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New York, New York

Travel Social Worker (LMSW or LCSW) - FlexStaff

Social WorkerIncludes callFull-Time

Listed compensation

$157K - $182K

The week · per this posting

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Posted 5mo ago

Job Description

Provides individual, and/or group work services to patients and/or their families in various health care settings. Utilizes psychosocial assessment skills to deliver social work services.

Responsibilities

  • Provides culturally competent direct service to patients and their families using a variety of social work modalities in order to help individuals maximize their functioning
  • Utilizes high risk criteria and/or consultation referrals to identify patients in need of or who could benefit from social work assessment and intervention. Advocates on behalf of the individual to ensure maximum access to health care, assesses barriers and offers solutions
  • Provides interdisciplinary team with assessment findings and suggests potential impact on overall care of patient
  • Provides psycho education, counseling, and crisis intervention to patients and their families
  • Formulates and implements treatment and discharge plans that are safe and timely and in line with the expectations of the site and promote patient choice. Initiates communication with post-acute providers and payers as needed
  • Incorporates knowledge of community resource sand entitlement programs in all planning
  • Maintains appropriate professional patient care documentation as defined by site policies and procedures
  • Represents department and profession is various hospital/site based committees and work groups
  • May assign and monitor undergraduate and graduate level Social Work students; assigns cases to students and monitors work through weekly supervisory meetings; writes all required evaluations of students field placement performance
  • Consults with program management regarding students training program, progress, development, and placement experience; meets with students faculty advisor at prescribed intervals
  • Performs related duties as required. All responsibilities noted here are considered essential functions of the job under the Americans with Disabilities Act. Duties not mentioned here, but considered related are not essential functions.

Qualifications

  • Master of Social Work required
  • Current License to practice as a Master Social Worker, or Current License to practice as a Clinical Social Worker in New York State required, plus specialized certifications as needed
  • 1-3 years of relevant experience, required

*Additional Salary Detail

The salary range and/or hourly rate listed is a good faith determination of potential base compensation that may be offered to a successful applicant for this position at the time of this job advertisement and may be modified in the future. When determining a team member's base salary and/or rate, several factors may be considered as applicable (e. g., location, specialty, service line, years of relevant experience, education, credentials, negotiated contracts, budget and internal equity).

Qualifications

Experience
2+ years of experience

Key Skills

Treatment planningDischarge planningCase managementPatient advocacyInterdisciplinary collaborationPsychoeducationCulturally competent careCommunity resource coordinationSupervision of students

Social Worker Career Context

In New York, the Social Work weighted monthly median benchmark on WeekdayDoc is ~$81k (140 salary observations; 203 listings), vs ~$82k nationally (1,010 salary observations; 2,575 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, 46% are remote, 34% have no call, 76% require no weekends.

Social Work pay on WeekdayDoc is up 4.4% vs. the prior quarter (through Sep 2026).

The cost-of-living index for New York is 107.9 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)), so the posted ~$169k midpoint carries the purchasing power of roughly $157k in an average-cost state. 64.6% of New York clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).

Top Social Worker Jobs

35 matches · ranked by pay

Salary Distribution35 jobs · 24 employers

12
<$90k
5
$90k-105k
5
$105k-120k
11
$120k-135k
2
$135k+

Annual compensation range

Benefits & Perks31 jobs · 24 employers

401k / retirement match
90%
Sign-on bonus
32%
CME allowance
32%
Loan repayment
6%
Relocation assistance
3%

Share of similar jobs offering each benefit

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Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW)

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$123k-$141k
#3

Licensed Mental Health Therapist (LMFT, LCSW, LPCC)

$117k-$134k
#4

Licensed Mental Health Clinician (LMFT, LCSW, LPCC)

$117k-$134k
+ 33 more · ranked by pay

Work-life snapshot

median 6.0this job 3.0
Better work-life than 20% of Social Work listings

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

  • Includes call

Living in New York

Typical 3-bedroom home value
$876k≈ 5.6× annual pay
Typical market rent
$4,154/mo≈ 32% of gross pay
Residents’ average commute
40 min
State income tax
Up to 10.9%
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.

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