exceptional Care.
At Wingate Living, we're more than just senior living--we're builders of lifestyles, friendships, and communities you'll be proud to be part of. As a family-owned company with over 30 years of experience throughout Massachusetts and Rhode Island, we offer a unique blend of healthcare and hospitality through a full continuum of premier services.
Join us, and bring your passion, expertise, and heart to a team that truly values you.
Job Purpose: The social worker will work with residents in the nursing home by identifying their psychosocial, mental and emotional needs along with providing, developing, and/or aiding in the access of services to meet those needs.
Services will be provided in accordance with strict adherence to government regulations. The nursing home social worker is responsible for fostering a climate, policies and routines that enable residents to maximize their individuality, independence and dignity. This climate shall provide residents with the highest practical level of physical, mental and psychosocial well-being and quality of life.
Position Requirements
- Must be a Licensed Social Worker in the service area.
- Two years in case work desirable.
- Thorough knowledge of case work process in medical and public health settings required.
- Working knowledge of social and health resources of the community required.
Qualifications
Must be a Licensed Social Worker in the service area.
Key Responsibilities
The social worker identifies and addresses the psychosocial, mental, and emotional needs of nursing home residents. They are responsible for developing care plans and ensuring access to services while maintaining compliance with government regulations.
Qualifications
- Education
- Professional certificate or licensure
- Experience
- 2+ years of experience
Key Skills
Work-Life Balance Analysis
WeekdayDoc's proprietary algorithm rates Social Worker at Wingate Living a 7.2 out of 10 for work-life balance — classified as very good. This places the position in the top 25% in Social Work — ranked against 6,492 active Social Work listings on WeekdayDoc.
Social Worker Career Context
Of the 40 active Social Work listings this role was benchmarked against, 55% are remote, 10% have no call, 68% 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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Living in Kingston
- Typical 3-bedroom home value
- $680k
- Typical market rent
- $2,706/mo
- Residents’ average commute
- 38 min
- Metro price indexU.S. average = 100
- 108.3
- State income tax
- Up to 5%
Sources & methodology
Sources: Zillow home values (Aug 2026), Zillow market rents (Aug 2026), U.S. Census ACS 2024 five-year.
BEA 2024 · Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH metro prices. Housing figures are city-level.
City-level figures. Not a cost-of-living guarantee.