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By the Bay Health
Larkspur, California

Pediatric Social Worker

Social WorkerNo weekendsFull-Time

Listed compensation

$46.6-$58.3/hr

The week · per this posting · Monday – Thursday

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Posted 39m ago · Verified live

Job Description

By The Bay Health, a non-profit established in 1975, set the standard for hospice in the U.S. by emphasizing the role of the patient in making important medical decisions. Our spectrum of home-based services now includes Skilled Home Health Care, Palliative Care, Adult Hospice Care and Pediatric Care.

Our team approach strives to address practical, social, emotional and spiritual aspects of care, with the goal to maximize quality of life for our patients, caregivers and families.

This position offers competitive pay, generous benefits and a supportive work environment.

We are seeking a Pediatric Social Worker who will be a member of the interdisciplinary team for providing supportive services to help meet patient/family social, emotional and financial needs related to the impact of a life-limiting illness, loss, and grief.

Schedule: 4 days per week; Monday - Thursday; 8:30am - 5:00pm

Office Location

Larkspur, CA

Coverage Area

Alameda & Contra Costa Counties

By the Bay Health follows all CDPH vaccine requirements for healthcare personnel.

  • Essential Duties & Responsibilities include (but are not limited to):
  • Assess patient/family social and emotional factors to determine ability to cope with terminal illness and death
  • Assess family/caregiver capacity to participate in providing care to patient and assist with resources
  • Provide individual and family counseling to patient/families in all psychosocial aspects of end-of-life care
  • Provide age and developmentally appropriate assessment of and support to siblings as indicated

Education/Experience

Master’s degree in social work from a school accredited by the Council on Social Work Education or Masters Degree in mental health discipline

  • Minimum one-year’s social work experience in a health care setting
  • One year’s social work experience with pediatric patients and families preferred

Certificates, Licenses, Registrations

Pediatric ELNEC certification required within the first year

Pay Range

$46.60 - $58.30 hourly

By the Bay Health is proud to serve our community as an equal employment opportunity employer. Everyone is valued and welcome at BTBH.

Our organization is committed to diversity, equity and continues to build a culture of inclusion by recruiting, screening, hiring and retaining any qualified individual without regard to age, race, color, ethnicity, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, disability, marital status, registered domestic partner status, citizenship, physical or mental disability, legally protected medical condition, family care status, military care status, veteran status or any other consideration made unlawful by Federal, state, or local laws.

Key Responsibilities

The Pediatric Social Worker provides supportive services to patients and families, addressing social, emotional, and financial needs related to life-limiting illnesses. They conduct psychosocial assessments and provide individual and family counseling to assist with coping and care planning.

Requirements

Candidates must hold a Master's degree in social work or a mental health discipline and have at least one year of healthcare experience. A Pediatric ELNEC certification is required within the first year of employment.

Qualifications

Education
Master's degree (postgraduate degree)

Key Skills

Psychosocial assessmentCase managementInterdisciplinary team collaborationGrief supportFamily supportPatient assessment

Work-Life Balance Analysis

WeekdayDoc's proprietary algorithm rates Pediatric Social Worker at By the Bay Health a 6.0 out of 10 for work-life balance — classified as good. This places the position in the top 35% of all Pediatrics social worker listings evaluated on our platform. Contributing factors include no weekend requirements.

Pediatrics — Social Worker Career Context

By the Bay Health holds silver-tier status on WeekdayDoc's Top Employers work-life index, composite score 76/100, 6 active listings.

Of the 50 active Pediatrics listings this role was benchmarked against, 38% are remote, 28% have no call, 68% require no weekends.

Pediatrics pay on WeekdayDoc is down 3.8% vs. the prior quarter (through Sep 2026).

The cost-of-living index for California is 110.7 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)), so the posted ~$109k midpoint carries the purchasing power of roughly $99k in an average-cost state. 63.6% of California clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).

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Salary Distribution42 jobs · 36 employers

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Annual compensation range

Benefits & Perks40 jobs · 36 employers

401k / retirement match
90%
CME allowance
33%
Sign-on bonus
25%
Loan repayment
20%
PSLF eligible
10%

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Work-life snapshot

median 6.0this job 6.0
Better work-life than 50% of Pediatrics (Social Work) listings

Listing-based score, 0–10, across 63 comparable listings. Shaded area = the share scoring below this one.

  • No weekends

Living in Larkspur

Typical 3-bedroom home value
$2.23M
Typical market rent
$4,115/mo
Residents’ average commute
28 min
State income tax
Up to 13.3%
Sources & methodology

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

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

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About By the Bay Health

Hospitals and Health Care
Larkspur, CA
201-500 employees

Benefits & Perks

Competitive pay
Generous benefits
Supportive work environment