Job Description

When you join the growing BILH team, you're not just taking a job, you’re making a difference in people’s lives.

Licensed Independent Clinical Social Worker (LICSW)

Senior Adult Unit | Addison Gilbert Hospital – Gloucester, MA

Be the clinical voice that helps seniors—and their families—navigate healing, stability, and recovery.

Addison Gilbert Hospital’s Senior Adult Unit is seeking a Licensed Independent Clinical Social Worker (LICSW) who is passionate about advocating for older adults and guiding patients through meaningful, therapeutic transitions in care. This is a highly collaborative role where your clinical judgment, leadership, and compassion directly impact patient outcomes.

🌟 Why This Role Matters

On our Senior Adult Unit, patients often face complex medical, emotional, and social challenges. You’ll play a critical role in coordinating care, supporting recovery, and ensuring safe, thoughtful transitions, all while working within a supportive, interdisciplinary team that values your expertise.

🩺 What You’ll Do

• Plan and deliver safe, therapeutic treatment for patients on the Senior Adult Unit
• Conduct ongoing psychosocial and case management assessments
• Advocate for patient needs and communicate effectively with the treatment team
• Identify and address barriers to discharge and treatment transitions
• Coordinate referrals and collaborate with families, insurers, and community providers
• Facilitate individual and group therapeutic interventions to support recovery and prevent relapse
• Educate patients and families on illness, treatment options, and recovery pathways
• Maintain accurate documentation and clinical records
• Participate in clinical and administrative meetings that support quality patient care
• Work closely with reimbursement partners to optimize high‑quality, patient‑centered care

✅ What We’re Looking For

• Master’s Degree in Social Work or Mental Health Counseling
• Current Massachusetts LICSW required
• Prior clinical leadership experience or demonstrated leadership skills
• Strong skills in:
  • Individual case management & managed care
  • Motivational Interviewing and short‑term treatment models
  • De‑escalation and restraint management techniques
  • Psychosocial assessment and treatment planning
  • Brief family interventions
• Highly organized, adaptable, and comfortable in a fast‑paced inpatient environment

💙 Why Addison Gilbert Hospital?

At Addison Gilbert Hospital, you’ll experience the impact of community-based care with the support of a respected health system. Our Senior Adult Unit values teamwork, professionalism, and compassion—creating an environment where both patients and clinicians thrive.

👉 Apply today and bring your clinical expertise to a team that truly values your voice and your impact.

Pay Range:

$83,200.00 USD - $107,619.20 USD

The pay range listed for this position is the annual base salary 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.

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