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Astera Health
Verndale, Minnesota

LICSW Social Worker - Verndale Clinic

Social WorkerPart-Time

Listed compensation

$71k-$106k

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Employment & setting
Part-Time
Call expectations
Not specified
Weekends
Not specified
Posted 18m ago · Verified live

Job description

Join Astera Health as a LICSW Social Worker – Part-Time, M-Th in Verndale, MN, USA. Astera Health has an opening for a part-time LICSW at our Verndale Clinic. This position is scheduled for 32 hours per week, Monday-Thursday.

Benefits & Compensation

  • Salary: $70K - $105K
  • Health, dental, vision, life and retirement
  • Paid time off
  • Short- and long-term disability
  • Employee wellness initiative

Work Schedule

  • Part-Time position.
  • No explicit call, weekend, or night shift information provided.

Apply to join Astera Health as a LICSW Social Worker – Part-Time, M-Th.

Key Responsibilities

Provide psychotherapy services to patients at the Verndale Clinic. Participate in satellite clinic practice and telehealth services as required by business needs.

Requirements

Candidates must possess a current independent license (LICSW) in the State of Minnesota. Two years of clinical experience in pediatrics, trauma, or EMDR is preferred.

Qualifications

Experience
2+ years of experience

Key Skills

Clinical assessmentCommunication skillsTeam collaborationTrauma-informed careRural healthProfessionalism

Work-Life Balance Analysis

WeekdayDoc's proprietary algorithm rates LICSW Social Worker - Verndale Clinic at Astera Health a 6.0 out of 10 for work-life balance — classified as good. This places the position in the top 35% of all Social Work social worker listings evaluated on our platform.

Social Worker Career Context

In Minnesota, the Social Work weighted monthly median benchmark on WeekdayDoc is ~$75k (125 salary observations; 200 listings), vs ~$83k nationally (4,784 salary observations; 10,468 listings). Monthly aggregates cover 2026-01-01 through 2026-09-01; these are not the modal's selected comparable-job medians.

Of the 50 active Social Work listings this role was benchmarked against, 50% are remote, 34% have no call, 78% require no weekends.

Social Work pay on WeekdayDoc is up 2.2% vs. the prior quarter (through Aug 2026).

The cost-of-living index for Minnesota is 98.6 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)), so the posted ~$88k midpoint carries the purchasing power of roughly $90k in an average-cost state. 63.4% of Minnesota 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
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Loan repayment
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Sign-on bonus
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PSLF eligible
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Work-life snapshot

6.0/ 10
Listing-based score

A signal to investigate—not a guarantee about the workplace.

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About Astera Health

Hospitals and Health Care
Wadena, MN
51-200 employees

Benefits & Perks

Health, dental, vision, life and retirement
Paid time off
Short- and long-term disability
Employee wellness initiative