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Hope Hospice & Health Services
Pleasanton, California

Hospice Social Worker

Social Worker 8.0 Work-LifeNo weekendsNo nightsFull-Time

Listed compensation

$44.5-$52.3/hr

The week · per this posting · Monday – FridayWeekdays only

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

Posted 2mo ago

Job Description

We have been a trusted community resource since 1980. Our reputation has been built on consistency, responsiveness, and quality. As a non-profit, community-led agency, we are able to focus on providing quality care to patients and families when they need it most, rather than being driven by profit or financial demand.

We are seeking a Social Worker to become a member of the hospice transdisciplinary team, will be responsible for providing supportive services to help meet patient/family social, emotional, and financial needs related to the impact of a terminal illness, loss, and grief.

Schedule: Monday - Friday; 8:30am - 5:00pm

Office Location

Pleasanton, CA

Service Location

Contra Costa & Alameda Counties

Hope Hospice 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 patients and assist with resources
  • Provide individual and family counseling to patient/families in all psychosocial aspects of end-of-life care
  • Assess environmental resources and obstacles to maintaining safety

Education/Experience

  • Master’s degree in social work from a school accredited by the Council on Social Work Education
  • Minimum one-year’s social work experience in acute health care setting
  • Hospice or Home Health experience preferred

Certificates, Licenses, Registrations

Current California Driver’s License and automobile insurance that meets State of California requirements, if driving a car.

Pay Range

$44.50 - $52.30 hourly

Hope Hospice is proud to serve our community as an equal employment opportunity employer. Everyone is valued and welcome at Hope Hospice.

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

Provide supportive services to meet the social, emotional, and financial needs of patients and families facing terminal illness. Conduct psychosocial assessments and provide individual and family counseling regarding end-of-life care and grief.

Requirements

Requires a Master's degree in Social Work from a CSWE-accredited school and at least one year of experience in an acute health care setting. A valid California Driver's License and automobile insurance are required.

Qualifications

Education
Master's degree (postgraduate degree)
Experience
2+ years of experience

Key Skills

Psychosocial AssessmentCrisis InterventionCase ManagementGrief CounselingResource CoordinationPatient Advocacy

Work-Life Balance Analysis

WeekdayDoc's proprietary algorithm rates Hospice Social Worker at Hope Hospice & Health Services a 8.0 out of 10 for work-life balance — classified as excellent. This places the position in the top 5% in Social Work — ranked against 6,459 active Social Work listings on WeekdayDoc. Contributing factors include no weekend requirements, no night shifts.

Social Worker Career Context

In California, the Social Work weighted monthly median benchmark on WeekdayDoc is ~$96k (944 salary observations; 1,766 listings), vs ~$81k nationally (6,661 salary observations; 20,737 listings). Monthly aggregates cover 2025-12-01 through 2026-10-01; these are not the modal's selected comparable-job medians.

Of the 50 active Social Work listings this role was benchmarked against, 34% are remote, 30% have no call, 66% require no weekends.

The cost-of-living index for California is 110.7 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)), so the posted ~$101k midpoint carries the purchasing power of roughly $91k 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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Annual compensation range

Benefits & Perks32 jobs

401k / retirement match
94% this job
Sign-on bonus
38%
CME allowance
31%
Loan repayment
19% this job
PSLF eligible
16% this job

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Work-life snapshot

median 6.0this job 8.0
Among the best 10% of Social Work listings for work-life

Listing-based score, 0–10, across 6,459 comparable listings. Shaded area = the share scoring below this one.

  • No weekends
  • No nights

Living in Pleasanton

Typical 3-bedroom home value
$1.30M
Typical market rent
$3,264/mo
Residents’ average commute
34 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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