Healthcare Social Workers

in California

Provide persons, families, or vulnerable populations with the psychosocial support needed to cope with chronic, acute, or terminal illnesses, such as Alzheimer's, cancer, or AIDS. Services include advising family care givers, providing patient education and counseling, and making necessary referrals for other social services. [More Details...]

Skills - Importance and Competence Level for this occupation (1-low, 100-high)

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Skills	Importance	Competence Level
Active Learning	97	64
Active Listening	93	67
Coordination	87	64
Critical Thinking	87	67
Idea Evaluation	83	57
Idea Generation	83	55
Identification of Key Causes	93	62
Identifying Downstream Consequences	83	59
Implementation Planning	80	62
Information Gathering	87	57
Instructing	83	64
Judgment and Decision Making	100	59
Learning Strategies	93	64
Management of Financial Resources	87	67
Management of Personnel Resources	83	57
Monitoring	90	59
Problem Identification	93	67
Reading Comprehension	83	67
Service Orientation	97	67
Social Perceptiveness	100	83
Solution Appraisal	93	64
Speaking	97	62
Systems Evaluation	80	52
Systems Perception	77	55
Time Management	80	55
Writing	80	64

Employment Projections

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Area	Estimated Year - Projected Year	Employment		Employment Change		Annual Avg Openings
		Estimated	Projected	Number	Percent
California	2018 - 2028	20,800	24,400	3,600	17.3	25,690

Wages

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Area	Time Period	Hourly Mean	Hourly by Percentile
			25th	Median	75th
California	2023	$44.12	$31.84	$40.33	$52.44

Education

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Workers must have a Bachelor's degree to gain the necessary skills for this occupation.However, those with related work experience would have a competitive advantage in this labor market.

Training Programs

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The following are the training programs available for the Occupation: Healthcare Social Workers

Job Openings from JobCentral National Labor Exchange

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