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BJC HealthCare
Saint Louis, Missouri

Clinical Social Worker

Social WorkerNo weekendsNo nightsFull-Time

Listed compensation

$63k-$103k

The week · per this posting · Monday – FridayWeekdays only

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Job Description

Additional Information About the Role

Are you looking for a career as a Clinical Social Worker? Join our team at St. Louis Children's Hospital to make a direct impact on patient care and operations.

Role Summary

The Child Protection Social Worker plays a vital role in safeguarding children within the healthcare setting by identifying risks, advocating for vulnerable patients, coordinating protective interventions, and helping families access resources that support safe, healthy outcomes for children.

  • Full Time - 40 Hours Per Week, M-F
  • Day Shift: 8am-430pm
  • Perks: Benefits Eligible
  • Location: St. Louis Children's Hospital

Minimum Requirement

  • Master's Degree in Social Work
  • Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) - will accept applicants without LCSW
  • Medical Social Work experience highly preferred

Overview

St. Louis Children’s Hospital is dedicated to improving the health and lives of children. As one of the top-ranked children’s hospitals in the country, St. Louis Children’s provides care in more than 50 specialty areas through a dedicated team of physicians, nurses, staff and volunteers. Along with inpatient and outpatient medical care, the hospital offers education, wellness and injury-prevention programs to fulfill its mission to “do what’s right for kids.”

Providing comprehensive, high-quality care and serving as an advocate for children has been St. Louis Children’s commitment since its inception in 1879. Today, the hospital serves patients and families across a 300-mile service area, and has seen patients from all 50 states and more than 80 countries.

St. Louis Children’s consistently ranks among America’s Best Children’s Hospitals by U.S.News & World Report in all surveyed categories. In 2021, St. Louis Children’s was one of eight children’s hospitals to rank in the top 25 of all 10 specialties.

The hospital’s academic and physician partner, Washington University School of Medicine, is one of the top-ranked medical schools in the United States. Since 2005, St. Louis Children’s has been designated as a Magnet® hospital for nursing excellence from the American Nurses Credentialing Center® (ANCC).

Preferred Qualifications

Role Purpose

Provides clinical social work services to address the psychosocial needs of patients and families. Provides individual and group counseling, linkage to community resources, expertise in cultural diversity and advocacy. Collaborates with the health care team and ensures timely, cost-effective discharge and transition planning.

Responsibilities

  • Conducts screening and assessment activities to meet the needs of the discharged patient.
  • Applies assessment findings to prepare a patient-centered plan of care.

Applies and complies with all regulations and utilizes resources available to patients to manage their continuum of care.

Minimum Requirements

  • Education
  • Master's Degree
  • Social Work

Experience

  • No Experience
  • Supervisor Experience
  • No Experience
  • Licenses & Certifications
  • Lic Clinical Social Worker

Preferred Requirements

  • Experience
  • 2-5 years

Benefits and Legal Statement

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At BJC we’re committed to providing you and your family with benefits and resources to help you manage your physical, emotional, social and financial well-being.

Comprehensive medical, dental, vison, life insurance, and legal services available first day of the month after hire date

  • Disability insurance* paid for by BJC
  • Annual 4% BJC Automatic Retirement Contribution
  • 401(k) plan with BJC match
  • Tuition Assistance available on first day
  • BJC Institute for Learning and Development
  • Health Care and Dependent Care Flexible Spending Accounts
  • Paid Time Off benefit combines vacation, sick days, holidays and personal time
  • Adoption assistance
  • To learn more, go to our Benefits Summary.

*Not all benefits apply to all jobs

The above information on this description has been designed to indicate the general nature and level of work performed by employees in this position. It is not designed to contain or be interpreted as an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties and qualifications required of employees assigned to this job. Equal Opportunity Employer

Requirements

Candidates must hold a Master's degree in Social Work and are preferred to have a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) certification. Previous medical social work experience is highly preferred for this role.

Qualifications

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

Key Skills

Patient assessmentCase managementCrisis interventionDischarge planningPsychosocial assessmentResource coordinationCare planning

Work-Life Balance Analysis

WeekdayDoc's proprietary algorithm rates Clinical Social Worker at BJC HealthCare 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 6,359 active Social Work listings on WeekdayDoc. Contributing factors include no weekend requirements, no night shifts.

Social Worker Career Context

Of the 50 active Social Work listings this role was benchmarked against, 62% are remote, 24% have no call, 84% require no weekends.

Social Work pay on WeekdayDoc is down 1.4% vs. the prior quarter (through Oct 2026).

Social Work by the numbers
MeasureThis jobMarket
Work-life score6.4 / 10 · above average in social workranked against 6,359 Social Work listingslisting-based score, 0–10
Listed pay$63k–$103kSocial Work median $76k (middle half $70k–$83k)84 comparable listings, Nov 2026
Cost-of-living adjusted pay~$91k in purchasing powerMissouri index 90.8 (US = 100)BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)
Social Work listings in Missouri98 active6,465 nationallylive on WeekdayDoc, Nov 2026
Work settingon-sitepeers: 62% remote · 24% no call · 84% no weekends50 benchmarked listings
Sign-on & loan repaymentnot statedMissouri Social Worker listings: 5% state a sign-on bonus · 4% offer loan repayment111 active listings, Nov 2026
New Social Work listings2,430 in the last 30 days1,522 the 30 days before (+60%)U.S., first seen on WeekdayDoc, Nov 2026
Social Work pay trend−1.4% vs prior quarter—through Oct 2026
Sources: WeekdayDoc live listing index (6,359 Social Work listings), BEA Regional Price Parities (2024); as of Nov 2026. Same values as the Weekday Verdict and Market Insights on this page.

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Salary Distribution

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Annual compensation range

Benefits & Perks

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401k / retirement match
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Sign-on bonus
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CME allowance
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Work-life snapshot

median 5.1this job 6.4
Better work-life than 70% of Social Work listings

Listing-based score, 0–10, across 6,359 comparable listings. Shaded area = the share scoring below this one.

  • No weekends
  • No nights
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About BJC HealthCare

Hospitals and Health Care
St Louis, Missouri
501-1,000 employees

Benefits & Perks

Comprehensive medical, dental, vision, life insurance, and legal services
Disability insurance paid by BJC
Annual 4% BJC Automatic Retirement Contribution
401(k) plan with BJC match
Tuition Assistance available on first day
Paid Time Off
Adoption assistance

Living in St. Louis

Typical 3-bedroom home value
$255k≈ 4.1× annual pay
Typical market rent
$1,292/mo≈ 25% of gross pay
Residents’ average commute
22 min
Metro price indexU.S. average = 100
95.1
State income tax
Up to 5.3%
Sources & methodology

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

BEA 2024 · St. Louis, MO-IL metro prices. Housing figures are city-level.

Ratios use this listing’s gross annual pay. Not a cost-of-living guarantee.