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Children's Day Treatment Therapist

CounselorIncludes callPart-Time

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Posted 4mo ago

Job Description

Job Description Summary Assists with coordination of the discharge process to ensure a successful transition in collaboration with the health care team to achieve targeted patient outcomes. This role completes an assessment on the patient and caregivers throughout the hospitalization and outpatient follow-up as needed.

This position identifies risk factors that the patient may experience after discharge and applies discharge interventions to lower the patient risk of an undesirable event post discharge. The Social Worker (MSW) bridges the discharge to outpatient provider with the patient and caregiver to address issues and questions.

Entity Medical University Hospital Authority (MUHA) Worker Type Employee Worker Sub-Type Regular Cost Center CC000682 CHS STAR Children's Day Treatment Program (Offsite) Pay Rate Type Hourly Pay Grade Health-27 Scheduled Weekly Hours 8 Work Shift Job Description Assists with coordination of the discharge process to ensure a successful transition in collaboration with the health care team to achieve targeted patient outcomes.

This role completes an assessment on the patient and caregivers throughout the hospitalization and outpatient follow-up as needed. This position identifies risk factors that the patient may experience after discharge and applies discharge interventions to lower the patient risk of an undesirable event post discharge.

The Social Worker (MSW) bridges the discharge to outpatient provider with the patient and caregiver to address issues and questions. Additional Job Description Education: Master's degree in a social work or social welfare program accredited by the Council on Social Work Education.

Credentials: MSW licensure by the South Carolina Board of Social Work Examiners. Certification in case management preferred. If you like working with energetic enthusiastic individuals, you will enjoy your career with us! The Medical University of South Carolina is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

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Key Responsibilities

Coordinates the discharge process and conducts assessments for patients and caregivers to ensure successful transitions. Identifies risk factors and implements interventions to prevent undesirable post-discharge events.

Requirements

Requires a Master's degree in social work from a CSWE-accredited program and licensure by the South Carolina Board of Social Work Examiners. Certification in case management is preferred.

Qualifications

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

Key Skills

Discharge CoordinationPatient AssessmentRisk Factor IdentificationCaregiver SupportClinical Social Work

Counselor Career Context

Of the 50 active Mental Health Therapy listings this role was benchmarked against, 56% are remote, 34% have no call, 58% require no weekends.

The cost-of-living index for South Carolina is 93.7 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)). 60.6% of South Carolina clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).

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Annual compensation range

Benefits & Perks26 jobs

401k / retirement match
100%
CME allowance
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Loan repayment
19%
Sign-on bonus
15%
PSLF eligible
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Work-life snapshot

median 6.1this job 3.0
Better work-life than 20% of Mental Health Therapy (Counseling) listings

Listing-based score, 0–10, across 8,026 comparable listings. Shaded area = the share scoring below this one.

  • Includes call

Living in Charleston

Typical 3-bedroom home value
$534k
Typical market rent
$2,312/mo
Residents’ average commute
24 min
Metro price indexU.S. average = 100
101.0
State income tax
Up to 6.5%
Sources & methodology

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

BEA 2024 · Charleston-North Charleston, SC metro prices. Housing figures are city-level.

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