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Centra Care
Saint Cloud, Minnesota

Social Worker | Observation & Surgical Care Units

Social WorkerNo weekendsNo nightsFull-Time

Listed compensation

$30.65-$49.73/hr

The week · per this posting · Monday – FridayWeekdays only

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Posted 49m ago · Verified live

Job Description

Join the care management team at St. Cloud Hospital and be a social worker to support our Observation and Surgical patients.

Our Socials Workers serve patients and families in our community and beyond by helping them during a challenging time in their lives. Our Social Workers enjoy the variety of cases they are presented with as there is always something new and different.

You'll collaborate with other Social Workers to gain knowledge and experience and work with an interdisciplinary team of nurses, therapists, physicians, and dieticians.

You will have a designated patient caseload and will plan care to effectively meet the patient/family transitional needs including monitoring the length of stay and promoting community resources.

Schedule

  • Full-time | 80 hours every two weeks | Onsite
  • Day shift | Monday through Friday | 7:30am-4:00pm

Pay & Benefits

  • Pay based on experience and degree
  • Bachelor’s in Social Work starting at $32.09 per hour
  • Master’s in Social Work starting at $33.15 per hour
  • Pay range: $30.65 - $49.73 per hour
  • $3,000 hiring bonus and $5,000 relocation bonus for eligible candidates!
  • Full time benefits: medical, dental, PTO, retirement, employee discounts and more!

Qualifications

  • Current Licensed Social Worker (LSW) in Minnesota required.
  • Bachelor's or Master's degree in Social Work required.
  • 2 years or more of clinical experience as a Social Worker.
  • A valid driver's licensed and a driving record in good standing required.
  • American Case Management Association (ACMA) Case Manager-SW Certification required within five years.

To be eligible for the hiring and relocation bonus you must be an external candidate who is hired into an eligible full or part time benefited position.

Previous employees qualify if they have not worked for CentraCare for at least 9 months at the date of hire. To be eligible for the relocation bonus, you must currently reside more than 50 miles away from St. Cloud Hospital and relocate to within 30 miles of it. CentraCare hiring incentives to include but not limited to, hiring and relocation bonuses may be discontinued at any time.

CentraCare hiring incentives to include but not limited to, hiring and relocation bonuses may be discontinued at any time.

CentraCare has made a commitment to diversity in its workforce. All individuals including, but not limited to, individuals with disabilities, are encouraged to apply. CentraCare is an EEO/AA employer.

Key Responsibilities

The social worker will manage a designated patient caseload within observation and surgical units to support transitional care needs. They will collaborate with an interdisciplinary team of physicians, nurses, and therapists to promote effective care plans and community resource utilization.

Qualifications

Education
Bachelor degree
Experience
2+ years of experience

Key Skills

Patient AdvocacyInterdisciplinary CollaborationDischarge PlanningCommunity Resource CoordinationClinical DocumentationPatient Assessment

Work-Life Balance Analysis

WeekdayDoc's proprietary algorithm rates Social Worker | Observation & Surgical Care Units at Centra Care a 6.4 out of 10 for work-life balance — classified as good. This places the position in the Above average in Social Work — ranked against 6,205 active Social Work listings on WeekdayDoc. Contributing factors include no weekend requirements, no night shifts.

Social Worker Career Context

In Minnesota, the Social Work weighted monthly median benchmark on WeekdayDoc is ~$78k (29 salary observations; 51 listings), vs ~$82k nationally (1,119 salary observations; 3,157 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, 40% are remote, 26% have no call, 76% require no weekends.

Social Work pay on WeekdayDoc is down 1.0% vs. the prior quarter (through Sep 2026).

The cost-of-living index for Minnesota is 98.6 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)), so the posted ~$84k midpoint carries the purchasing power of roughly $85k in an average-cost state. 63.4% of Minnesota clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).

Top Social Worker Jobs

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Salary Distribution35 jobs · 22 employers

12
<$90k
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$90k-110k
17
$110k-130k
3
$130k-150k
1
$150k

Annual compensation range

Benefits & Perks32 jobs · 22 employers

401k / retirement match
97%
Sign-on bonus
31% this job
CME allowance
16%
Loan repayment
9%
PSLF eligible
9%

Share of similar jobs offering each benefit

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Work-life snapshot

median 6.0this job 6.4
Better work-life than 60% of Social Work listings

Listing-based score, 0–10, across 6,205 comparable listings. Shaded area = the share scoring below this one.

  • No weekends
  • No nights

Living in St. Cloud

Typical 3-bedroom home value
$252k
Typical market rent
$1,244/mo
Residents’ average commute
20 min
Metro price indexU.S. average = 100
104.8
State income tax
Up to 9.8%
Sources & methodology

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

BEA 2024 · Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI metro prices. Housing figures are city-level.

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

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About Centra Care

Hospitals and Health Care
St. Cloud, MN
5,001-10,000 employees

Benefits & Perks

Medical
Dental
PTO
Retirement
Employee discounts
$3,000 hiring bonus
$5,000 relocation bonus