850+ Social Services & Counseling Jobs in Philadelphia, PA

Observed local government data puts the broad community and social service group at $29.39 per hour in May 2025, and the broader SOC 21 family at $57,200 median, $61,130 mean, $46,160 at the 25th percentile, and $74,290 at the 75th percentile in the metro. Current posting data is directionally similar but not the same measure: posted ranges center on about $60k to $81k, with hourly postings clustering around about $22 to $26 / hour.

Full September 2026 market report

Advertised pay

Across the 495 openings that disclose pay, the advertised range midpoint runs $58,712 at the 25th percentile, $86,000 at the median and $98,800 at the 75th. These are advertised ranges, not earned pay.

Active openings as of October 17, 2026

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What our analysts see this month

Balanced market | next 3-6 months

This is a balanced market, not an easy one. Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington had a 4.4% unemployment rate in August 2026, while metro employment was up 2.6130% year over year and education and health services employment was up 1.4508%. For this field specifically, community and social service occupations make up 2.1% of metro employment versus 1.7% nationally, and Pennsylvania social-services/counseling/community employment was up 1.6% year over year even as state occupation postings were down 3.1%. That means underlying need is real, but openings are not expanding fast enough to remove hiring friction.

Best positioned: You have the best odds if you bring an LSW or are clearly license-eligible, can show case management, crisis intervention, and documentation strength, and are open to mostly on-site roles in hospital and behavioral-health settings.

Main caution: The biggest trap is assuming high community need equals easy remote entry: about 75% of postings skew mid-level, about 80% are on-site, and remote is only about 5%.

From the September 2026 market report

Who is hiring here

Counted across all 886 openings in this market. 10 of the employers below are hiring for more than one role right now.

1. Ivy Rehab: 46 open roles
2. LifeStance Health Inc.: 34 open roles
3. Jefferson Health: 24 open roles
4. Novacare: 23 open roles
5. Jefferson Health Plans: 22 open roles
6. Jefferson Health: 19 open roles
7. Penn Medicine: 15 open roles
8. Fgg Spa, Llc.: 13 open roles
9. Blackbird Health: 12 open roles
10. Hand & Stone Corp.: 12 open roles

Where the openings are

• Philadelphia: 272
• Wilmington: 43
• Cherry Hill: 26
• Doylestown: 23
• Camden: 18
• West Chester: 18
• Media: 16
• Malvern: 13

Work arrangement

on-site 755 (88%), hybrid 80 (9%), remote 26 (3%)

Where the demand is

Opportunity is concentrated in health-connected employers, not evenly spread across generic nonprofits. In the posting sample, about 35% of openings sat in hospitals and health care, about 30% in healthcare, and another about 10% in health care services & hospitals. The metro also has scale: BLS counted 60,350 workers in the broader community and social service occupation family in 2025, and this group accounts for 2.1% of local employment versus 1.7% nationally. Within that, the most visible demand clusters are hospital/social-work workflows, outpatient and residential behavioral health, and addiction/recovery outreach. The most consistently active employers in the recent sample include Uhs, LifeStance Health Inc., Penn Medicine, RHD Inc., Apis Services, Inc., Catholic Church of Phila, Acenda, Inc., and Jefferson Health, and the market is fragmented rather than dominated by one employer. Recent examples line up with that mix: Intercommunity Action advertised residential and outpatient roles in September, Community Behavioral Health recruited master's-level clinicians and Certified Peer Specialists on October 1, and Merakey's mobile methadone program is expanding addiction-service touchpoints in Philadelphia. For most job seekers, that means the best odds are in settings that combine direct service with paperwork, referral management, and coordination across medical, housing, and recovery systems.

• Hospital and health-system social work (high): Best fit for case management, discharge planning, patient advocacy, and care coordination; local hiring is concentrated in hospital and health-care employers, with Penn Medicine and Jefferson Health among the active names.
• Behavioral health and addiction services (high): Includes outpatient, residential, and substance-use work across employers such as Uhs, LifeStance Health Inc., RHD Inc., Community Behavioral Health, Intercommunity Action, and Merakey-linked outreach models.
• Community and nonprofit / faith-based services (moderate): Still present but thinner as a share of the visible market; non-profit organizations are about 5% of the sample, with Catholic Church of Phila, Acenda, Inc., and Apis Services, Inc. appearing among active employers.

Where to focus: Start with hospital-connected case management and behavioral-health/addiction employers, then expand into nonprofit and faith-based organizations once you have a tailored resume for community work.

