Social Work Jobs in Boston, MA
Social Work jobs in Boston are concentrated in neighborhoods like the South End, Jamaica Plain, and Roxbury, across healthcare systems, community mental health centers, and child welfare agencies. Employers hiring right now include Boston Medical Center, Boston University, and Beth Israel Lahey Health. Scan the live roles below and apply to whichever ones fit.
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When you join the growing BILH team, you're not just taking a job, you’re making a difference in people’s lives.
Provides comprehensive administrative and operational support to the Social Work Department, coordinating daily activities, resources, referrals, scheduling, reporting, and staff support functions. Manages incoming referrals and patient appointments by coordinating requests, provider availability, and visit scheduling. Supports department meetings, committees, programs, and events through scheduling, agenda and material preparation, logistics coordination, meeting documentation, and follow-up communication. Maintains departmental tracking systems, data, and reports; compiles and updates information and assists with basic data analysis and reporting. Serves as a key administrative resource to department staff, responding to routine inquiries and escalating issues to appropriate leadership while ensuring compliance with hospital policies and procedures.
Job Description:
Essential Responsibilities:
1. Screens telephone calls and access for high-level position(s) deciding which individuals need face to face meetings, which can be refer to other managers or when possible, resolves the situation.
2. Schedules and prepares for diverse and complex appointments, meetings and travel arrangements.
3. Oversees planning and preparation for committees. Distributes minutes, prepares agenda, materials and committee work.
4. Plans, coordinates and makes recommendations in preparation for high-profile programs and events for the department.
5. Independently composes and edits complex and sensitive correspondence, reports and documents for final approval by manager.
6. Compiles, analyzes and summarizes data from multiple sources to create detailed complex documents, reports and high-level presentations.
7. Completes department-specific responsibilities which are documented at the local level.
Required Qualifications:
1. High School diploma or GED required. Associate's degree preferred.
2. 3-5 years related work experience required.
3. Advanced skills with Microsoft applications which may include Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint or Access and other web-based applications. May produce complex documents, perform analysis and maintain databases.
Competencies:
Decision Making: Ability to make decisions that are guided by precedents, policies and objectives. Regularly makes decisions and recommendations on issues affecting a department or functional area.
Problem Solving: Ability to address problems that are varied, requiring analysis or interpretation of the situation using direct observation, knowledge and skills based on general precedents.
Independence of Action: Ability to set goals and determines how to accomplish defined results with some guidelines. Manager/Director provides broad guidance and overall direction.
Written Communications: Ability to communicate clearly and effectively in written English with internal and external customers.
Oral Communications: Ability to comprehend and converse in English to communicate effectively with medical center staff, patients, families and external customers.
Knowledge: Ability to demonstrate full working knowledge of standard concepts, practices, procedures and policies with the ability to use them in varied situations.
Team Work: Ability to act as a team leader for small projects or work groups, creating a collaborative and respectful team environment and improving workflows. Results may impact the operations of one or more departments.
Customer Service: Ability to provide a high level of customer service to patients, visitors, staff and external customers in a professional, service-oriented, respectful manner using skills in active listening and problem solving. Ability to remain calm in stressful situations.
Physical Nature of the Job:
Sedentary work: Exerting up to 10 pounds of force occasionally in carrying, lifting, pushing, pulling objects. Sitting most of the time, with walking and standing required only occasionally
Pay Range:
$24.98 – $33.62
The pay range listed for this position is the base hourly wage range the organization reasonably and in good faith expects to pay for this position at this time. Actual compensation is determined based on several factors, that may include seniority, education, training, relevant experience, relevant certifications, geography of work location, job responsibilities, or other applicable factors permissible by law. Compensation may exceed the base hourly rate depending on shift differentials, call pay, premium pay, overtime pay, and other additional pay practices, as applicable to the position and in accordance with the law.
As a health care organization, we have a responsibility to do everything in our power to care for and protect our patients, our colleagues and our communities. Beth Israel Lahey Health requires that all staff be vaccinated against influenza (flu) as a condition of employment.
More than 35,000 people working together. Nurses, doctors, technicians, therapists, researchers, teachers and more, making a difference in patients' lives. Your skill and compassion can make us even stronger.
Equal Opportunity Employer/Veterans/Disabled
Job details
- Employment: Full-time
- Hours/Week: 40
- Shift: Rotating
- Category: Administrative & Clerical
- Pay Range: $24.98 - $33.62
- FLSA: Non-Exempt
- Req ID: JR105574
When you join the growing BILH team, you're not just taking a job, you’re making a difference in people’s lives.
Provides comprehensive administrative and operational support to the Social Work Department, coordinating daily activities, resources, referrals, scheduling, reporting, and staff support functions. Manages incoming referrals and patient appointments by coordinating requests, provider availability, and visit scheduling. Supports department meetings, committees, programs, and events through scheduling, agenda and material preparation, logistics coordination, meeting documentation, and follow-up communication. Maintains departmental tracking systems, data, and reports; compiles and updates information and assists with basic data analysis and reporting. Serves as a key administrative resource to department staff, responding to routine inquiries and escalating issues to appropriate leadership while ensuring compliance with hospital policies and procedures.
Job Description:
Essential Responsibilities:
1. Screens telephone calls and access for high-level position(s) deciding which individuals need face to face meetings, which can be refer to other managers or when possible, resolves the situation.
