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Rochester, Minnesota

Social Worker, Adult PHP

Social WorkerFull-Time

Listed compensation

from $26/hour

The week · per this posting · weekdays assumed

Ask the employer about the work setting, call expectations, weekend coverage and time off.

Posted 56m ago · Verified live

Job Description

What You’ll Do

  • Accountable to have knowledge and understanding of Social Work practices and principles
  • Responsible for effective case psychosocial assessment and suicide risk assessment, discharge planning, and leading psychoeducational and/or therapeutic groups
  • Responsible to develop treatment plans, complete discharge plans and conduct discharge meetings
  • Responsible for communicating with patients and families to keep them involved in treatment plan decisions
  • Coordinates care with outpatient providers upon admission and discharge

Responsible for facilitating weekly treatment team meetings and creating master treatment plans/updating treatment plans as agreed upon by the treatment team

Contributes clinical perspective to the interdisciplinary team based on unique training in the area of family systems and/or social work theory.

Communicate clearly and effectively with clinical team members and Directors

Is oriented and educated in gender, cultural differences, and age appropriate care for the assigned department

What Makes You a Great Fit

  • Master’s Degree in Social Work and licensure in the State of Minnesota required (LGSW).
  • Experience in healthcare setting preferred
  • Experience using electronic health records preferred
  • Proficient in Microsoft Office Products including Word and Outlook
  • Able to effectively and efficiently communicate in written and verbal form
  • Ability to smoothly and rapidly shift between dissimilar tasks
  • Ability to communicate well both verbally and in writing
  • Ability to react quickly and calmly as part of a team to handle volatile and potentially emergency situations
  • Ability to make effective decisions while in stressful situations and circumstances
  • After training, be able to manage disruptive and explosive patients.
  • Compensation for this role ranges from $26-36 per hour depending on licensure and experience.

We are committed to providing competitive and equitable compensation. An individual’s pay rate within the posted range is determined by several factors, including skills, experience, education, and market conditions. Additionally, we consider internal equity to ensure fairness within our organization.

Key Responsibilities

The Social Worker is responsible for conducting psychosocial and suicide risk assessments, developing treatment plans, and facilitating therapeutic groups. They also coordinate care with outpatient providers and lead interdisciplinary team meetings to ensure effective patient discharge planning.

Requirements

Candidates must hold a Master’s Degree in Social Work and possess a valid LGSW licensure in the State of Minnesota. Experience in a healthcare setting and proficiency with electronic health records are preferred.

Qualifications

Education
Professional certificate or licensure

Key Skills

Treatment planningFamily systems theoryInterdisciplinary collaborationCrisis interventionVerbal communicationWritten communicationClinical documentation

Social Worker Career Context

Of the 50 active Social Work listings this role was benchmarked against, 50% are remote, 34% have no call, 52% require no weekends.

The cost-of-living index for Minnesota is 98.6 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)), so the posted ~$67k midpoint carries the purchasing power of roughly $68k in an average-cost state. 63.4% of Minnesota clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).

Top Social Worker Jobs

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Salary Distribution31 jobs · 23 employers

10
<$85k
5
$85k-105k
9
$105k-125k
7
$125k-145k

Annual compensation range

Benefits & Perks27 jobs · 23 employers

401k / retirement match
96%
Sign-on bonus
41%
CME allowance
30%
Loan repayment
19%
PSLF eligible
7%

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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 6,488 comparable listings. Shaded area = the share scoring below this one.

Living in Rochester

Typical 3-bedroom home value
$307k
Typical market rent
$1,650/mo
Residents’ average commute
17 min
Metro price indexU.S. average = 100
90.8
State income tax
Up to 9.8%
Sources & methodology

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

BEA 2024 · Rochester, MN metro prices. Housing figures are city-level.

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