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Shippensburg, Pennsylvania

SOCIAL WORKER (MA/MSW)

Social WorkerNo weekendsNo nightsFull-Time

Compensation

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Job Description

Responsibilities

Roxbury Treatment Center is currently recruiting a social worker to assist patients on our acute psychiatric units for adults and/or adolescents.

The Social Worker provides clinical social work services in a manner consistent with the philosophy and objectives of Roxbury Treatment Center and the NASW. The hours are Monday - Friday day shift with evenings and/or weekends if necessary.

Job Duties and Responsibilities

Responsible for psychosocial assessments of the patient’s mental health and drug and alcohol history; individual, group, and family therapy; active participation on the treatment team; lead role in the development of the master treatment plan.

Developing realistic and measurable short- and long-term goals; and assumes responsibility for coordinating with other agencies involved with the patient the discharge and continuing care plans.

Benefits

  • Educational assistance of up to $2000 annually
  • Challenging and rewarding work environment
  • Competitive Compensation and Generous Paid Time Off
  • Excellent Medical, Dental, Vision and Prescription Drug Plans
  • 401(k) with company match and discounted stock plan
  • Diverse programming to expand your experience

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Career development opportunities within UHS and its 300% Subsidiaries!

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Roxbury Treatment Center, a subsidiary of Universal Health Services, Inc., has been a beacon of hope and healing for 40 years, serving those struggling with behavioral health and substance use issues.

Located in Shippensburg, PA., our 112-bed behavioral health facility offers acute psychiatric, detoxification, and rehabilitation services for adults as well as, an adolescent inpatient psychiatric program for youth ages 13-17. We also have two substance use disorder outpatient offices in Carlisle and Chambersburg.

Our mission is to provide high-quality behavioral health services in an environment that values service excellence, respect, and ethical standards, integrity, compassion, and teamwork.

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. Growing steadily since its inception into an esteemed Fortune 500 corporation, annual revenues were $15.8 billion in 2024.

UHS was again recognized as one of the World’s Most Admired Companies by Fortune; listed in Forbes ranking of America’s Largest Public Companies. Headquartered in King of Prussia, PA, UHS has approximately 99,000 employees and continues to grow through its subsidiaries.

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

Qualifications

Master’s Degree or above from an accredited college with a major in Social Work or other related field required, with a practicum in health or human service agency 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.

Notice

At UHS and all our subsidiaries, our Human Resources departments and recruiters are here to help prospective candidates by matching skillset and experience with the best possible career path at UHS and our subsidiaries. We take pride in creating a highly efficient and best in class candidate experience.

During the recruitment process, no recruiter or employee will request financial or personal information (Social Security Number, credit card or bank information, etc.) from you via email.

The recruiters will not email you from a public webmail client like Hotmail, Gmail, Yahoo Mail, etc. If you are suspicious of a job posting or job-related email mentioning UHS or its subsidiaries, let us know by contacting us at: uhs.alertline.com or 1-800-852-3449.

Qualifications

Education
Master's degree (postgraduate degree)

Key Skills

Psychosocial assessmentIndividual therapyGroup therapyTreatment planningCrisis interventionDischarge planningContinuing care coordinationMental health assessmentSubstance use counseling

Work-Life Balance Analysis

WeekdayDoc's proprietary algorithm rates SOCIAL WORKER (MA/MSW) 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, no night shifts.

Social Worker Career Context

Of the 50 active Social Work listings this role was benchmarked against, 30% are remote, 34% have no call, 70% require no weekends.

The cost-of-living index for Pennsylvania is 97.6 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)). 61.7% of Pennsylvania clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).

Top Social Worker Jobs

42 matches · ranked by pay

Salary Distribution40 jobs · 38 employers

10
<$70k
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$70k-90k
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$90k-110k
8
$110k-130k
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$130k+

Annual compensation range

Benefits & Perks30 jobs

401k / retirement match
93% this job
Sign-on bonus
37%
CME allowance
33%
Loan repayment
13% this job
PSLF eligible
10%

Share of similar jobs offering each benefit

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#2

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LifeStance Health · Ventura, California

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#3

Licensed Clinical Social Worker

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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
  • No nights

Living in Shippensburg

Typical market rent
$1,134/mo
Residents’ average commute
20 min
Metro price indexU.S. average = 100
98.7
State income tax
Up to 3.1%
Sources & methodology

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

BEA 2024 · Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA metro prices. Housing figures are city-level.

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

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About UHS

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Benefits & Perks

Educational assistance of up to $2000 annually
Challenging and rewarding work environment
Competitive Compensation and Generous Paid Time Off
Excellent Medical, Dental, Vision and Prescription Drug Plans
401(k) with company match and discounted stock plan
Diverse programming to expand your experience
SoFi Student Loan Refinancing Program
Career development opportunities