Maternal Child Social Worker- Inpatient

Join Our Team at Mercy Medical Center – Now Hiring an Inpatient Maternal Child Social Worker!

Mercy Medical Center is honored to be recognized by Newsweek as one of America's Most Trustworthy Companies for three consecutive years (2023–2025) and as one of America's Greatest Workplaces for Women in 2025. Additionally, we are proud to be a multi-time recipient of Forbes' America's Best Midsize Employers award, most recently in 2025.

As a hospital founded by the Sisters of Mercy, we offer a supportive and empowering environment where dedicated medical professionals thrive. If you're passionate about making a meaningful impact through your work and contributing to a mission of compassionate care, we invite you to apply today and join our Mercy family.

The Social Worker is a key member of the interdisciplinary team who provides and oversees psychosocial care for families in maternal child units including Labor & Delivery, postpartum, and pediatrics. Responsibilities include bio-psychosocial assessments and providing intervention and treatment as indicated. The social worker identifies high-risk psychosocial factors (e.g., homelessness, protective services involvement, mental health concerns, and substance use) that influence health status and discharge planning.

This role also includes providing specialized support for adoption and surrogacy cases, ensuring ethical, legal, and emotionally supportive care for all parties involved. The social worker assists hospital staff in understanding the influence of social factors on medical care and partners with patients, families, healthcare teams, legal representatives, and community agencies to ensure safe and appropriate transitions of care.

•  Provides comprehensive assessment of patients to evaluate mental health, substance use, emotional functioning, coping style, and understanding of illness, barriers to care, cultural considerations, and risk factors such as abuse, neglect, and domestic violence.
•  Conducts psychosocial assessments of families to evaluate family systems, relationships, decision-makers, caregiving capacity, and overall understanding of the patient’s condition and care needs.

• Facilitates and supports adoption and surrogacy processes within the hospital setting, including:
• Coordinating with adoption agencies, legal teams, and intended parents
• Supporting birth parents and intended parents through emotional, ethical, and logistical aspects of the process
• Ensuring compliance with hospital policies and applicable laws
• Assisting with discharge planning specific to adoption or surrogacy arrangements

• Reports suspected abuse or neglect to legally mandated authorities in accordance with state regulations. Works closely with CPS to ensure safe discharge planning.
• Employs a range of clinical interventions including crisis intervention, care coordination, information gathering, counseling, and referrals. Advocates on behalf of patients and families to ensure access to appropriate services and resources.
• Coordinates family and interdisciplinary team meetings as appropriate. Provides psychosocial consultation on patient care planning, family dynamics, and utilization of community resources.
•  Identifies psychosocial, financial, educational, psychiatric, and substance use factors impacting care management and collaborates with the healthcare team to address these needs.
• Works effectively as part of the interdisciplinary healthcare team, maintaining consistent communication and participating in case reviews, supervision, and educational opportunities.
• Documents timely, accurate, and relevant information in the medical records
• Maintains up-to-date knowledge of internal and community-based resources and promotes their effective use.
• Develops and maintains collaborative relationships with community collaborates, including adoption agencies, surrogacy programs, public health organizations, and social service providers.
• Assist with task supervision of maternal child MSW interns.

• Master’s degree in Social Work (MSW) required
• Minimum of 2 years post-graduate experience in a healthcare setting preferred
• Experience in maternal-child health, pediatrics, adoption, or reproductive services preferred
• Must be licensed by the Maryland Board of Social Work Examiners at the LMSW level
• LCSW-C preferred

Benefits Eligibility is based on your scheduled FTE status and Job Category

• Competitive health, prescription, vision and dental benefits & wellness credit for eligible employees
• 403(b) retirement plan with generous company match and “catch up” provision
• Paid Time Off (PTO) & company paid holidays
• Tuition reimbursement
• Mental Health resources and other employee related wellness opportunities through our Employee Assistance Program
• Employer paid Short & Long Term Disability benefits for eligible employees
• Voluntary Benefits
• Discounts on auto & home insurance and Verizon plans
• Mercy’s Rewards & Recognition Program rewarding employees for going above and beyond in living Mercy’s Mission and Values

Mercy Health Services is sponsored by the Sisters of Mercy. We are an Equal Opportunity Employer (EEO) recruiting talent for Mercy Health Services, which serves the greater Baltimore Metro and surrounding Maryland areas.