**Join the team at Avera!** **Award Winning Health Care:** Avera has been named among the nation’s 15 Top Health Systems, Forbes list of America’s Best-in-State Employers and Level 10 Most Wired Health Care Organization by CHIME. **Culture:** Be part of a multidisciplinary team built on teamwork, with compassion and the goal of Moving Health Forward for you and our patients. Work where you matter. **You Belong at Avera:** Competitive pay, front-loaded PTO and options for free health insurance, sign-on bonuses, various shifts to fit your lifestyle and opportunities for career growth. **Join a fun team of Social Workers committed to positive outcomes for patients, and families.** **_Position Highlights:_** + **Work with an innovative team.** + **Collaborate with a vast team of healthcare professionals.** + **Be a vital resource to patients, and families.** + **Work with community resources/programs, as well as Medicaid/Medicare in the hospital system.** + **Work with a variety of patient concerns.** **Job Summary** + The Social Worker is responsible to plan, organize, and implement social work service to patients and families, assuring that related emotional and social needs are met and maintained for individuals and families. + Responsible to plan for transfers, admissions, and discharges on acute and residential hospice patients. + Maintain contact with referring agencies and related people, and with community resources used for referral. **Education and/or Experience** + Bachelor's or Master’s degree in social work or related field from a four-year college or university required. **Certification/Licensure/Registration** + Current license in Social Work in the State of South Dakota required. + Licensed in Social Work in the states of Nebraska, Iowa, Minnesota, North Dakota may be required depending on the service area. If required, must obtain within 90 days of being placed in the position or of the requirement. + This position requires a valid driver’s license and that the employee is insurable by the Avera Health automobile liability insurance carrier. **Work Schedule** Monday-Friday, 8:00am-4:30pm; 80hrs/2wks **Pay** The hourly range for this position is listed below. Actual hourly rate dependent upon experience. + $25.00 - $37.75 per hour What Makes Avera Special? (http://www.avera.org/careers/what-makes-avera-special/) The policy of Avera to provide opportunities for all qualified employees or applicants without regard to disability and to provide reasonable accommodations for all employees or applicants who may be disabled. Avera is committed to ensuring compliance in accordance with the Americans with Disability Act. For assistance, please contact HR Now at 605-504-4444. Additional Notices: For TTY, dial 711 Avera is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer: Minority/Female/Disabled/Veteran/Sexual Orientation/Gender Identity.