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Licensed Master Social Worker - Primary Care

Social WorkerFull-Time

Compensation

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Job Description

Job Description Summary

  • The Primary Care team is seeking a Social Worker to join their thriving team!
  • Entity
  • Carolina Family Care, Inc. (CFC)
  • Worker Type
  • Employee
  • Worker Sub-Type
  • Regular
  • Cost Center
  • CC000101 CFC PC Care Coordination
  • Pay Rate Type

Salary

  • Pay Grade
  • Health-27
  • Scheduled Weekly Hours
  • 40

Work Shift

Day (United States of America)

Job Description

Location

This is a fully remote position, with occasional onsite meetings in the greater Charleston area. Candidates within commuting distance preferred.

Education

Master's degree in a social work or social welfare program accredited by the Council on Social Work Education required.

Certifications

  • Licensed Master Social Worker (LMSW) licensure by the South Carolina Board of Social Work Examiners required.
  • Certification in Case Management preferred.

Responsibilities

Assist patients and their families in the primary care setting in making psychosocial adaptations specific to their diagnosis, while facilitating eligibility determination for social programs and financial resources.

Apply optimal utilization of health care services and community resources in accordance with the principles of human growth and development.

  • To provide social work services to MUSC patients and families utilizing a collaborative approach.
  • The social worker will assess, plan, implement, deliver, monitor and evaluate the options and services required to address a patient's individualized plan of care in collaboration with the interdisciplinary team to achieve optimal outcomes.
  • Additional Job Description

Physical Requirements

Continuous requirements are to work indoors; possess good finger dexterity; maintain tactile sensory functions; maintain 20/40 vision corrected in one eye or with both eyes; maintain good peripheral vision capabilities; and maintain hearing acuity with correction.

Frequent requirements are to perform job functions while standing/upright, sitting, and walking/mobile; fully use both hands and arms; perform repetitive motions with hands, wrists, elbows, and shoulders; perform gross motor functions with frequent fine motor movements; reach in all directions; see and recognize objects close at hand and at a distance; match or discriminate between colors; determine distance and relationship between objects including depth perception; and hear and/or understand whispered conversations at a distance of 3 feet.

Infrequent requirements are to kneel and squat to perform job functions; perform pinching operations; lift and carry 15 lbs. unassisted; lift objects up to 15 lbs. from floor level to a height of 36 inches unassisted; and push or pull objects up to 15 lbs. unassisted.

If you like working with energetic enthusiastic individuals, you will enjoy your career with us!

The Medical University of South Carolina is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

MUSC does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion or belief, age, sex, national origin, gender identity, sexual orientation, disability, protected veteran status, family or parental status, or any other status protected by state laws and/or federal regulations.

All qualified applicants are encouraged to apply and will receive consideration for employment based upon applicable qualifications, merit and business need.

Medical University of South Carolina participates in the federal E-Verify program to confirm the identity and employment authorization of all newly hired employees. For further information about the E-Verify program, please click here: uscis.gov

Requirements

Candidates must hold a Master's degree in social work and possess a valid Licensed Master Social Worker (LMSW) license from the South Carolina Board of Social Work Examiners. Certification in Case Management is preferred.

Qualifications

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

Key Skills

Psychosocial AssessmentPatient AdvocacyInterdisciplinary CollaborationResource ReferralCrisis InterventionTreatment PlanningDocumentationHealth Care UtilizationPatient Education

Primary Care — Social Worker Career Context

Of the 50 active Primary Care listings this role was benchmarked against, 34% are remote, 32% have no call, 72% require no weekends — this position is remote.

What does the Primary Care market look like in South Carolina?
MeasureThis jobMarket
Work-life score6.1 / 10 · above average in social workranked against 6,969 Social Work listingslisting-based score, 0–10
Listed paynot listedPrimary Care median $88k (middle half $75k–$99k)392 comparable listings, Nov 2026
Work settingremotepeers: 34% remote · 32% no call · 72% no weekends50 benchmarked listings
Sign-on & loan repaymentnot statedUS Social Worker listings: 7% state a sign-on bonus (median $5k) · 5% offer loan repayment1,000 active listings, Nov 2026
New Primary Care listings991 in the last 30 days518 the 30 days before (+91%)U.S., first seen on WeekdayDoc, Nov 2026
Sources: WeekdayDoc live listing index (6,969 Social Work listings); as of Nov 2026. Same values as the Weekday Verdict and Market Insights on this page.

Work-Life Balance Analysis

WeekdayDoc's proprietary algorithm rates Licensed Master Social Worker - Primary Care at MUSC a 6.1 out of 10 for work-life balance — classified as good. This places the position in the Above average in Social Work — ranked against 6,969 active Social Work listings on WeekdayDoc. Contributing factors include remote work flexibility.

Top Social Worker Jobs

34 matches · ranked by pay

Salary Distribution

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10
<$85k
10
$85k-105k
4
$105k-125k
3
$125k-145k

Annual compensation range

Benefits & Perks

27 jobs
401k / retirement match
89%
CME allowance
37%
Sign-on bonus
30%
Loan repayment
7%
PSLF eligible
4%

Share of similar jobs offering each benefit

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Work-life snapshot

median 5.1this job 6.1
Better work-life than 70% of Social Work listings

Listing-based score, 0–10, across 6,969 comparable listings. Shaded area = the share scoring below this one.

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