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Social Worker (Remote) Per Diem

Social WorkerIncludes callPer Diem

Listed compensation

$70K - $117K

The week · per this posting

Ask the employer about weekend coverage, nights and shift pattern, benefits and time off.

Posted 6mo ago

Job Description

Provides individual, and/or group work services to patients and/or their families in various health care settings. Utilizes psychosocial assessment skills to deliver social work services.

Job Responsibility

This Role Is Remote and as Needed*

  • Provides culturally competent direct service to patients and their families using a variety of social work modalities in order to help individuals maximize their functioning.
  • Utilizes high risk criteria and/or consultation referrals to identify patients in need of or who could benefit from social work assessment and intervention. Advocates on behalf of the individual to ensure maximum access to health care, assesses barriers and offers solutions.
  • Provides interdisciplinary team with assessment findings and suggests potential impact on overall care of patient.
  • Provides psycho education, counseling, and crisis intervention to patients and their families.
  • Formulates and implements treatment and discharge plans that are safe and timely and in line with the expectations of the site and promote patient choice. Initiates communication with post-acute providers and payers as needed.
  • Incorporates knowledge of community resource sand entitlement programs in all planning.
  • Maintains appropriate professional patient care documentation as defined by site policies and procedures.
  • Represents department and profession is various hospital/site based committees and work groups.
  • May assign and monitor undergraduate and graduate level Social Work students; assigns cases to students and monitors work through weekly supervisory meetings; writes all required evaluations of student’s field placement performance.
  • Consults with program management regarding student’s training program, progress, development, and placement experience; meets with student’s faculty advisor at prescribed intervals.
  • Performs related duties as required. All responsibilities noted here are considered essential functions of the job under the Americans with Disabilities Act. Duties not mentioned here, but considered related are not essential functions.

Job Qualification

  • Master of Social Work required.
  • Current License to practice as a Master Social Worker, or Current License to practice as a Clinical Social Worker in New York State required, plus specialized certifications as needed.
  • 1-3 years of relevant experience, required.

*Additional Salary Detail

The salary range and/or hourly rate listed is a good faith determination of potential base compensation that may be offered to a successful applicant for this position at the time of this job advertisement and may be modified in the future. When determining a team member's base salary and/or rate, several factors may be considered as applicable (e. g., location, specialty, service line, years of relevant experience, education, credentials, negotiated contracts, budget and internal equity).

Key Responsibilities

This role provides individual and/or group social work services to patients and families in healthcare settings, utilizing psychosocial assessment skills to maximize patient functioning. Responsibilities include advocating for patient access to care, providing psychoeducation and crisis intervention, and formulating safe and timely treatment and discharge plans.

Requirements

Candidates must possess a Master of Social Work degree and hold a current license to practice as a Master Social Worker or Clinical Social Worker in New York State, along with any necessary specialized certifications. A minimum of 1 to 3 years of relevant professional experience is required for this position.

Key Skills

AdvocacyTreatment PlanningDischarge PlanningCommunity ResourcesSupervisionInterdisciplinary Teamwork

Work-Life Balance Analysis

WeekdayDoc's proprietary algorithm rates Social Worker (Remote) Per Diem at Northwell a 6.1 out of 10 for work-life balance — classified as good. This places the position in the Above average in Social Work — ranked against 6,101 active Social Work listings on WeekdayDoc. Contributing factors include remote work flexibility.

Social Worker Career Context

Of the 50 active Social Work listings this role was benchmarked against, 56% are remote, 34% have no call, 58% require no weekends — this position is remote.

Social Work pay on WeekdayDoc is down 2.9% vs. the prior quarter (through Aug 2026).

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Annual compensation range

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401k / retirement match
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Sign-on bonus
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CME allowance
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Loan repayment
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Work-life snapshot

median 6.0this job 6.1
Better work-life than 50% of Social Work listings

Listing-based score, 0–10, across 6,101 comparable listings. Shaded area = the share scoring below this one.

  • Remote
  • Includes call