Social Worker Clinician, Pediatric Outpatient Psychiatry - NYP Morgan Stanley Children's Hospital
Listed compensation
$45.61-$61.08/hr
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Job Description
Start Date: 09/28/2026
End Date
10/10/2026
Description
Discover Where Amazing Works!
Where Compassion Meets Purpose in Pediatric Care
At NewYork-Presbyterian, we are deeply committed to understanding the healthcare needs of the communities we serve and building programs that directly address them.
Our goal is to reduce—and ultimately eliminate—health disparities by connecting our neighbors to the highest quality care through innovative, patient-centered models of care.
New York-Presbyterian Morgan Stanley Children’s Hospital strives to provide high quality, state of the art, psychiatric care to our pediatric population in Washington Heights, Inwood and the surrounding areas.
Our diverse patient population spans a wide range of cultural, religious, and socioeconomic backgrounds with an aim to provide care to families that come from marginalized and underserved, lower socioeconomic status backgrounds, primarily those that identify as Latinx and African American.
Join a dynamic, multicultural, interdisciplinary care team working with children, adolescents and their families/caretakers.
Social Worker Clinician, Pediatric Outpatient Psychiatry - NYP Morgan Stanley Children's Hospital
The role of the social work clinician is to provide direct clinical services to youth while simultaneously working with their parents, families and caregivers to enhance involvement in treatment.
Clinicians provide diagnostic assessment, individual psychotherapy, group psychotherapy, and collateral sessions in an outpatient setting.
Common diagnoses/areas of concern include depressive disorders, anxiety disorders, trauma- and stressor-related disorders, academic concerns/ADHD, behavioral issues, and parent-child relational issues.
Clinicians complete a comprehensive intake and work collaboratively with youth and their family members to create treatment planning that is culturally sensitive and evidence-based to strengthen the relationships, support, and safety net to ensure greater health impact and future success.
To be successful in this role, the social work clinician should have significant clinical experience providing evidence-based treatment modalities with children and adolescents, possess excellent interpersonal and clear written and oral communication skills.
Sharp clinical assessment skills demonstrated and experience with diagnosis, risk assessment and safety planning.
Preferred Criteria
Bilingual in Spanish
- Required Criteria
- Master's Degree in Social Work (MSW)
- New York State License as a Licensed Masters Social Worker (LMSW)
Salary Range
$45.61-$61.08/Hourly
It all begins with you. Our amazing compensation packages start with competitive base pay and include recognition for your experience, education, and licensure. Then we add our amazing benefits, countless opportunities for personal and professional growth and a dynamic environment that embraces every person. Join our team and discover where amazing works.
Key Responsibilities
The social worker provides direct clinical services including diagnostic assessments, individual and group psychotherapy, and collateral sessions for pediatric patients. They collaborate with families and interdisciplinary teams to develop culturally sensitive, evidence-based treatment plans to support patient safety and health outcomes.
Requirements
Candidates must hold a Master's Degree in Social Work (MSW) and a New York State Licensed Masters Social Worker (LMSW) license. Significant clinical experience in providing evidence-based treatment to children and adolescents is required.
Qualifications
- Education
- Master's degree (postgraduate degree)
- Experience
- 2+ years of experience
Key Skills
Pediatrics — Social Worker Career Context
In New York, the Pediatrics weighted monthly median benchmark on WeekdayDoc is ~$111k (18 salary observations; 23 listings), vs ~$88k nationally (98 salary observations; 260 listings). Monthly aggregates cover 2026-02-01 through 2026-10-01; these are not the modal's selected comparable-job medians.
Of the 50 active Pediatrics listings this role was benchmarked against, 52% are remote, 34% have no call, 56% require no weekends.
Pediatrics pay on WeekdayDoc is down 5.3% vs. the prior quarter (through Sep 2026).
The cost-of-living index for New York is 107.9 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)), so the posted ~$111k midpoint carries the purchasing power of roughly $103k in an average-cost state. 64.6% of New York clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).
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