Pays $45-$62/hrSocial Worker market median is ~$109k (110 jobs)

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Valley Stream, New York · Remote OK

Social Worker II - LMSW, Behavorial Health (Remote)

Social WorkerFull-Time
Posted 1h ago · Verified live

About the Role

Remote LMSW for inpatient acute care. Provide psychosocial assessments, counseling, and discharge planning. Salary $93,600-$128,960.

Join Northwell as a Social Worker II – LMSW, Behavioral Health (Remote) in Valley Stream, New York. FLEXSTAFF LMSW - Inpatient Acute Care Provides individual, and/or group work services to patients and/or their families in various health care settings. Utilizes psychosocial assessment skills to deliver social work services.

Benefits & Compensation

  • Pay rate: $45 - $62/hour.

Work Schedule

  • Full-Time position.
  • Remote position - work from anywhere.

This position offers remote work flexibility. Work with Northwell in Valley Stream, New York.

Key Responsibilities

The social worker provides direct psychosocial assessment, counseling, and crisis intervention to patients and their families. They also formulate treatment and discharge plans while collaborating with interdisciplinary teams to ensure safe and effective care.

Requirements

Candidates must hold a Master of Social Work degree and possess a current New York State license as an LMSW or LCSW. A minimum of 1-3 years of relevant experience is required for this role.

Qualifications

Experience
2+ years of experience

Key Skills

Psychosocial assessmentCrisis interventionCounselingPsychoeducationDischarge planningTreatment planningCulturally competent careCase managementInterdisciplinary collaborationAdvocacyDocumentationCommunity resource coordination

Work-Life Balance Analysis

WeekdayDoc's proprietary algorithm rates Social Worker II - LMSW, Behavorial Health (Remote) at Northwell a 6.1 out of 10 for work-life balance — classified as good. This places the position in the top 35% of all Social Work social worker listings evaluated on our platform. Contributing factors include remote work flexibility.

Social Worker Career Context

Northwell holds silver-tier status on WeekdayDoc's Top Employers work-life index, composite score 70/100, 466 active listings.

Of the 49 active Social Work listings this role was benchmarked against, 65% are remote, 27% have no call, 69% require no weekends — this position is remote.

Social Work pay on WeekdayDoc is up 1.4% vs. the prior quarter (through Aug 2026).

Position Insights

AI ANALYSIS

This role scores 6.1/10 on work-life balance for Social Worker roles.

Career trajectory: This position offers advancement within 2-3 years. The compensation analysis shows this employer pays...

Benefits analysis: Compared to 110 similar roles, this listing's benefits package ranks...

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