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Jackson, Mississippi

Social Worker LSW

Social WorkerFull-Time

Compensation

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Posted 1mo ago

Job Description

Social Worker-Licensed LSW

Job Code: 21816

FLSA Status: Job Family: SOC WORK

Job Description Title: Social Worker LSW

Job Summary

Provides a wide array of social work services to new mothers and children, including ACE screening. Provides educational counseling to parents regarding adverse childhood experiences and the brain development of young children.

Provides education and training for physicians, nurses, and allied health professionals regarding adverse childhood experiences for all Pediatric patients within BMG clinics.

Job Responsibilities

  • Utilize social work skills by conducting pediatric psychosocial assessments.
  • Provides supportive and educational counseling through visits and tele-medicine.
  • Consult with physicians on patients’ psychosocial assessment.
  • Analyzes learning needs
  • Plans educational activities
  • Collaborates with the physician and all members of the multidisciplinary team to facilitate care and assist in meeting goals.
  • Maintains current knowledge of and accessibility to community resources, community programs, and financial agencies to meet patient and family needs.
  • Completes assigned goals.
  • Complies with policies that support patients' fundamental rights to considerate care, protect their personal dignity and respect their cultural, psychosocial and spiritual values in an effort to meet patients' care needs and preferences.

Specifications

Experience

Description

Minimum Required: 3 years’ experience in working in a hospital as a social worker or 5 years’ experience as a clinical social worker

Preferred/Desired

Education

Description

Minimum Required: Bachelors in Social Work

Preferred/Desired: Masters in Social Work

Training

Description

Minimum Required

Preferred/Desired

Special Skills

Description

Minimum Required

Preferred/Desired

Licensure

Description

Minimum Required: LSW

Preferred/Desired

Reporting Relationships

Does this position formally supervise employees? If set to YES, then this position has the authority (delegated) to hire, terminate, discipline, promote or effectively recommend such to manager.

Reporting Relationships: No

Work Environment

Functional Demands

Label Short Description Full Description

Sedentary Very light energy level Lift 10lbs. box overhead. Lift and carry 15lbs. Push/pull 20lbs. cart

Light Moderate Energy Level Lift and Carry

25-35lbs. Push/pull 50-100lbs. (ie. empty bed, stretcher)

Medium High Energy Level Lift and Carry

40-50lbs. Push/pull +/- 150-200lbs. (Patient on bed, stretcher) Lateral transfer

150-200lbs. (ie. Patient)

Heavy Very high energy level Lift over 50lbs.

Carry 80lbs. a distance of 30 feet. Push/pull > 200lbs. (ie. Patient on bed, stretcher). Lateral transfer or max assist sit to stand transfer.

Functional Demands Rating: Medium

Activity Level Throughout Workday

Physical Activity Requirements – Sitting: Frequent

Physical Activity Requirements – Standing: Frequent

Physical Activity Requirements – Walking: Frequent

Physical Activity Requirements - Climbing (e. g., stairs or ladders): Occasional

Physical Activity Requirements - Carry objects: Occasional

Physical Activity Requirements - Push/Pull: Occasional

Physical Activity Requirements – Twisting: Occasional

Physical Activity Requirements – Bending: Occasional

Physical Activity Requirements - Reaching Forward: Occasional

Physical Activity Requirements - Reaching Overhead: Occasional

Physical Activity Requirements - Squat/Kneel/Crawl: Occasional

Physical Activity Requirements - Wrist position deviation: Frequent

Physical Activity Requirements - Pinching/fine motor activities: Occasional

Physical Activity Requirements - Keyboard use/repetitive motion: Frequent

Physical Activity Requirements - Taste or smell: Occasional

Physical Activity Requirements - Talk or hear: Occasional

Sensory Requirements

Color Discrimination: Yes

Near Vision: Accurate

Far Vision: Accurate

Depth Perception: Moderate

Hearing: Moderate

Environmental Requirements - Blood-Borne Pathogens: Anticipated

Environmental Requirements – Chemical: Anticipated

Environmental Requirements - Airborne Communicable Diseases: Anticipated

Environmental Requirements - Extreme Temperatures: Not Anticipated

Environmental Requirements – Radiation: Anticipated

Environmental Requirements - Uneven Surfaces or Elevations: Not Anticipated

Environmental Requirements - Extreme Noise Levels: Not Anticipated

Environmental Requirements - Dust/Particular Matter: Not Anticipated

Environmental Requirements - Other

Key Responsibilities

Provides social work services, including ACE screening and educational counseling, to pediatric patients and their families. Collaborates with physicians and multidisciplinary teams to facilitate care and connect patients with community resources.

Requirements

Requires a minimum of 3 years of hospital social work experience or 5 years of clinical social work experience. Must hold a Bachelor's degree in Social Work and an LSW license.

Qualifications

Education
Bachelor degree
Experience
2+ years of experience

Key Skills

Brain development educationMultidisciplinary team collaborationCommunity resource coordinationPatient advocacyCrisis interventionCare planningDocumentation

Social Worker Career Context

Of the 50 active Social Work listings this role was benchmarked against, 50% are remote, 20% have no call, 74% require no weekends.

The cost-of-living index for Mississippi is 87.0 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)). 61.9% of Mississippi clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).

Social Work by the numbers
MeasureThis jobMarket
Listed paynot listedSocial Work median $73k (middle half $64k–$84k)318 comparable listings, Nov 2026
Cost of livingMississippi index 87.0US average = 100BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)
Social Work listings in Mississippi28 active6,440 nationallylive on WeekdayDoc, Nov 2026
Work settingon-sitepeers: 50% remote · 20% no call · 74% no weekends50 benchmarked listings
Sign-on & loan repaymentnot statedUS social worker listings (all specialties): 9% state a sign-on bonus (median $5k) · 5% offer loan repayment1,000 active listings, Nov 2026
New Social Work listings2,592 in the last 30 days1,395 the 30 days before (+86%)U.S., first seen on WeekdayDoc, Nov 2026
Sources: WeekdayDoc live listing index, BEA Regional Price Parities (2024); as of Nov 2026. Same values as the Weekday Verdict and Market Insights on this page.

Top Social Worker Jobs

37 matches · ranked by pay

Salary Distribution

30 jobs · 24 employers
6
<$90k
4
$90k-110k
12
$110k-130k
8
$130k-150k

Annual compensation range

Benefits & Perks

28 jobs · 24 employers
401k / retirement match
89%
CME allowance
43%
Sign-on bonus
32%
Loan repayment
11%
PSLF eligible
7%

Share of similar jobs offering each benefit

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#3

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#4

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Work-life snapshot

median 5.1this job 3.0
Better work-life than 20% of Social Work listings

Listing-based score, 0–10, across 6,344 comparable listings. Shaded area = the share scoring below this one.

  • On-site

Living in Jackson

Typical 3-bedroom home value
$86k
Typical market rent
$1,228/mo
Residents’ average commute
20 min
Metro price indexU.S. average = 100
89.0
State income tax
Up to 5%
Sources & methodology

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

BEA 2024 · Jackson, MS metro prices. Housing figures are city-level.

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