Roles worth searching next

• Licensed clinical therapist / outpatient therapist: This is the nearest neighboring track if you already have a counseling or social-work graduate foundation and want more therapy-heavy work.
• Patient navigator / care coordinator: It uses the same referral management, advocacy, and cross-service coordination muscles without requiring you to stay on the full counselor/social-worker track.
• Utilization review / behavioral-health authorizations specialist: This is a good alternative for people whose strengths are documentation, treatment-planning logic, and payer-facing coordination.
• Intake coordinator / admissions specialist: This is a practical bridge into health-system or behavioral-health employers if you are struggling to land direct-service titles.

What postings ask for

• LSW (differentiator | immediate): It is the most commonly named credential in the local posting sample, even though only about 5% of postings spell it out, which makes it a screening shortcut rather than a universal requirement. Who: Best for social workers and case managers who want hospital or behavioral-health interviews sooner.
• Case management (table_stakes | immediate): It is the clearest local demand signal, appearing in about 45% of postings, and it also ranks among the top hard skills nationally for social workers. Who: Everyone in direct-service, hospital, residential, or community roles.
• Crisis intervention (premium | immediate): Local postings mention it in about 30% of roles, and national skill analyses place it among the top hard skills in social work. Who: Most valuable for behavioral-health, residential, youth, and emergency-linked applicants.
• Documentation, treatment planning, and discharge planning (table_stakes | immediate): Documentation appears in about 20% of local postings, discharge planning in about 15%, and treatment planning and clinical documentation in about 10% each. Who: Especially important for candidates coming from nonprofit generalist roles who want health-system interviews.
• Care coordination and patient advocacy (differentiator | immediate): These appear repeatedly in local postings, and BLS describes counselors as coordinating care, referring clients to services, and maintaining progress records. Who: Mid-career applicants and switchers aiming at hospital or outpatient teams.
• Master's degree plus license-eligible counselor path (premium | near-term): BLS says mental health counselors typically need a master's degree and internship, and the local sample still shows about 35% of postings asking for a master's where education is stated. Who: Counseling-track applicants who want outpatient or behavioral-health roles.

Questions about this market

What do Social Services, Counseling & Community roles pay in Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD?

Observed local government data puts the broad community and social service group at $29.39 per hour in May 2025, and the broader SOC 21 family at $57,200 median, $61,130 mean, $46,160 at the 25th percentile, and $74,290 at the 75th percentile in the metro. Current posting data is directionally similar but not the same measure: posted ranges center on about $60k to $81k, with hourly postings clustering around about $22 to $26 / hour. This is moderate pay for a field with real mission demand, but not a market where most employers are paying a premium over the rest of the country. The metro community and social service mean was $1.10 lower than the U.S. group mean in May 2025.

Where is demand for Social Services, Counseling & Community roles in Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD concentrated?

Opportunity is concentrated in health-connected employers, not evenly spread across generic nonprofits. In the posting sample, about 35% of openings sat in hospitals and health care, about 30% in healthcare, and another about 10% in health care services & hospitals. The metro also has scale: BLS counted 60,350 workers in the broader community and social service occupation family in 2025, and this group accounts for 2.1% of local employment versus 1.7% nationally. Within that, the most visible demand clusters are hospital/social-work workflows, outpatient and residential behavioral health, and addiction/recovery outreach. The most consistently active employers in the recent sample include Uhs, LifeStance Health Inc., Penn Medicine, RHD Inc., Apis Services, Inc., Catholic Church of Phila, Acenda, Inc., and Jefferson Health, and the market is fragmented rather than dominated by one employer. Recent examples line up with that mix: Intercommunity Action advertised residential and outpatient roles in September, Community Behavioral Health recruited master's-level clinicians and Certified Peer Specialists on October 1, and Merakey's mobile methadone program is expanding addiction-service touchpoints in Philadelphia. For most job seekers, that means the best odds are in settings that combine direct service with paperwork, referral management, and coordination across medical, housing, and recovery systems.

Which employers are hiring the most Social Services, Counseling & Community talent in Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD?

Recent postings show the most activity from Uhs (15 postings), LifeStance Health Inc. (10 postings), Penn Medicine (10 postings), RHD Inc. (10 postings), Apis Services, Inc. (5 postings). See the full market report for the complete employer landscape.

Can Social Services, Counseling & Community roles in Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD be done remotely?

Of recent postings, 5% are remote and 15% hybrid, with 80% on-site. Use the Remote filter above to see only remote openings.

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