Home Health Social Worker
Listed compensation
$44.5-$52.3/hr
The week · per this posting · Monday – Friday
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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 full-time position offers competitive pay, generous benefits and a supportive work environment.
The Social Worker is responsible for providing medical social casework services for home care patients in accordance with compliance with organization policies and procedures and applicable laws and regulations.
Schedule: Monday - Friday; 8:30am - 5:00pm
Location: Marin County with additional coverage to Sonoma County
By the Bay Health follows all CDPH vaccine requirements for healthcare personnel.
- Essential Duties & Responsibilities include (but are not limited to):
- Evaluates the need for medical social casework services to patients in their place of residence
- Participates in ongoing interdisciplinary assessment of the patient
- Assesses social and emotional factors relating to the patient's condition to estimate the capacity of the patient and family to cope with problems of daily living
- Participates in ongoing interdisciplinary assessment of the patient
- Accurately assesses the need for, and performing, revisits
Education/Experience
Master’s degree in social work from a school accredited by the Council on Social Work Education or Master’s degree in mental health discipline
Minimum one-year’s social work experience in a health care setting
Pay Range
$44.50 - $52.30 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 Social Worker provides medical social casework services for home care patients, including evaluating needs and performing ongoing interdisciplinary assessments. They assess social and emotional factors to help patients and families cope with daily living challenges.
Requirements
Candidates must hold a Master’s degree in social work or a mental health discipline from an accredited school. A minimum of one year of social work experience in a healthcare setting is required.
Qualifications
- Experience
- 2+ years of experience
Key Skills
Work-Life Balance Analysis
WeekdayDoc's proprietary algorithm rates Home Health Social Worker at By the Bay Health 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, 62% are remote, 32% have no call, 76% require no weekends.
The cost-of-living index for Colorado is 103.1 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)), so the posted ~$101k midpoint carries the purchasing power of roughly $98k in an average-cost state. 60.9% of Colorado clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).
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