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Dearborn, Michigan

Social Worker - PRN

Social WorkerIncludes weekendsPer Diem

Compensation

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Job Description

Responsibilities

Social Worker

  • Per Diem
  • Metropolitan Behavioral Health (a UHS Facility)

Metropolitan Behavioral Hospital,144-bed behavioral health facility, provides a full continuum of inpatient services across the entire patient population, including specialty programs to serve adolescents, adults and older adults, and perform behavioral health assessments 24 hours a day.

Additionally, programs for co-occurring behavioral health and substance use issues will be offered to meet the unique needs of this patient population. The facility provides a robust outpatient program utilizing a combination of group, family and individual therapy.

For more information, please visit our website: metropolitanbh.com

Position Summary

The Social Worker performs social services functions to include assisting patients in meeting their bio-psychosocial needs while enabling them to access through therapeutic treatment skills to achieve their optimal level of emotional health, including providing basic consultation, teaching, complete specialized clinical social work services for patients/families receiving care, crisis intervention, short-term and long-term family therapy, and providing information and referrals as needed.

  • Benefit Highlights
  • Challenging and rewarding work environment
  • Competitive Compensation & Generous Paid Time Off
  • Excellent Medical, Dental, Vision and Prescription Drug Plans
  • 401(K) with company match and discounted stock plan
  • SoFi Student Loan Refinancing Program
  • Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
  • Career development opportunities within UHS and its 300+ Subsidiaries!
  • More information is available on our Benefits Guest Website: uhsguest.com

About Universal Health Services

One of the nation’s largest and most respected providers of hospital and healthcare services, Universal Health Services, Inc. (NYSE: UHS) has built an impressive record of achievement and performance, growing since its inception into a Fortune 500 corporation.

Headquartered in King of Prussia, PA, UHS has 99,000 employees. Through its subsidiaries, UHS operates 28 acute care hospitals, 331 behavioral health facilities, 60 outpatient and other facilities in 39 U.S. States, Washington, D.C., Puerto Rico and the United Kingdom.

Qualifications

Education: MSW or MA in Counseling

License: LMSW or LLMSW; LPC or LLPC

Experience

Requires at least 1 to 3 years’ experience in a psychiatric health care facility, with direct experience in family and group therapies, crisis intervention, and treatment skills; must have strong clinical assessment skills. Combination of education, licensure and experience and/ or student internship hours may be considered.

This position is for weekend coverage and additonal days if available.

EEO Statement

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Qualifications

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

Key Skills

Group therapyBio-psychosocial assessmentTreatment planningReferral servicesBehavioral health assessmentSubstance use counseling

Social Worker Career Context

Of the 50 active Social Work listings this role was benchmarked against, 34% are remote, 28% have no call, 74% require no weekends.

Social Work pay on WeekdayDoc is up 2.3% vs. the prior quarter (through Sep 2026).

Social Work by the numbers
MeasureThis jobMarket
Cost of livingMichigan index 96.2US average = 100BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)
Social Work listings in Michigan240 active6,551 nationallylive on WeekdayDoc, Oct 2026
Work settingon-sitepeers: 34% remote · 28% no call · 74% no weekends50 benchmarked listings
Sign-on & loan repaymentloan repaymentMichigan Social Worker listings: 7% state a sign-on bonus · 6% offer loan repayment257 active listings, Oct 2026
Social Work pay trend+2.3% vs prior quarter—through Sep 2026
Sources: WeekdayDoc live listing index, BEA Regional Price Parities (2024); as of Oct 2026. Same values as the Weekday Verdict and Market Insights on this page.

Top contract/1099 Social Worker Jobs

42 matches · ranked by pay

Salary Distribution

40 jobs · 32 employers
16
<$90k
8
$90k-110k
7
$110k-130k
9
$130k-150k

Annual compensation range

Benefits & Perks

30 jobs
401k / retirement match
97% this job
Sign-on bonus
37%
CME allowance
30%
Loan repayment
13% this job
PSLF eligible
10%

Share of similar jobs offering each benefit

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$58.21-$70.76/hr
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$62-$70/hr
#3

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Work-life snapshot

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

Listing-based score, 0–10, across 6,494 comparable listings. Shaded area = the share scoring below this one.

  • Includes weekends
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About UHS

Hospitals and Health Care
Aiken, South Carolina
501-1,000 employees

Benefits & Perks

Challenging and rewarding work environment
Competitive Compensation & Generous Paid Time Off
Excellent Medical, Dental, Vision and Prescription Drug Plans
401(K) with company match and discounted stock plan
SoFi Student Loan Refinancing Program
Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
Career development opportunities

Living in Dearborn

Typical 3-bedroom home value
$246k
Typical market rent
$1,861/mo
Residents’ average commute
22 min
Metro price indexU.S. average = 100
100.3
State income tax
Up to 4.3%
Sources & methodology

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

BEA 2024 · Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI metro prices. Housing figures are city-level.

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