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Social WorkerIncludes callPer Diem

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Job Description

Responsibilities

Inpatient Social Worker - Per Diem

Dover Behavioral Health System is a 104-bed, acute care psychiatric hospital located in the beautiful Dover, Delaware area. Dover Behavioral Health System features individual units for adolescents and adults and offers inpatient acute care, partial hospitalization, and intensive outpatient programs.

On average, over 10,000 patients receive care from our compassionate health care team each year at Dover Behavioral Health System.

This opportunity offers working at a hospital known for its outstanding patient satisfaction, including ranking 6th for highest patient satisfaction in 2020 compared to over 200+ psychiatric hospitals. We attribute this success to our talented and dedicated staff. We are the best at what we do!

Dover Behavioral Health System is seeking a dynamic and talented Inpatient Social Worker - Per Diem for our inpatient psychiatric hospital. The incumbent will be responsible for providing quality case management and psychotherapeutic services to acute child, adolescent, and adult patients.

Key Responsibilities Include

In an inpatient hospital setting conducts psychosocial assessments to document patient history and identify issues for treatment by interviewing the patient and their family members.

Deliver high quality clinical services to acute child, adolescent and adult patients

Participate in the development and implementation of treatment plans, ensuring that concise, realistic care plans are carried out.

Provide individual, group and family process-oriented therapies as well as conduct other didactic groups using various professional treatment modalities.

Document treatment provided to patient in medical record legibly and in a timely manner.

Act as the patient’s and family's primary contact during the patient's stay at the facility, as well as their advocate with the treatment team.

Report any incidents or suspected incidences of sexual/physical abuse or other issues to community/state agencies, and represent the facility in any legal proceedings.

Qualifications

Minimum

Master's degree in Social work or a related Social Services field

Preferred

LMSW or a Related Counseling License

One year with direct experience in family and group therapies, crisis intervention, treatment and/or clinical assessment skills

About Our Parent Company Universal Health Services (UHS)

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 over $11 billion in 2020. In 2021, UHS was again recognized as one of the World’s Most Admired Companies by Fortune; and listed in Forbes ranking of U.S.’ Largest Public Companies.

Headquartered in King of Prussia, PA, UHS has over 89,000 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. uhsinc.com

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.

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Qualifications

Education
Master's degree (postgraduate degree)

Key Skills

Treatment planningIndividual therapyGroup therapyFamily therapyDocumentationPatient advocacyPsychiatric care

Social Worker Career Context

Of the 50 active Social Work listings this role was benchmarked against, 60% are remote, 22% have no call, 52% require no weekends.

The cost-of-living index for Delaware is 99.8 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)). 63.5% of Delaware clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).

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Salary Distribution38 jobs · 22 employers

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Annual compensation range

Benefits & Perks26 jobs · 22 employers

401k / retirement match
100%
Sign-on bonus
42%
CME allowance
23%
Loan repayment
12%
PSLF eligible
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Work-life snapshot

median 6.0this job 3.0
Better work-life than 20% of Social Work listings

Listing-based score, 0–10, across 6,492 comparable listings. Shaded area = the share scoring below this one.

  • Includes call

Living in Dover

Typical 3-bedroom home value
$315k
Typical market rent
$1,707/mo
Residents’ average commute
23 min
Metro price indexU.S. average = 100
97.5
State income tax
Up to 6.6%
Sources & methodology

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

BEA 2024 · Dover, DE metro prices. Housing figures are city-level.

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