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Care First Home Health Care
Bakersfield, California

Medical Social Worker- Home Health

Social WorkerFull-Time

Listed compensation

$80-$100/hr

The week · per this posting

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Posted 58m ago · Verified live

Job Description

  • Job Title
  • Social Services Supervisor/Medical Social Worker/Licensed Clinical Social Worker- Home Health
  • Position
  • Medical Social Worker

Job Description Summary

Gives Report To: Clinical Director/Director of Patient Care Services Responsible for managing all aspects of the provision of patient social services including managing the members of the social work team. Establishes, implements, and evaluates goals and objectives for social services to meet and promote the standards of quality and contribute to the organizations mission and philosophy.

Roles & Responsibilities

Directs all daily patient social service operations including providing direct oversight of the establishment and implementation of social service policies.

Ensures compliance with all state, federal, and accrediting organization social service regulatory requirements.

Directs the implementation of improved work methods and procedures to ensure social services are delivered in accordance with policy.

Ensures seamless home care service delivery by providing direct oversight of coordination of care with other clinical service providers.

Assists the Executive Director/Administrator in the preparation of an annual budget for the social service department and monitors allocation of resources according to budgetary limitations.

Recruits, selects, orients, and directly manages members of the social service team.

Supervises the assessment, planning, implementation, and evaluation of social service clinical care by members of the social work team.

Assures proper documentation of social services in clinical records in compliance with state, federal, and accrediting organization standards.

Provides leadership in strategic planning including identifying opportunities for additional or improved services to address unmet customer needs.

Maintains comprehensive working knowledge of the field of social work and shares information with appropriate organization personnel.

Maintains comprehensive working knowledge of agency's contractual relationships and ensures that social services are delivered according to contract provisions.

Maintains comprehensive working knowledge of community resources and assists referral sources in accessing community resources should services not be provided by the agency.

Qualifications

Graduate of a Master’s or doctoral program in social work accredited by the Council on Social Work Education or licensed by the state in Clinical or Associate Social Work.

  • Minimum of one year’s experience in health care, home care experience preferred.
  • Experience in a home care preferred.
  • Demonstrates good verbal and written communication, and organization skills.
  • Possesses and maintains current CPR Certification.

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

Key Responsibilities

The Medical Social Worker manages daily social service operations, including staff supervision and ensuring compliance with regulatory standards. They also oversee patient care coordination and assist in departmental budget preparation.

Qualifications

Education
Doctoral or professional degree (postgraduate degree)

Key Skills

Clinical supervisionCase managementRegulatory complianceHome health careBudgetingStaff managementPatient assessmentCommunication skillsOrganizational skills

Social Worker Career Context

Care First Home Health Care holds silver-tier status on WeekdayDoc's Top Employers work-life index, composite score 71/100, 7 active listings.

In California, the Social Work weighted monthly median benchmark on WeekdayDoc is ~$95k (212 salary observations; 384 listings), vs ~$81k nationally (1,924 salary observations; 5,811 listings). Monthly aggregates cover 2025-12-01 through 2026-09-01; these are not the modal's selected comparable-job medians.

Of the 50 active Social Work listings this role was benchmarked against, 52% are remote, 34% have no call, 66% require no weekends.

Social Work pay on WeekdayDoc is up 4.0% vs. the prior quarter (through Aug 2026).

The cost-of-living index for California is 110.7 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)), so the posted ~$187k midpoint carries the purchasing power of roughly $169k in an average-cost state. 63.6% of California clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).

Top Social Worker Jobs

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Salary Distribution36 jobs · 21 employers

9
<$105k
3
$105k-115k
16
$115k-125k
5
$125k-135k
3
$135k+

Annual compensation range

Benefits & Perks32 jobs · 21 employers

401k / retirement match
97%
Sign-on bonus
38%
CME allowance
22%
Loan repayment
16%
PSLF eligible
9%

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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 6,104 comparable listings. Shaded area = the share scoring below this one.

Living in Bakersfield

Typical 3-bedroom home value
$357k
Typical market rent
$1,858/mo
Residents’ average commute
24 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.