Social Worker, Home Health - Merced

Focus Home Health Fresno

Family Serving Families

At Focus Home Health, we believe exceptional care begins with supporting the people who provide it. We proudly serve patients and families throughout Fresno and surrounding communities, delivering compassionate, high-quality home health care that helps patients heal, regain independence, and thrive at home. With over 25 years of service across Fresno, Kings, Madera, San Joaquin, San Mateo, Santa Clara, Stanislaus, and Tulare Counties, Focus Home Health is a two-time Home Health Care Elite Award winner, providing skilled home health services for patients recovering from surgery or managing acute and chronic conditions.

Our clinicians choose Focus Home Health because of our supportive culture, flexible scheduling, responsive leadership, and commitment to meaningful, one-on-one patient care. We value collaboration, respect clinical expertise, and foster an environment where our team members feel trusted, supported, and heard.

What You'll Do

• Assist the health care providers in understanding significant social and emotional factors related to the patient's health problems to develop and update the plan of care
• Provide and document services in accordance with state, Medicare, Medi-Cal, and other applicable regulations and standards and third-party payer guidelines
• Assess patient and family and prepare social histories to augment existing service
• Assess, when appropriate, a patient/family's financial situation
• Assist patient and family with personal and environmental difficulties that predispose toward illness or interfere with medical care or cope with terminal illness
• Participate in case management, orientation, care conferences, staff meetings, care planning, discharge planning, and in-service programs and acts as a consultant to other agency personnel

Who You Are

You are experienced and ready to bring your skills and knowledge to patients who need it most. You excel in building meaningful relationships with patients and their families. You are committed to high-quality nursing care while working independently in a home setting. You thrive in providing the very best care and skilled treatment for patients with chronic conditions, illnesses, surgery or injuries to achieve positive outcomes, improve the quality of life, and reduce risk for hospitalization

Qualifications

• Master's degree in social work
• One-year experience in a health care setting, experience in home health preferred
• Licensed in the state of practice if required (in CA, MSWs are not required to be licensed if in a non-supervisory role).
• Thorough knowledge of community resources
• Must have a vehicle, a valid current driver's license, and insurance coverage
• Communication, interpersonal, and organizational skills necessary to complete job responsibilities
• Ability to make home visits

Pay & Perks

• Competitive pay that reflects your experience and expertise
• Comprehensive full-time benefits package, including 23 days of PTO, medical, dental, vision, and disability coverage
• Flexible scheduling that supports work-life balance
• Mileage reimbursement for patient-related travel
• Continuing education and tuition assistance
• Generous referral bonus program
• OASIS Virtual Assistant to streamline documentation
• Supportive, accessible leadership team

Our Mission & Values

Our mission is to deliver exceptional home health care through clinical excellence, compassion, and integrity, while making a meaningful impact in the communities we serve.

We are guided by:

• Compassion
• Integrity
• Accountability
• Collaboration
• Excellence
• Respect

About Focus Home Health

Focus Home Health is a trusted home health provider committed to patient-centered, evidence-based care. Our goal is to help patients live healthier, safer, and more fulfilling lives - at home.

If you're looking for a supportive, mission-driven team where your work truly matters, we'd love to hear from you. Apply today!

We are proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We are committed to fair and equitable compensation practices, and we strive to provide employees with total compensation packages that are market competitive. The exact base pay offered for this role will depend on various factors, including but not limited to the candidate's qualifications, skills, and experience.
Work schedule

• Day shift

Benefits

• Flexible schedule
• Paid time off
• Health insurance
• Dental insurance
• Vision insurance
• Life insurance
• Disability insurance
• Referral program
• Employee discount
• Mileage reimbursement
• Paid training