MSW / Social Worker
Listed compensation
$65-$85/hr
The week · per this posting · weekdays assumed
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Job Description
Home Health MSW
in Verona, VA and surrounding areas!
Discover a new lane in social work that brings hope to patients enduring difficult health issues.
As a Home Health Medical Social Worker for Interim HealthCare®, you’ll visit patients and families in their homes and connect them to the resources, counseling and support they need to rise above their challenges and live their best.
It’s an opportunity to advocate for others in meaningful ways that improve their lives and bring strength amid their struggles. If that resonates with your heart, you are made for this!
Our Home Health Medical Social Workers enjoy some excellent benefits:
- Competitive per visit rates; $65- $85 / visit depending on type of visit
- 1:1 social worker-to-patient ratios where you impact outcomes
- Flexible assignments, autonomy and work-life balance
- Online training, growth and ability to earn CEUs
- PTO, Holiday Pay, Medical/Dental/Vision & 401(k) Benefits offered
As a Home Health MSW, here’s a big-picture view of what you’ll do:
- Provide home-based social services to patients dealing with depression, anxiety, poor nutrition or a lack of resources that make managing their injury or disease difficult
- Work as part of a home health team which may include an RN, LPN, CNA, HHA, PT, OT or SLP, focused on the patient’s plan of care and individual goals
- Monitor a patient’s psychosocial condition and identify social and emotional needs
- Conduct patient assessments, document progress and ensure patient is moving toward goals
- Provide counseling, community resource planning, crisis intervention and advocacy Consult with family and caregivers on patient’s plan of care and how to help them progress
A few must-haves for Home Health Medical Social Workers:
- Master’s degree in Social Work
- Active MSW license in Virginia preferred
- Minimum of 2 years of social work experience, ideally in home healthcare
- CPR certification
- Knowledge of state and federal home health regulations
- Strong interpersonal skills, good communicator, empathetic, compassionate and resourceful
Interim HealthCare provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, gender, religion, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability or veteran status.
Key Responsibilities
Provide home-based social services, including counseling, resource planning, and crisis intervention for patients. Collaborate with a multidisciplinary home health team to monitor psychosocial conditions and ensure patients meet their care goals.
Requirements
Requires a Master's degree in Social Work and at least 2 years of relevant experience, preferably in home healthcare. Candidates must hold an active MSW license in Virginia and possess a valid CPR certification.
Qualifications
- Education
- Master's degree (postgraduate degree)
- Experience
- 2+ years of experience
Key Skills
Work-Life Balance Analysis
WeekdayDoc's proprietary algorithm rates MSW / Social Worker at Interim HealthCare of Central VA a 6.9 out of 10 for work-life balance — classified as good. This places the position in the top 25% in Social Work — ranked against 6,459 active Social Work listings on WeekdayDoc. Contributing factors include no on-call duties.
Social Worker Career Context
Interim HealthCare of Central VA holds silver-tier status on WeekdayDoc's Top Employers work-life index, composite score 76/100, 6 active listings.
Of the 50 active Social Work listings this role was benchmarked against, 54% are remote, 28% have no call, 66% require no weekends.
The cost-of-living index for Virginia is 101.1 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)), so the posted ~$156k midpoint carries the purchasing power of roughly $154k in an average-cost state. 61.1% of Virginia clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).
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