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Viva Health
Birmingham, Alabama

Social Worker, Care Manager, Behavioral Health

Social Worker 8.0 Work-LifeNo weekendsNo nightsFull-Time

Compensation

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Posted 2mo ago

Job Description

VIVA HEALTH, ranked one of the nation's Best Places to Work by Modern Healthcare, is currently seeking a Social Worker, Care Manager, Behavioral Health in Birmingham, AL!

VIVA HEALTH knows that social work is not just a job, it is a calling. If you would like to fulfill your calling in healthcare, check us out! We offer regular hours with no mandatory nights or weekends. This way you can do what you love at work and are able to take care of the people you love at home!

We also offer a great benefits package including tuition reimbursement for employees and dependents, paid parental leave, and paid day for community service, just to name a few! Our employees are a part of the communities they serve and proudly partner with members on their health care journeys. Come join our team!

The Social Worker, Care Manager, Behavioral Health will evaluate member needs and requirements to achieve and/or maintain optimal wellness state. This position will guide members and their families toward resources appropriate for their care and wellbeing.

This position will collaborate with a multidisciplinary team, employing a variety of strategies, approaches and techniques to manage a member's psychosocial health, physical and environmental issues.

This position will work with the behavioral health panels for utilization management as well as provide fieldwork outside of the office setting. This individual will collaborate with our mental health providers to promote members’ compliance with treatment regimes.

This position will travel to locations within the VIVA HEALTH service area through a reliable means of transportation insured in accordance with Company policy.

Required

  • MSW
  • 3 years’ experience in social work
  • Current LMSW License in good standing with the State of Alabama
  • Valid driver's license in good standing
  • May require significant face-to-face member contact, with duties regularly performed away from the principal place of business
  • Willingness to submit to vaccine testing and screening
  • Background in behavioral health
  • Knowledge and comprehensive clinical assessment skills for chronic psychiatric disease management in adult populations
  • Ability to be flexible, adaptable, and able to work effectively in a variety of settings
  • Demonstrate excellent customer service skills through written and verbal communication
  • Organization and Time Management skills
  • Basic computer skills

Preferred

  • 1 year experience in behavioral health case management
  • 1 year experience in case/complex care field management
  • LICSW
  • Certified Case Manager (CCM)
  • Ability to utilize Microsoft Word and Excel

Key Responsibilities

The Social Worker will evaluate member needs to maintain optimal wellness and guide families toward appropriate care resources. They will collaborate with a multidisciplinary team to manage psychosocial health and perform fieldwork to promote treatment compliance.

Requirements

Candidates must hold an MSW and a current LMSW license in Alabama with at least 3 years of social work experience. A valid driver's license and the ability to perform fieldwork are required.

Qualifications

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

Key Skills

Care managementMicrosoft ExcelMultidisciplinary collaboration

Work-Life Balance Analysis

WeekdayDoc's proprietary algorithm rates Social Worker, Care Manager, Behavioral Health at Viva Health a 8.0 out of 10 for work-life balance — classified as excellent. This places the position in the top 5% in Social Work — ranked against 6,304 active Social Work listings on WeekdayDoc. Contributing factors include no weekend requirements, no night shifts.

Social Worker Career Context

Of the 50 active Social Worker listings this role was benchmarked against, 38% are remote, 30% have no call, 68% require no weekends.

The cost-of-living index for Alabama is 88.8 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)). 60.3% of Alabama clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).

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401k / retirement match
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CME allowance
44%
Sign-on bonus
33%
Loan repayment
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Relocation assistance
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Work-life snapshot

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Among the best 10% of Social Work listings for work-life

Listing-based score, 0–10, across 6,304 comparable listings. Shaded area = the share scoring below this one.

  • No weekends
  • No nights
  • On-site

Living in Birmingham

Typical 3-bedroom home value
$112k
Typical market rent
$1,322/mo
Residents’ average commute
21 min
State income tax
Up to 5%
Sources & methodology

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

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

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About Viva Health

Insurance
Birmingham, Alabama
501-1,000 employees

Benefits & Perks

Tuition Reimbursement
Paid Parental Leave
Paid Community Service Day
Regular Hours