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Division Lead Social Worker

Roles & Responsibilities

  • Leadership and people management experience in a social work or healthcare setting, including coaching, mentoring, and staff development.
  • Experience in onboarding, training, and supervising MSWs, RLSWs, and preceptors, including roster management and interviewing for vacancies.
  • Strong knowledge of social work practice standards, CfCs, QIP requirements, and clinical ladder frameworks.
  • Proficiency in data analysis and performance tracking using tools like Anaplan and Tableau.

Requirements:

  • Lead and coordinate SW leadership activities, including routine calls, 1:1 reviews, cross-division meetings, and sharing leadership take-aways.
  • Drive social work priorities and performance by monitoring dashboards (Anaplan/Tableau), advancing clinical goals, and ensuring CfCs/QIP compliance; provide coaching and process solutions.
  • Oversee staffing and onboarding functions, including supervising Divisional Preceptors, maintaining MSW rosters, overseeing vacancies and interviews, and providing Clinical Ladder recommendations and annual check-ins.
  • Establish and support the SW Regional Lead Team, coordinate MSW internship contracts, mentor SW staff, and participate in workgroups and special projects.

Job description

Posting Date

03/25/2026

2800 N Loop WestSte 800, Houston, Texas, 77092-8838, United States of America

The following duties and responsibilities generally reflect the expectations of this position but are not intended to be all-inclusive:

Routine Calls and Meetings

Monthly (or at the frequency determined by leadership):

·         DVP or DCS:  call preferred; email also acceptable, if applicable. Review Ops deck (bright spots, outliers, etc) and copy GLSW on 1:1 recaps

·         GLSW:  Ops Review 1:1

·         RLSW Team and other Division Leaders (i.e. Home Champion, Preceptors, etc.); review ROD 1:1 recaps from RLSW

·         Host call and share SW Leadership Call take-aways with all MSWs (combine divisions if needed)

·         Participate in Village-wide DLSW calls, when available

·         Participate in DLSW calls hosted by your GLSW

·         Additional calls to support SW priorities

·         Contribute to Divisional Leadership Meetings and/or core teams as capacity allows

 

Social Work Priorities, Goals and Metrics Tracking

 

·         Review Anaplan, Tableau for progress, high performers, trends, outliers, etc

·         Drive your team’s focus on MYO’s and SW-specific clinical goals

·         Reinforce efforts to meet CfCs, QIP requirements monthly

·         Collaborate and communicate with GLSW, RLSW and clinic MSWs regarding social work-related initiatives, rollout of new P&Ps

·         Utilize dashboards, reports to communicate and monitor Divisional performance for SW priority tasks and support outliers

·         Provide RLSW coaching and peer reviews, as needed

·         Provide process solutions for identified barriers related to SW priorities to GLSW

·         Partner with IMT

 

New Hire Training, Onboarding, Vacancy Oversight and Support

 

·         Oversee Divisional Preceptors, including performance

·         Review MSW Roster in Anaplan and verify accuracy with RLSWs; ensure RLSWs are updating Roster monthly

·         Provide Clinical Ladder Recommendations to FAs upon hiring and for those who are moving to Advanced/Expert roles

·         Partner with RLSWs and FAs regarding vacancies, interviewing and Preceptor assignments

·         CASP:  intervene with MSWs at risk of leaving the Village; team building

·         Annual check-in with each MSW (may be group “coffee chat” format); recommend all  RLSWs have quarterly check-ins with MSWs 

 

Social Work Regional Lead Team Resource

·         Establish and facilitate RLSW team, MSW mentors and  Champions; provide leadership, mentoring, coaching and training, as needed

·         Designate a SW teammate to coordinate MSW internship contracts and assign to an intern host within the Division

·         May participate in SW workgroups and special projects to support resource development and process improvement

What We’ll Provide: 

More than just pay, our DaVita Rewards package connects teammates to what matters most. Teammates are eligible to begin receiving benefits on the first day of the month following or coinciding with one month of continuous employment. Below are some of our benefit offerings.  

  • Comprehensive benefits: Medical, dental, vision, 401(k) match, paid time off, PTO cash out  
  • Support for you and your family: Family resources, EAP counseling sessions, access Headspace®, backup child and elder care, maternity/paternity leave and more 
  • Professional development programs: DaVita offers a variety of programs to help strong performers grow within their career and also offers on-demand virtual leadership and development courses through DaVita’s online training platform StarLearning.  

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At DaVita, we strive to be a community first and a company second.  We want all teammates to experience DaVita as "a place where I belong."  Our goal is to embed belonging into everything we do in our Village, so that it becomes part of who we are. We are proud to be an equal opportunity workplace and comply with state and federal affirmative action requirements. Individuals are recruited, hired, assigned and promoted without regard to race, national origin, religion, age, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, protected veteran status, or any other protected characteristic.

This position will be open for a minimum of three days.

The Salary Range for the role is $62,000.00 - $95,000.00 per year.

 

 

 

If a candidate is hired, they will be paid at least the minimum wage according to their geographical jurisdiction and the exemption status for the position.

New York Exempt: New York City and Long Island: $66,300.00/year, Nassau, Suffolk, and Westchester counties: $66,300.00/year, Remainder of New York state: $62,353.20/year New York Non-exempt: New York City and Long Island: $17.00/hour, Nassau, Suffolk, and Westchester counties: $17.00/hour, Remainder of New York state: $16.00/hour

Washington Exempt: $80,168.40/year Washington Non-exempt: Bellingham: $19.13/hour, Burien: $21.63/hour, Everette: $20.77/hour, Unincorporated King County: $20.82/hour, Renton: $21.57/hour, Seattle: $21.30/hour, Tukwila: $21.65/hour, Remainder of Washington state: $17.13/hour

For location-specific minimum wage details, see the following link: DaVita.jobs/WageRates

Compensation for the role will depend on a number of factors, including a candidate’s qualifications, skills, competencies and experience. DaVita offers a competitive total rewards package, which includes a 401k match, healthcare coverage and a broad range of other benefits. Learn more at https://careers.davita.com/benefits  

  

Colorado Residents: Please do not respond to any questions in this initial application that may seek age-identifying information such as age, date of birth, or dates of school attendance or graduation. You may also redact this information from any materials you submit during the application process.  You will not be penalized for redacting or removing this information.

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