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Augusta, Georgia

Social Worker MSW - Care Management

Social WorkerFull-Time

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Job Description

This position strives to promote patient and family wellness, improved care outcomes, access to appropriate hospital and community resources, and manages, supports and develops comprehensive transitional care plans for patients with complex and psychosocial needs in Inpatient and Emergency Department (ED) environments. Works to promote quality of care and effective transitions planning through collaboration with all service team members, physicians, patients, external agencies and families.

Responsibilities

This position strives to promote patient and family wellness, improved care outcomes, access to appropriate hospital and community resources, and manages, supports and develops comprehensive transitional care plans for patients with complex and psychosocial needs in Inpatient and Emergency Department (ED) environments. Works to promote quality of care and effective transitions planning through collaboration with all service team members, physicians, patients, external agencies and families.

Qualifications

  • Education
  • Master’s Degree in Social Work from an accredited social work program Required
  • Work Experience
  • 1 year of experience in an acute or post-acute setting Required
  • Licenses and Certifications
  • None Required
  • LMSW - Licensed Masters Social Work Preferred
  • Accredited Case Manager (ACM) Preferred
  • CCM - Certified Case Manager Preferred
  • Business Unit: Company Name
  • Piedmont Augusta Hospital

Qualifications

Education
Master's degree (postgraduate degree)

Key Skills

Care ManagementTransitional Care PlanningPsychosocial AssessmentPatient AdvocacyCrisis InterventionResource CoordinationInpatient CareEmergency Department Support

Social Worker Career Context

In Georgia, the Social Work weighted monthly median benchmark on WeekdayDoc is ~$85k (52 salary observations; 368 listings), vs ~$81k nationally (4,412 salary observations; 19,550 listings). Monthly aggregates cover 2026-01-01 through 2026-10-01; these are not the modal's selected comparable-job medians.

Of the 50 active Social Work listings this role was benchmarked against, 38% are remote, 34% have no call, 66% require no weekends.

The cost-of-living index for Georgia is 96.3 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)). 59.8% of Georgia clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).

Top Social Worker Jobs

40 matches · ranked by pay

Salary Distribution38 jobs · 32 employers

10
<$85k
13
$85k-105k
5
$105k-125k
8
$125k-145k
2
$145k+

Annual compensation range

Benefits & Perks27 jobs

401k / retirement match
100%
CME allowance
30%
Sign-on bonus
26%
Loan repayment
11%

Share of similar jobs offering each benefit

#1

Licensed Clinical Social Worker (Full Time, Day)

NorthBay Health · Fairfield, California

$58.21-$70.76/hr
#2

Licensed Clinical Social Worker (Bilingual)Contract

Adelphi Staffing · White Plains, New York

$70/hr
#3

Licensed Independent Clinical Social Worker (LICSW)

$123k-$141k
#4

Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW)

$123k-$141k
+ 38 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 6,480 comparable listings. Shaded area = the share scoring below this one.

Living in Augusta

Typical 3-bedroom home value
$178k
Typical market rent
$1,369/mo
Metro price indexU.S. average = 100
91.9
State income tax
Up to 5.8%
Sources & methodology

Sources: Zillow home values (Aug 2026), Zillow market rents (Aug 2026).

BEA 2024 · Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC metro prices. Housing figures are city-level.

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