Social Worker -Pool (Temple University Hospital)
Compensation
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Job Description
The Social Worker II assesses the patient's psychological situation in order to make recommendations to medical personnel, and provides direct services that ensure the patient's best use of health care services including safe and timely discharges.
Education
Master's Degree Accredited School of Social Work Required
Experience
2 years experience as a Medical Social Worker Preferred
- Licenses
- Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation Preferred
- PA Social Worker License Preferred
Key Responsibilities
The Social Worker assesses patients' psychological needs to provide recommendations to medical staff. They also facilitate direct services to ensure safe and timely patient discharges.
Requirements
Candidates must hold a Master's degree from an accredited School of Social Work. Two years of experience as a medical social worker is preferred, along with a PA Social Worker license and CPR certification.
Qualifications
- Education
- Master's degree (postgraduate degree)
- Experience
- 2+ years of experience
Certifications
Key Skills
Work-Life Balance Analysis
WeekdayDoc's proprietary algorithm rates Social Worker -Pool (Temple University Hospital) at Temple University Health System a 7.2 out of 10 for work-life balance — classified as very good. This places the position in the top 25% in Social Work — ranked against 6,492 active Social Work listings on WeekdayDoc.
Social Worker Career Context
Of the 50 active Social Work listings this role was benchmarked against, 36% are remote, 22% have no call, 68% require no weekends.
The cost-of-living index for Pennsylvania is 97.6 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)). 61.7% of Pennsylvania clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).
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Living in Philadelphia
- Typical 3-bedroom home value
- $204k
- Typical market rent
- $1,768/mo
- Residents’ average commute
- 32 min
- Metro price indexU.S. average = 100
- 102.6
- State income tax
- Up to 3.1%
Sources & methodology
Sources: Zillow home values (Aug 2026), Zillow market rents (Aug 2026), U.S. Census ACS 2024 five-year.
BEA 2024 · Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD metro prices. Housing figures are city-level.
City-level figures. Not a cost-of-living guarantee.
About Temple University Health System
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