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Samaritan Daytop Village
Queens, New York

Social Worker

Social WorkerFull-Time

Listed compensation

$65,000

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Job Description

Social Worker

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Salary: $65,000

A nationally recognized comprehensive Health and Human Services Agency, with over 60 programs across New York City and the greater New York Area.

Samaritan Daytop Village serves over 33,000 New Yorkers annually within your neighborhoods and communities so our success depends on those we employ.

The Role

The Social Worker is responsible for providing a variety of clinical services including individual and specialized group counseling to meet the needs of persons served, intake/screening assessments for program applicants, crisis counseling, and family counseling.

Conducts psychosocial assessments, and mental health/mental status examinations and makes treatment planning recommendations as well as internal and external client referrals. This work is carried out in support of the mission and goals of Samaritan Daytop Village

Responsibilities

What You Will Do

Conducts bio-psychosocial assessments, mental status, and mental health evaluations.

Conducts individual, couples, group, and family counseling consistent with the objectives identified in clients’ treatment plans and makes referrals for appropriate levels of care for designated clients and documented SOAP notes and counseling sessions.

Conducts mental health and substance use screenings for adults and adolescents (12-17 y/o) and developmental screens for children (0-5 y/o) located within the Family sites and appropriate referrals based on screenings.

  • Provide crisis intervention as needed until the crisis has been stabilized.
  • Participates in Incident follow-ups as needed.
  • Further conducts Psychosocial/family assessments and psycho-social assessments for Supportive Housing as needed.
  • Assists families with barriers to service and makes appropriate referrals as needed.
  • Ensures maintenance of accurate, complete, and timely client records that comply with regulatory requirements and agency internal policy and procedure.
  • Complies with 42 CFR confidentiality, HIPAA privacy, and security regulations.

Serves as a liaison to community agencies and organizations. Assists with fostering professional linkages, and relationships with concrete services/other community service providers and referral sources.

Designs and facilitates specialized, therapeutic groups based on client and program needs.

Qualifications

  • Who You Will Be
  • Possess a Master's Degree in Social Work; with valid NYS LMSW or LCSW preferred

Minimum of one to three (1-3) years of demonstrated clinical experience in substance use and/or mental health treatment or shelter experience preferred

In-depth knowledge of NYC's diverse network of medical and behavioral health care organizations, including substance use disorders, treatment services, education, and employment services, and non-traditional community support groups.

  • Computer literacy including proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite and EHR.
  • Experience working directly with people from diverse racial, ethnic, and socioeconomic backgrounds.
  • Ability to maintain confidentiality.

Qualifications

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

Key Skills

Clinical counselingMental health evaluationCase managementSubstance use screeningGroup therapyEHR documentationHIPAA complianceReferral coordinationMental status examinationInterdisciplinary collaboration

Social Worker Career Context

Samaritan Daytop Village ranks #14 of 24 employers hiring Social Worker on WeekdayDoc by average advertised pay.

Of the 50 active Social Work listings this role was benchmarked against, 54% are remote, 44% have no call, 60% require no weekends.

The cost-of-living index for New York is 107.9 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)), so the posted ~$65k midpoint carries the purchasing power of roughly $60k 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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Salary Distribution42 jobs · 30 employers

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Annual compensation range

Benefits & Perks33 jobs · 30 employers

401k / retirement match
91%
Sign-on bonus
36%
CME allowance
18%
Loan repayment
9%
PSLF eligible
9%

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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 6,543 comparable listings. Shaded area = the share scoring below this one.

Living in New York

Typical 3-bedroom home value
$876k≈ 13.5× annual pay
Typical market rent
$4,154/mo≈ 77% of gross pay
Residents’ average commute
40 min
State income tax
Up to 10.9%
Sources & methodology

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

Ratios use this listing’s gross annual pay. Not a cost-of-living guarantee.