**BluePearl Pet Hospital is on the lookout for a talented and experienced Market Social Worker to join our team! This person will be responsible for supporting our 7 Hospitals in the Philadelphia Market!** **Pay: $64,166.00 - $84,504.00** **This pay band is a starting point and is dependent on experience** This position reports to the Health & Wellbeing Supervisor. The Veterinary Market Social Worker upholds best practices in the field, provides leadership, support, and client service expertise to all team members. **As a Veterinary Market Social Worker, you will:** + Provides social work support to multiple hospitals. + Travels on-site for interactions across different locations. + Responsible for all duties related to VSW client care. + Meets with and ensures the Director of Health & Well-being or designated representative has insight into new and already developed programming. + Works directly with the Director of Health & Well-being or designated representative to ensure seamless transition and use of regional health and well-being initiatives to promote consistency of services being offered within the Health & Well-being team. + Develops and maintains updated resources for clients and staff. + Organizes and chairs Wellness Committee for staff initiatives. + Intervenes and offers short term support with staff: in crisis, needing to process/debrief client encounters, conflicts with co-workers, experiencing compassion fatigue, or other situations which may impair ability to work effectively. + Provides referral for outside counseling or EAP as needed. + Provides consultation to doctors and staff regarding difficult interactions with clients or staff for facilitation of the best method of communication. + Intervenes and assists DVMs when clients are demanding excessive consultation due to emotional needs. + Creates and/or organizes psychoeducational programs for staff including but not limited to, SW program services, Communication skills, wellness and self-care, Stress management, burnout and compassion fatigue, and tools and information for suicide prevention. + Provides informal debriefing individually or in groups as needed. + Consults with Directors/Managers/Supervisors regarding wellness of staff to enhance overall hospital functioning. **Education and Experience** + Master’s Degree in Social Work (MSW) is required. + Applicable State License required. + 3+ years of experience post MSW required. **Skills/Knowledge** + Exceptional oral and written communication skills. + Excellent organizational skills. + Ability to work independently under minimal supervision. + Able to provide services needed by clients and staff in an emotionally intense, fast-paced setting. + Able to patiently mentor social work interns while delegating tasks and teaching skills. **Why BluePearl?** + Our passion is pets. We offer Trupanion pet insurance and discounts to our associates for pet treatments, procedures, and food. + We encourage you to grow with us. Our associates are leveled by their skillset and move up in level as they gain more skills and experience. We are focused on developing our associates into leaders through talent development programs and leadership workshops. As a member of Mars Veterinary Health, our associates have endless opportunities to advance in their career. + To transform and lead the industry through innovative quality medicine and care, we understand the importance of continuous learning. We offer annual continuing education allowance, free continuing education sessions, our own BluePearl University for training, and our clinicians have access to over 2,000 medical journals. We value your health and well-being as an associate by providing you with the following: + Medical, dental, vision, and life insurance options. + Parental leave benefits + Flexible work schedules + 401k and retirement planning + Time to reset, rewind, and reflect through our paid time off and floating holiday plans + A regional licensed social worker who can provide guidance, advice, and tips/tricks on how to maintain a healthy lifestyle while working in a fast-paced emergency and specialty care environment + We promote a family-like culture in our hospitals. We are all in this together. We believe in working together to lead the industry by enriching lives through remarkable care for pets.    _BluePearl_ _ is committed to a diverse work environment in which all individuals are treated with respect and dignity. We are an equal opportunity employer and each applicant will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, national origin, religion, creed, sex, age, disability, genetic information, marital status, citizenship status, sexual or affectional preference, or gender identity or expression, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. If you need assistance or an accommodation during the application process because of a disability, it is available upon request. The company is pleased to provide such assistance, and no applicant will be penalized as a result of such a request. We are an Equal Opportunity Employer and a Drug Free Workplace._