Sr Manager, Group Lead Social Worker

Posting Date

12/09/2025

2000 16th St, Denver, Colorado, 80202-5117, United States of America

The Sr. Manager, Group Lead Social Worker supports the success of social workers across multiple groups by ensuring accountability among Division Lead Social Workers, establishing best practices, and implementing social work policies and initiatives. Reporting to the National Social Work team, this role collaborates with field Group leaders, helps develop social work strategies, and supports both Division and field social workers in delivering high-quality, patient-centered care. As the senior social work field leader, the Group Lead Social Worker develops innovative solutions to improve social work processes.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• Directly manages division lead social workers, coaching them on performance to ensure they are successful in their role. This includes coaching to lead through change, collaborating with key stakeholders, and leading through influence.  In addition, this teammate also works directly with the division lead social workers on outlier management with clinic social workers as needed.

• Works collaboratively with the National Social Work team to evolve and implement social work strategy, ensuring compliance with policies and procedures.

• Acts as the SME for survey readiness and is the point person for all social work education and training within their respective geographies/groups.

• Leads and sets strategies for social work pilots, initiatives, and programs, and is viewed as the social work point of contact for their respective geographies/groups.

• Collaborates with SDCS, GVPs, and relevant DVPs to align and prioritize social work activities with Village and Group goals and address social worker-related issues within their assigned geographies/groups.

• Other duties as assigned.

Qualifications:

• 4-6 years of work-related, relevant social work experience

• Master's in Social Work Degree required

• Healthcare experience preferred

• People Leadership preferred

• Experience in Dialysis preferred

• Proficiency with MS Word, Excel, Outlook, and PowerPoint, as well as functional proficiency with DaVita-specific applications required

• State licensure or certification is required if licensure or certification is required in the state where the facility is located.

• Clinical license (LCSW or equivalent), even if not required by the state preferred

• 20% travel is required

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 $84,000.00 - $133,000.00 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: $64,350.00/year, Nassau, Suffolk, and Westchester counties: $64,350.00/year, Remai