2. Schedules and prepares for diverse and complex appointments, meetings and travel arrangements.
3. Oversees planning and preparation for committees. Distributes minutes, prepares agenda, materials and committee work.
4. Plans, coordinates and makes recommendations in preparation for high-profile programs and events for the department.
5. Independently composes and edits complex and sensitive correspondence, reports and documents for final approval by manager.
6. Compiles, analyzes and summarizes data from multiple sources to create detailed complex documents, reports and high-level presentations.
7. Completes department-specific responsibilities which are documented at the local level.
Required Qualifications:
1. High School diploma or GED required. Associate's degree preferred.
2. 3-5 years related work experience required.
3. Advanced skills with Microsoft applications which may include Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint or Access and other web-based applications. May produce complex documents, perform analysis and maintain databases.
Competencies:
Decision Making: Ability to make decisions that are guided by precedents, policies and objectives. Regularly makes decisions and recommendations on issues affecting a department or functional area.
Problem Solving: Ability to address problems that are varied, requiring analysis or interpretation of the situation using direct observation, knowledge and skills based on general precedents.
Independence of Action: Ability to set goals and determines how to accomplish defined results with some guidelines. Manager/Director provides broad guidance and overall direction.
Written Communications: Ability to communicate clearly and effectively in written English with internal and external customers.
Oral Communications: Ability to comprehend and converse in English to communicate effectively with medical center staff, patients, families and external customers.
Knowledge: Ability to demonstrate full working knowledge of standard concepts, practices, procedures and policies with the ability to use them in varied situations.
Team Work: Ability to act as a team leader for small projects or work groups, creating a collaborative and respectful team environment and improving workflows. Results may impact the operations of one or more departments.
Customer Service: Ability to provide a high level of customer service to patients, visitors, staff and external customers in a professional, service-oriented, respectful manner using skills in active listening and problem solving. Ability to remain calm in stressful situations.
Physical Nature of the Job:
Sedentary work: Exerting up to 10 pounds of force occasionally in carrying, lifting, pushing, pulling objects. Sitting most of the time, with walking and standing required only occasionally
Pay Range:
$24.98 – $33.62
The pay range listed for this position is the base hourly wage range the organization reasonably and in good faith expects to pay for this position at this time. Actual compensation is determined based on several factors, that may include seniority, education, training, relevant experience, relevant certifications, geography of work location, job responsibilities, or other applicable factors permissible by law. Compensation may exceed the base hourly rate depending on shift differentials, call pay, premium pay, overtime pay, and other additional pay practices, as applicable to the position and in accordance with the law.
As a health care organization, we have a responsibility to do everything in our power to care for and protect our patients, our colleagues and our communities. Beth Israel Lahey Health requires that all staff be vaccinated against influenza (flu) as a condition of employment.
More than 35,000 people working together. Nurses, doctors, technicians, therapists, researchers, teachers and more, making a difference in patients' lives. Your skill and compassion can make us even stronger.
Equal Opportunity Employer/Veterans/Disabled
Job details
- Employment: Full-time
- Hours/Week: 40
- Shift: Rotating
- Category: Administrative & Clerical
- Pay Range: $24.98 - $33.62
- FLSA: Non-Exempt
- Req ID: JR105574
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Who's Hiring
- Boston Medical Center16
- Boston University7
- Beth Israel Lahey Health7
- Simmons University2
- Tufts Medical Center2
Top Industries Hiring
- Education
- Healthcare & Medical Services
Social Work Jobs in Boston: Frequently Asked Questions
How do I get a social work job in Boston?
Focus your search on Boston's dense network of academic medical centers, community health centers, and nonprofit social service agencies, which are the city's heaviest social work employers. Neighborhoods like the South End, Roxbury, and Dorchester host many community-based organizations actively hiring. Candidates with bilingual skills, particularly Spanish or Haitian Creole, and field placement experience at Boston institutions tend to stand out in this market.
Which companies hire social works in Boston?
Boston social work roles are posted by Boston Medical Center, Boston University, and Beth Israel Lahey Health and others right now, based on current listings on Migrate Mate as of October 2026. The Boston market is particularly deep in hospital systems, community mental health agencies, and child and family services organizations operating across the metro area.
Are there remote social work jobs in Boston?
Yes, but remote availability is limited for most social work roles since direct client contact, home visits, and in-person case management are central to the work. About 0% of social work openings tied to Boston are remote or hybrid as of October 2026, with telehealth counseling and care coordination positions being the most common fully remote options locally.
How can I get a social work job in Boston with little or no experience?
The most realistic entry path in Boston is through case aide, community health worker, or family support specialist roles at nonprofit agencies and community health centers, many of which prioritize candidates with lived community experience over credentials. Organizations in Roxbury, Dorchester, and Jamaica Plain frequently hire entry-level staff into these bridge roles, and AmeriCorps placements at Boston nonprofits are a well-worn route into full-time social work positions.
Which industries hire the most social works in Boston?
Most social work openings in Boston sit in Education and Healthcare & Medical Services, per current listings on Migrate Mate as of October 2026. Boston's concentration of world-class hospitals, university-affiliated research centers, and a robust nonprofit sector makes it one of the denser social work markets on the East Coast.
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