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Harbor Oaks Hospital
New Baltimore, Michigan

Clinical Social Worker

Social WorkerFull-Time

Listed compensation

$30-$35/hr

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Job Description

  • $10,000 Sign-On Bonus
  • Make a Real Difference – Join Harbor Oaks Hospital as a Social Worker!

Are you passionate about helping others and ready to be a lifeline for individuals on their journey to recovery? At Harbor Oaks Hospital, we’re not just another mental health and addiction treatment center—we’re New Baltimore’s leading behavioral health provider, and we’re building a team of heart-driven professionals who want to create lasting impact.

We’re on the lookout for a dedicated, compassionate, and bold Social Worker to join our clinical team and bring hope to those navigating mental health and substance use challenges. If you’re the kind of person who thrives in a supportive team environment and lives to empower others—keep reading. This might just be your calling.

Why Harbor Oaks?

Free Licensure Supervision

What You’ll Be Doing

  • Conduct comprehensive psychosocial assessments to uncover what makes each patient uniquely them
  • Create and guide individualized treatment plans with care, insight, and a trauma-informed lens
  • Support families during some of their most challenging times and help them find clarity through the chaos
  • Partner with doctors, nurses, therapists, and behavioral health techs to bring multidisciplinary magic to life
  • Lead engaging group sessions that educate, motivate, and empower
  • Help patients reclaim their independence and navigate discharge planning with dignity and direction

You Bring

  • A Master’s in Social Work from an accredited program (new grads welcome—we love fresh energy!)
  • Empathy, resilience, and a strong ethical compass
  • LMSW, LCSW, or LSW (Limited licensure accepted—we’ll help you grow!)
  • A calm voice in crisis, a strong advocate for the vulnerable, and a teammate others can count on
  • Master’s degree in Psychology, Social Work, Counseling, or a related therapeutic field
  • Hourly Rate: $30.00 - $35.00 (based on experience and licensure level)

Responsibilities

PURPOSE STATEMENT:

Plan, direct, define and coordinate individualized and group therapeutic support and services to patients with behavioral problems, psychiatric disorders, post-traumatic stress disorder, substance abuse and physical and emotional abuse.

Essential Functions

Conduct psychosocial assessment of patient and develop an effective treatment plan that applies therapeutic principles appropriately while ensuring patient safety at all times.

Through patient observation and patient/family interview obtaining information on the patient’s needs, skills, interests and limitations for the development and implementation of the treatment plan.

Provide crisis intervention and assist families in understanding the implications and complexities of a life situation and its impact on lifestyle.

Participate in multidisciplinary treatment team meeting to discuss psychosocial assessment, treatment planning and ongoing discharge planning.

Identify, assess and coordinate patient cases and anticipate their needs related to illness, hospitalization, finances, education and home/community services.

  • Facilitate education, process groups, support groups and referrals as requested.
  • May conduct intakes and assist in coordinating placements within facility programs.
  • Promote recovery, symptom reduction and the achievement of the highest level of social functioning.
  • Communicate or aid family members in understanding and supporting the patient.
  • Manage a caseload and assume responsibility for patient chart documentation.
  • May facilitate education, process groups, support groups and referrals as requested.

Manage a caseload and maintain accurate and timely documentation to assure patient records comply with facility and accreditation standards.

Demonstrate a positive, empathetic and professional attitude towards customers always. When patient needs are not met, acknowledge and work to resolve complaints. Recognize that patient safety is a top priority.

Other Functions

Perform other functions and tasks as assigned.

Qualifications

Education/Experience/Skill Requirements

  • Master's degree required.
  • We are excited to interview new grads!
  • Limited licensure accepted!

Licenses/Designations/Certifications

State licensure, as required by the state in which the facility operates; which could include: Licensed Master Social Worker (LMSW), Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW), Licensed Social Worker (LSW)

  • CPR and de-escalation/restraint certification required (training available upon hire and offered by facility).
  • First aid may be required based on state or facility.
  • We are committed to providing equal employment opportunities to all applicants for employment regardless of an individual’s characteristics protected by applicable state, federal and local laws.
  • HOAK01

Qualifications

Education
Master's degree (postgraduate degree)

Key Skills

Trauma-informed careGroup facilitationCase managementPatient advocacyMultidisciplinary collaborationSubstance abuse counselingMental health support

Social Worker Career Context

Of the 50 active Social Work listings this role was benchmarked against, 64% are remote, 32% have no call, 76% require no weekends.

The cost-of-living index for Michigan is 96.2 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)), so the posted ~$68k midpoint carries the purchasing power of roughly $70k in an average-cost state. 61.8% of Michigan clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).

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Annual compensation range

Benefits & Perks39 jobs · 20 employers

401k / retirement match
97%
Sign-on bonus
41% this job
CME allowance
18%
Loan repayment
8%
PSLF eligible
3%

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Work-life snapshot

median 6.0this job 3.0
Better work-life than 20% of Social Work listings

Listing-based score, 0–10, across 6,472 comparable listings. Shaded area = the share scoring below this one.

Living in New Baltimore

Typical 3-bedroom home value
$365k
Median resident rent
$1,039/mo
Residents’ average commute
31 min
Metro price indexU.S. average = 100
100.3
State income tax
Up to 4.3%
Sources & methodology

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

BEA 2024 · Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI metro prices. Housing figures are city-level.

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

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About Harbor Oaks Hospital

Hospitals and Health Care
New Baltimore, Michigan
51-200 employees

Benefits & Perks

$10,000 Sign-On Bonus
Free Licensure Supervision
CPR and de-escalation/restraint certification training available