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Spring Valley Hospice
Olive Branch, Mississippi

MSW / Social Worker - Hospice

Social WorkerNo weekendsFull-Time

Compensation

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Job Description

Our Company

Spring Valley Hospice

Overview

Office Location: Olive Branch, MS

Schedule: Monday -Friday 8 a. m. - 5 p. m.

Spring Valley Hospice is seeking a passionate, dedicated Social Worker to join our team in Tupelo, MS. Our Social Workers provide emotional support, counseling, and resource coordination to patients facing terminal illness.

This role plays a key part in the delivery of holistic care and ensures that patients' psychosocial needs are met with dignity and respect. If you’re ready to work in a supportive, fulling environment where your skills and empathy truly shine, apply today!

  • How YOU will benefit
  • Develop deep meaningful relationships during a personal and significant life stage
  • More quality time with patients, allowing for more thoughtful unrushed care
  • Provide holistic, person-centered services
  • Ability to work independently while also having team support
  • Job stability and regular advancement opportunities with a growing company
  • Build strong skills in grief counseling and long-term emotional support

As a Social Worker You Will

  • Assess psychosocial needs of patients and families
  • Evaluate home safety; assist with alternative care plans when needed
  • Provide counseling, crisis intervention, and emotional support
  • Maintain accurate and timely clinical documentation
  • Educate and assist with advance directives
  • Provide referrals and practical support for patients and families
  • Serve as liaison with community resources and agencies
  • Collaborate with team members to support holistic patient care
  • Support funeral, financial, and legal planning with families
  • Benefits and Perks for You!
  • Medical, Dental, Vision insurance
  • Health Savings & Flexible Spending Accounts (up to $5,000 for childcare)
  • Tuition discounts & reimbursement
  • 401(k) with company match
  • Generous PTO

Mileage Reimbursement

Access to wellness and discount programs such as Noom, SkinIO (Virtual Skin Cancer Screening), childcare, gym memberships, pet insurance, travel and entertainment discounts and more!

*Benefits may vary by employment status

Qualifications

A graduate of a master’s program in social work (MSW) accredited by the Council on Social Work Education OR A graduate of a bachelor’s program in social work accredited by the Council on Social Work Education. Meets personnel qualifications stated in §418.114(b)(3).

Minimum of one (1) years’ experience in health care, hospice experience preferred. Understands hospice philosophy, and issues of death/dying.

  • Experience in a hospice care preferred.
  • Demonstrates good verbal and written communication, and organization skills.
  • Current licensure according to Medicare guidelines to practice in state of operation.

Must be a licensed driver with an automobile that is insured in accordance with state or organization requirements and is in good working order.

About Our Line of Business

Spring Valley Hospice, an affiliate of Adoration Health, focuses on providing hospice care to local patients and their families living. We concentrate on managing a patient’s pain and other symptoms first and foremost, while also providing emotional and spiritual support to the family.

The holistic care approach to providing hospice services by the entire care team sets Spring Valley Hospice apart. We believe the quality of life to be as important as length of life. Spring Valley Hospice offers routine home care, respite, general inpatient care, and continuous care.

For more information, please visit springvalleyhospice.com. Follow us on Facebook and LinkedIn.

Key Responsibilities

The Social Worker will assess the psychosocial needs of hospice patients and their families while providing emotional support and crisis intervention. They will also coordinate community resources and assist with advance directives and end-of-life planning.

Qualifications

Education
Master's degree (postgraduate degree)

Key Skills

Psychosocial assessmentHome safety evaluationCase managementCommunication skillsOrganizational skills

Work-Life Balance Analysis

WeekdayDoc's proprietary algorithm rates MSW / Social Worker - Hospice at Spring Valley Hospice a 6.0 out of 10 for work-life balance — classified as good. This places the position in the top 35% of all Social Work social worker listings evaluated on our platform. Contributing factors include no weekend requirements.

Social Worker Career Context

Of the 50 active Social Worker listings this role was benchmarked against, 32% are remote, 30% have no call, 64% require no weekends.

The cost-of-living index for Mississippi is 87.0 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)). 61.9% of Mississippi clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).

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Annual compensation range

Benefits & Perks30 jobs

401k / retirement match
97% this job
CME allowance
33%
Sign-on bonus
27%
Loan repayment
10%
Relocation assistance
3%

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Work-life snapshot

median 6.0this job 6.0
Better work-life than 50% of Social Work listings

Listing-based score, 0–10, across 6,304 comparable listings. Shaded area = the share scoring below this one.

  • No weekends

Living in Olive Branch

Typical 3-bedroom home value
$274k
Typical market rent
$1,853/mo
Residents’ average commute
25 min
Metro price indexU.S. average = 100
92.2
State income tax
Up to 5%
Sources & methodology

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

BEA 2024 · Memphis, TN-MS-AR metro prices. Housing figures are city-level.

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

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About Spring Valley Hospice

Hospitals and Health Care
Tupelo, Mississippi
11-50 employees

Benefits & Perks

Medical, Dental, Vision insurance
Health Savings & Flexible Spending Accounts (up to $5,000 for childcare)
Tuition discounts & reimbursement
401(k) with company match
Generous PTO
Mileage reimbursement
Wellness and discount programs (Noom, SkinIO, childcare, gym memberships, pet insurance, travel and entertainment discounts)