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SOCIAL WORKER (MA/MSW)

Social WorkerNo weekendsFull-Time

Compensation

Pay not disclosed

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Job Description

Responsibilities

Full-time Social Worker position available with Monday - Friday schedule.

(A 2 WEEK ORIENTATION IS MANDATORY 8:30A- 5P)

Rockford Center is a 138-bed mental health facility located in Newark, DE, providing easy access to a full complement of inpatient and partial behavioral health programs for children and adolescents, adults, and older adults. Rockford is the only child inpatient behavioral health facility in DE, offers an experienced and tenured senior management team, and serves New Castle County and northern Maryland.

Website: Psychiatric and Substance Abuse Services | Rockford Center | Newark, DE

Position Summary

The Social Worker plays a vital role in supporting patients and their families throughout the continuum of care within a behavioral health hospital setting.

This position is responsible for conducting psychosocial assessments, developing and coordinating individualized discharge plans, connecting patients with community resources, and advocating for services that support recovery and long-term well-being.

The Social Worker collaborates closely with the interdisciplinary treatment team to address psychosocial, emotional, and environmental factors that may impact treatment outcomes.

Responsibilites

Conduct psychosocial assessments to document patient history and identify preliminary issues for treatment focus by interviewing the patient and their family members.

Participate in the development and implementation of treatment plans, ensuring that concise, realistic care plans are carried out.

Provide individual, group and family process-oriented therapies as well as conduct other didactic groups using various professional treatment modalities.

Document treatment provided to patient in medical record legibly and in a timely manner.

Develop and coordinate an individualized discharge plan for the patient by utilizing the treatment team and chart information to determine aftercare needs.

Identify and assess family or community resources such as group homes, or mental health practitioners to meet patient's aftercare needs.

Conduct and attend regular treatment team meetings to provide social work perspective to total case management of the patient with the interdisciplinary team by presenting patient's case and progress towards treatment plan goals, making treatment recommendations, and actively coordinating each case with all members of the treatment team.

Benefits

Competitive Compensation

  • Career development opportunities across UHS and its 300+locations!
  • Diverse programming to expand your experience and energize your career
  • HealthStream online learning catalogue with plenty of free CEU courses

About Universal Health Services

One of the nation’s largest and most respected providers of hospital and healthcare services, Universal Health Services, Inc. (NYSE: UHS) has built an impressive record of achievement and performance, growing since its inception into a Fortune 500 corporation.

Headquartered in King of Prussia, PA, UHS has 99,000 employees. Through its subsidiaries, UHS operates 28 acute care hospitals, 331 behavioral health facilities, 60 outpatient and other facilities in 39 U.S. States, Washington, D.C., Puerto Rico and the United Kingdom.

Qualifications

Requirements

  • Master's Degree in Social Work or related program from an acredited college (must be license eligible)
  • LPCMH/LCSW preferred
  • Previous experience in behavioral health setting preferred
  • Current CPR Certification

EEO Statement

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Qualifications

Education
Master's degree (postgraduate degree)

Key Skills

Discharge planningIndividual therapyGroup therapyFamily therapyTreatment planningCrisis interventionDocumentationInterdisciplinary collaborationPatient advocacy

Work-Life Balance Analysis

WeekdayDoc's proprietary algorithm rates SOCIAL WORKER (MA/MSW) at UHS 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 Work listings this role was benchmarked against, 30% are remote, 28% have no call, 70% 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 Delaware is 99.8 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)). 63.5% of Delaware clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).

Top Social Worker Jobs

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Salary Distribution34 jobs · 31 employers

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$120k-140k

Annual compensation range

Benefits & Perks29 jobs

401k / retirement match
90%
Sign-on bonus
24%
CME allowance
24% this job
Loan repayment
21%
PSLF eligible
3%

Share of similar jobs offering each benefit

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$60-$65/hr
#2

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#4

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

  • No weekends

Living in Newark

Typical 3-bedroom home value
$327k
Typical market rent
$2,037/mo
Residents’ average commute
19 min
Metro price indexU.S. average = 100
102.6
State income tax
Up to 6.6%
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.

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Benefits & Perks

Career Development Opportunities
Diverse Programming
HealthStream Online Learning with Free CEU Courses