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Velva, North Dakota

Social Worker

Social WorkerNo nightsFull-Time

Listed compensation

starts at $23/hr

The week · per this posting · weekdays assumed

Ask the employer about the work setting, call expectations, weekend coverage and time off.

Posted 4mo ago

Job Description

The Good Samaritan Society is the nation's largest non-profit senior care company. With nearly 100 years of charting new territory, the Society offers an opportunity to weave together imagination with reality and ultimately transform the aging experience in America.

Now, partnering with Sanford Health, we are able to provide care through all stages of life. Throughout our organization, you will be part of a family, offering love and compassion to residents as part of a dedicated and diverse care team.

Social Worker

Location: 6380 - Souris Valley Care Center

  • 300 Main St S
  • Velva, North Dakota, 58790-9443
  • United States
  • Employment Type: Full-Time

Shift: 8 Hours - Day Shifts

Job Summary

Join our SVCC family and love your job! This position works directly with our residents helping to ensure that they receive top quality care. Wages starts at $23/hour and include Health, Dental, Vision, Life and various other optional insurances as well as PTO and Holidays.

  • Easy Apply Process
  • Mobile Device Friendly

Job Responsibilities

This position admits, transfers and discharges residents as appropriate; works with family members and the interdisciplinary team to assure resident centered care.

Contacts appropriate community members, speaks at community functions and conducts tours and educational sessions; keeps community aware and up to date on the care center/campus. Formulates and coordinates interdisciplinary discharge plans for residents.

Assures successful transfer of residents both within the center/campus and to outside agencies. Assures leave of absences are processed smoothly. Assures all aspects of admissions process of residents is done in compliance with state and federal regulations and in compliance with GSS guidelines.

Assesses and develops a plan of care that meets residents’ needs. Provides or arranges for social services for residents / family members as appropriate. Completes all documents related to social work. Educates families and residents regarding placement, care and rights.

Teaches staff on issues related to resident care, rights, and behaviors. Uses the EMR accurately.

Qualifications

Bachelor’s degree in Social Work or a human services field including but not limited to sociology, special education, gerontology, rehabilitation counseling or psychology. Licensure or certification as a social worker in the state where the center /campus is located, if required by State Social Work licensing board.

The Good Samaritan Society offers an attractive, employee-approved benefits package for qualifying full-time and part-time employees. The variety of benefits include: health benefits, a retirement plan, work/life balance benefits, voluntary benefits and much more! To review all of the great benefits and benefit eligibility, visit: good-sam.com

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, citizenship, age, disability, veteran status, genetic information, marital status or other protected status. For more information including state-specific protections, please visit: good-sam.com req55094

Key Responsibilities

Manage the admission, transfer, and discharge processes for residents while coordinating interdisciplinary care plans. Provide social services to residents and families and ensure compliance with state and federal regulations.

Qualifications

Education
Bachelor degree

Key Skills

Case ManagementDischarge PlanningPatient AssessmentRegulatory ComplianceInterdisciplinary CollaborationEMR ProficiencyCrisis InterventionPatient AdvocacyCommunity Outreach

Social Worker Career Context

Of the 50 active Social Work listings this role was benchmarked against, 62% are remote, 42% have no call, 68% require no weekends.

The cost-of-living index for North Dakota is 89.0 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)). 58.8% of North Dakota clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).

Social Work by the numbers
MeasureThis jobMarket
Listed paynot listedSocial Work median $73k (middle half $55k–$86k)263 comparable listings, Oct 2026
Cost of livingNorth Dakota index 89.0US average = 100BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)
Social Work listings in North Dakota15 active6,524 nationallylive on WeekdayDoc, Oct 2026
Work settingon-sitepeers: 62% remote · 42% no call · 68% no weekends50 benchmarked listings
Sources: WeekdayDoc live listing index, BEA Regional Price Parities (2024); as of Oct 2026. Same values as the Weekday Verdict and Market Insights on this page.

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Sign-on bonus
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Work-life snapshot

median 6.0this job 5.1
Better work-life than 40% of Social Work listings

Listing-based score, 0–10, across 6,518 comparable listings. Shaded area = the share scoring below this one.

  • No nights
  • On-site

Living in Velva

Median resident rent
$769/mo
Residents’ average commute
24 min
State income tax
Up to 2.9%
Sources & methodology

Sources: U.S. Census ACS 2024 five-year.

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