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Gulfport, Mississippi

PRN PROGRAM THERAPIST (LMSW, LCSW, LPC)

Social WorkerPer Diem

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Job Description

Responsibilities

Gulfport Behavioral Health System (A UHS Facility)

Gulfport Behavioral Health System is an acute behavioral health hospital on the Mississippi Gulf Coast providing inpatient, partial hospitalization and outpatient services to children, adolescents, and adults. We have served our community for over 30-years and our Patriot Support Program provides inpatient around-the-clock mental health treatment to help military members and their families, veterans, and first responders cope with stressful issues every day.

Visit us online at: gulfportbehavioral.com

Position Summary

Come grow with us! Join our inpatient services team in the Social Services Department as a PRN Program Therapist. The Therapist provides, coordinates, documents, and evaluates direct and indirect social services to military inpatients. This includes individual therapy, group therapy, family therapy, case management, treatment planning, rounding with clinical staff, attending/conducting unit and hospital meeting, discharge/care planning and follow-up.

Qualifications

Education: Master's Degree from an accredited college or university, in Social Work or a clinical related mental health field.

Experience: Prefer two (2) years’ experience and in a psychiatric health care facility, with direct experience in family and group therapies, crisis intervention, and treatment skills; must have strong clinical assessment skills. Military knowledge or background strongly preferred.

Licensure: LCSW, LMSW or LPC license to practice in the State of Mississippi preferred.

WHAT DO OUR CURRENT EMPLOYEES VALUE AT GULFPORT BEHAVIORAL HEALTH AND UHS?

An environment that puts patient care first. One of the most rewarding aspects of this job is providing excellent care, comfort, and security to the patients and families you treat, at their most vulnerable times. Supportive and responsive leadership.

You are never alone, as you are part of a large network of peer co-workers that routinely exchange ideas and review current topics within the industry. Having the opportunity to grow, learn, and advance in your career.

There are very robust continuing education options and opportunities for skills diversification and career advancement with UHS.

Benefit Highlights

  • Challenging and rewarding work environment
  • Career development opportunities within UHS and its Subsidiaries

Competitive Compensation

For more information, contact: Cynthia Render-Leach, Human Resources Director at 228-236-2129 or Cynthia.Render-Leach@uhsinc.com.

About Universal Health Services

One of the nation’s largest and most respected providers of hospital and healthcare services, Universal Health Services, Inc. (UHS) has built an impressive record of achievement and performance.

Growing steadily since its inception into an esteemed Fortune 500® corporation, annual revenues during 2025 were $17.4 billion. In 2026, UHS was again recognized as one of Fortune World’s Most Admired Companies™ and in 2025, was listed in Forbes ranking of America’s Largest Public Companies.

Headquartered in King of Prussia, PA, UHS has approximately 101,500 employees and continues to grow through its subsidiaries. Operating acute care hospitals, behavioral health facilities, outpatient facilities and ambulatory care access points, an insurance offering, a physician network and various related services located in 40 U.S. states, Washington, D.C., Puerto Rico and the United Kingdom. For additional information visit uhs.com.

EEO Statement

All UHS subsidiaries are committed to providing an environment of mutual respect where equal employment opportunities are available to all applicants and teammates. UHS subsidiaries are equal opportunity employers and as such, openly support and fully commit to recruitment, selection, placement, promotion and compensation of individuals without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex (including pregnancy, gender identity, and sexual orientation), genetic information, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.

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At UHS and all our subsidiaries, our Human Resources departments and recruiters are here to help prospective candidates by matching skill set and experience with the best possible career path at UHS and our subsidiaries.

During the recruitment process, no recruiter or employee will request financial or personal information (e. g., Social Security Number, credit card or bank information, etc.) from you via email. Our recruiters will not email you from a public webmail client like Hotmail, Gmail, Yahoo Mail, etc.

If you suspect a fraudulent job posting or job-related email mentioning UHS or its subsidiaries, we encourage you to report such concerns to appropriate law enforcement. We encourage you to refer to legitimate UHS and UHS subsidiary career websites to verify job opportunities and not rely on unsolicited calls from recruiters.

Qualifications

Education
Master's degree (postgraduate degree)
Experience
2+ years of experience

Key Skills

Inpatient careDischarge planningDocumentation

Social Worker Career Context

Of the 50 active Social Work listings this role was benchmarked against, 36% are remote, 40% have no call, 66% require no weekends.

The cost-of-living index for Mississippi is 87.0 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)). 61.9% of Mississippi clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).

Top contract/1099 Social Worker Jobs

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Salary Distribution30 jobs · 26 employers

16
<$100k
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$100k-120k
11
$120k-140k
3
$140k-160k

Annual compensation range

Benefits & Perks26 jobs

401k / retirement match
88%
CME allowance
42% this job
Sign-on bonus
19%
Loan repayment
12%
PSLF eligible
12%

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Work-life snapshot

median 6.0this job 1.5
Below most Social Work listings for work-life

Listing-based score, 0–10, across 6,480 comparable listings. Shaded area = the share scoring below this one.

Living in Gulfport

Typical 3-bedroom home value
$188k
Typical market rent
$1,483/mo
Residents’ average commute
22 min
Metro price indexU.S. average = 100
90.0
State income tax
Up to 5%
Sources & methodology

Sources: Zillow home values (Aug 2026), Zillow market rents (Aug 2026), U.S. Census ACS 2024 five-year.

BEA 2024 · Gulfport-Biloxi, MS metro prices. Housing figures are city-level.

City-level figures. Not a cost-of-living guarantee.

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About UHS

Hospitals and Health Care
Aiken, South Carolina
501-1,000 employees

Benefits & Perks

Competitive Compensation
Career development opportunities
Robust continuing education options