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Social Worker II - LMSW, Acute Care - FlexStaff

Social WorkerIncludes callFull-Time

Compensation

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Job Description

FLEXSTAFF LMSW - Outpatient Behavorial Therapy

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.

Responsibilities

  • Provides culturally competent direct service to patients and their families using a variety of social work modalities in order to help individuals maximize their functioning
  • Utilizes high risk criteria and/or consultation referrals to identify patients in need of or who could benefit from social work assessment and intervention. Advocates on behalf of the individual to ensure maximum access to health care, assesses barriers and offers solutions
  • Provides interdisciplinary team with assessment findings and suggests potential impact on overall care of patient
  • Provides psycho education, counseling, and crisis intervention to patients and their families
  • Formulates and implements treatment and discharge plans that are safe and timely and in line with the expectations of the site and promote patient choice. Initiates communication with post-acute providers and payers as needed
  • Incorporates knowledge of community resource sand entitlement programs in all planning
  • Maintains appropriate professional patient care documentation as defined by site policies and procedures
  • Represents department and profession is various hospital/site based committees and work groups
  • May assign and monitor undergraduate and graduate level Social Work students; assigns cases to students and monitors work through weekly supervisory meetings; writes all required evaluations of students field placement performance
  • Consults with program management regarding students training program, progress, development, and placement experience; meets with students faculty advisor at prescribed intervals
  • Performs related duties as required. All responsibilities noted here are considered essential functions of the job under the Americans with Disabilities Act. Duties not mentioned here, but considered related are not essential functions.

Qualifications

  • Master of Social Work required
  • Current License to practice as a Master Social Worker, or Current License to practice as a Clinical Social Worker in New York State required, plus specialized certifications as needed
  • 1-3 years of relevant experience, required

*Additional Salary Detail

The salary range and/or hourly rate listed is a good faith determination of potential base compensation that may be offered to a successful applicant for this position at the time of this job advertisement and may be modified in the future. When determining a team member's base salary and/or rate, several factors may be considered as applicable (e. g., location, specialty, service line, years of relevant experience, education, credentials, negotiated contracts, budget and internal equity).

Qualifications

Experience
2+ years of experience

Key Skills

Treatment planningDischarge planningCulturally competent careCase managementInterdisciplinary collaborationPsychoeducationPatient advocacyStudent supervision

Social Worker Career Context

Northwell ranks #5 of 24 employers hiring Social Worker on WeekdayDoc by average advertised pay.

Of the 50 active Master Social Worker (LMSW) listings this role was benchmarked against, 26% are remote, 22% have no call, 76% require no weekends.

Master Social Worker (LMSW) by the numbers
MeasureThis jobMarket
Listed paynot listedMaster Social Worker (LMSW) median $74k (middle half $68k–$83k)35 comparable listings, Nov 2026
Cost of livingNew York index 107.9US average = 100BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)
Social Work listings in New York594 active—live on WeekdayDoc, Nov 2026
All master social worker (lmsw) listings in New York646 active6,943 nationallylive on WeekdayDoc, Nov 2026
Work settingon-sitepeers: 26% remote · 22% no call · 76% no weekends50 benchmarked listings
Sign-on & loan repaymentnot statedNew York social worker listings (all specialties): 4% state a sign-on bonus (median $3k) · 6% offer loan repayment646 active listings, Nov 2026
New Social Work listings2,524 in the last 30 days1,423 the 30 days before (+77%)U.S., first seen on WeekdayDoc, Nov 2026
Northwell#5 of 24 for payTop Employers work-life index
Sources: WeekdayDoc live listing index, Top Employers work-life index, BEA Regional Price Parities (2024); as of Nov 2026. Same values as the Weekday Verdict and Market Insights on this page. New York figures use all master social worker (lmsw)s: too few New York Social Work postings state pay.

Top Social Worker Jobs

49 matches · ranked by pay

Salary Distribution

46 jobs · 40 employers
20
<$85k
9
$85k-105k
6
$105k-125k
11
$125k-145k

Annual compensation range

Benefits & Perks

25 jobs
401k / retirement match
92%
CME allowance
40%
Sign-on bonus
20%
Loan repayment
8%
PSLF eligible
4%

Share of similar jobs offering each benefit

#1

Medical Social Worker - Population Health (Full Time, Day)

NorthBay Health · Fairfield, California

$55.87-$67.96/hr
#2

Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW)

LifeStance Health · Portland, Oregon

$123k-$141k
#3

Mental Health Clinician (LCSW or LMFT), Suicide Risk and Assessment (ASSIST Program)

$59.42-$66.62/hr
#4

Temporary Licensed Certified Social Worker - Clinical (LCSW-C)

$65/hr
+ 47 more · ranked by pay

Work-life snapshot

median 4.8this job 3.0
Better work-life than 20% of Master Social Worker (LMSW) listings

Listing-based score, 0–10, across 237 comparable listings. Shaded area = the share scoring below this one.

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