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Wamego, Kansas

Social Worker PRN - Competitive Pay

Social WorkerNo weekendsNo nightsPer Diem

Listed compensation

starting at $25 /hr

The week · per this posting · Monday – FridayWeekdays only

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Job Description

Heritage Program for Senior Adults is seeking an experienced licensed therapist wanting a PRN position. In-person, days only. Starting pay - $25/hr; more depending on experience.

Our program is at the Heritage Program for Senior Adults, Wamego Health Center, Wamego KS.

As a Licensed Mental Health Worker, you will ensure that the emotional and therapeutic needs of patients are consistently met and maintained, based on individual plans of behavioral health care.

Your Specific Duties Will Include

  • Facilitating Daily Group Therapy and keeping charts updated
  • Completing Psychosocial Assessments
  • Assisting with Treatment Planning and Discharge Planning

Completing Utilization Review

  • PRN, in-person, day position with hourly pay starting at $25/hr; more, depending on experience.
  • Great day to keep up your skills and earn extra $$.
  • Requirements/Qualifications

Qualifications

  • Kansas Master's level social work licensure.
  • Strong therapy and assessment skills
  • Expertise in the needs of geriatric and adult populations

Experience in performing brief short-term therapy (e. g. cognitive behavioral therapy or solution focused therapy)

Experience developing therapeutic materials preferred.

Hospital/Program Description

It's not uncommon for senior adults to experience life changes that lead to feelings of depresssion, sadness, and anger.

Heritage Senior Behavior Health is an outpatient program that provides individualized treatment for older adults who are experiencing emotional, behavioral or mental health disorders.

Our program provides intensive outpatient treatment, offered Monday through Friday. Treatment through our program is offered in the least restrictive environment and patients are able to return home each afternoon. We serve Pottawatomie, Riley, and Wabaunsee Counties.

Our services are offered on a philosophy of providing quality care that stresses the importance of dignity, respect, confidentiality. Our goal is to help our patients achieve an optimum level of functioning. Together as a team, our staff of highly trained clinicians formulate treatment plans specific to the individual's needs.

Key Responsibilities

The social worker will facilitate daily group therapy sessions and maintain accurate patient charts. They are also responsible for completing psychosocial assessments and assisting with treatment and discharge planning.

Qualifications

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

Key Skills

Geriatric careMental health assessmentClinical documentationPatient care

Work-Life Balance Analysis

WeekdayDoc's proprietary algorithm rates Social Worker PRN - Competitive Pay at Signet Health a 6.4 out of 10 for work-life balance — classified as good. This places the position in the Above average in Social Work — ranked against 6,558 active Social Work listings on WeekdayDoc. Contributing factors include no weekend requirements, no night shifts.

Social Worker Career Context

Of the 40 active Social Work listings this role was benchmarked against, 60% are remote, 10% have no call, 70% require no weekends.

The cost-of-living index for Kansas is 90.1 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)), so the posted ~$52k midpoint carries the purchasing power of roughly $58k in an average-cost state. 61.0% of Kansas clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).

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Work-life snapshot

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Better work-life than 60% of Social Work listings

Listing-based score, 0–10, across 6,558 comparable listings. Shaded area = the share scoring below this one.

  • No weekends
  • No nights

Living in Wamego

Typical 3-bedroom home value
$276k
Median resident rent
$849/mo
Residents’ average commute
24 min
Metro price indexU.S. average = 100
90.2
State income tax
Up to 5.7%
Sources & methodology

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

BEA 2024 · Manhattan, KS metro prices. Housing figures are city-level.

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