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UMass Memorial Health
Milford, Massachusetts

Clinical Social Worker - Milford Regional, Per Diem

Social WorkerNo nightsPer Diem

Listed compensation

$65k-$117k

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Job Description

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Exemption Status

Exempt

Hiring Range

$64,896.00 - $116,812.80

Please note that the final offer may vary within this range based on a candidate’s experience, skills, qualifications, and internal equity considerations.

Schedule Details

Sunday through Saturday

Scheduled Hours

8:00am - 4:30pm

Shift: 1 - Day Shift, 8 Hours (United States of America)

Hours: 0

Cost Center

  • 26000 - 4402 Case Management
  • This position may have a signing bonus available a member of the Recruitment Team will confirm eligibility during the interview process.

Everyone Is a Caregiver

At UMass Memorial Health, everyone is a caregiver – regardless of their title or responsibilities. Exceptional patient care, academic excellence and leading-edge research make UMass Memorial the premier health system of Central Massachusetts, and a place where we can help you build the career you deserve.

We are more than 20,000 employees, working together as one health system in a relentless pursuit of healing for our patients, community and each other. And everyone, in their own unique way, plays an important part, every day.

Performs a variety of duties involving patient assessment, psychotherapy and coordination of services. Collaborates as a member of inter-disciplinary treatment team for the development and delivery of treatment plan and discharge plans for patients.

I. Major Responsibilities:

1. Conducts intake interviews with patients and families to develop psychosocial evaluations.

2. Participates in team planning of treatment during initial interview and coordinates team meeting on a daily basis.

3. Provides psycho-social assessments and treatments, individual and group education/therapy to include dual diagnosis cases and all associated social work services.

4. Serves as a primary clinician for individual therapy, couples and family therapy.

5. Works with outpatient providers to coordinate treatment planning.

6. Documents all information obtained in evaluation, assessment, consultation, referral and disposition to comply with regulatory requirements, as well as ensuring best possible patient outcome.

II. Position Qualifications:

License/Certification/Education

Required

1. Masters degree in Social Work.

2. Current Massachusetts Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LICSW) licensure.

Experience/Skills

Required

1. One to three years of social work experience

2. Demonstrated ability in psychosocial assessment, knowledge of community resources, crisis intervention skills, ability in discharge planning, and ability to work with a multidisciplinary team.

3. Data compilation and analysis skills.

4. Excellent written and communications skills.

5. Basic computer skills.

Unless certification, licensure or registration is required, an equivalent combination of education and experience which provides proficiency in the areas of responsibility listed in this description may be substituted for the above requirements.

Department-specific competencies and their measurements will be developed and maintained in the individual departments. The competencies will be maintained and attached to the departmental job description. Responsible managers will review competencies with position incumbents.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or protected veteran status.

We’re striving to make respect a part of everything we do at UMass Memorial Health – for our patients, our community and each other. Our six Standards of Respect are: Acknowledge, Listen, Communicate, Be Responsive, Be a Team Player and Be Kind. If you share these Standards of Respect, we hope you will join our team and help us make respect our standard for everyone, every day.

As an equal opportunity and affirmative action employer, UMass Memorial Health recognizes the power of a diverse community and encourages applications from individuals with varied experiences, perspectives and backgrounds. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability, gender identity and expression, protected veteran status or other status protected by law.

If you are unable to submit an application because of incompatible assistive technology or a disability, please contact us at talentacquisition@umassmemorial.org. We will make every effort to respond to your request for disability assistance as soon as possible.

Key Responsibilities

The clinical social worker performs patient assessments, provides psychotherapy, and coordinates services for patients. They collaborate with an interdisciplinary team to develop and deliver effective treatment and discharge plans.

Requirements

Candidates must hold a Master's degree in Social Work and possess a current Massachusetts Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LICSW) license. One to three years of relevant social work experience is required, along with proficiency in psychosocial assessment and crisis intervention.

Qualifications

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

Key Skills

Multidisciplinary team collaborationData analysisWritten communicationVerbal communicationIntake interviewing

Social Worker Career Context

UMass Memorial Health ranks #9 of 24 employers hiring contract/1099 Social Worker on WeekdayDoc by average advertised pay.

Of the 50 active Social Work listings this role was benchmarked against, 34% are remote, 30% have no call, 74% require no weekends.

Social Work pay on WeekdayDoc is up 1.8% vs. the prior quarter (through Sep 2026).

The cost-of-living index for Massachusetts is 105.8 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)), so the posted ~$91k midpoint carries the purchasing power of roughly $86k in an average-cost state. 63.2% of Massachusetts clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).

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Annual compensation range

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401k / retirement match
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Sign-on bonus
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CME allowance
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Loan repayment
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Work-life snapshot

median 6.0this job 5.1
Better work-life than 40% of Social Work listings

Listing-based score, 0–10, across 6,488 comparable listings. Shaded area = the share scoring below this one.

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Living in Milford

Typical 3-bedroom home value
$533k≈ 8.2× annual pay
Typical market rent
$2,300/mo≈ 43% of gross pay
Residents’ average commute
37 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.

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