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GuideStar Eldercare
Battle Creek, Michigan

Clinical Therapist (LMSW or LPC)

Social WorkerFull-Time

Compensation

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Job Description

As a Licensed Master Social Worker (LMSW) or Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) with GuideStar Eldercare you will provide neurobehavioral health services to residents in long-term care facilities. Using a multi-disciplinary approach, you will partner with specialty clinicians to provide holistic, continuity of care for elderly individuals who are afflicted with neurocognitive disorders and other neurologic and/or psychiatric conditions.

What You Will Do

  • Provide evaluation
  • Provide condition-specific support therapy, or when indicated, insight-based therapy
  • Coordinate the patient’s care plan with the facility, PCP and GuideStar colleagues, and engage with the family as indicated.

Required Qualifications

  • Ability to work as part of an interdisciplinary treatment team
  • Good time management skills
  • Able to function autonomously with regional Area Manager support
  • Master’s degree in Mental Health Counseling or in Social Work
  • Currently licensed as an LMSW or LPC in the state in which you are applying

Preferred Skills

  • Passion for geriatrics
  • Experience in inpatient settings such as extended care facilities
  • Experience with brief bedside assessment screens (cognitive, mood, etc.)
  • Motivated by productivity-based positions
  • Ability to navigate and document on an Electronic Medical Record (EMR) system

Benefits

  • Industry competitive salary with additional income potential through productivity bonus
  • Excellent benefits package, including medical, dental, vision, 401K
  • Employee’s medical premiums are 100% company paid
  • Annual CME/CEU reimbursement up to $1,500
  • 60-day new-hire training program
  • Four (4) weeks paid time off
  • Seven (7) paid holidays
  • State licensing reimbursement
  • Company provided medical malpractice insurance

All GuideStar employees must be vaccinated against the Flu. GuideStar follows all applicable laws; contact humanresources@guidestareldercare.com for more information. Testing for illegal drugs will be administered to all final candidates for whom an offer of employment has been extended.

How to Apply

If you are interested in working with the geriatric population, have a passion for neurobehavioral science, and a desire to make a difference in a population struggling with dementia and other neurodegenerative and psychiatric disorders, click on the “apply now” button to forward your resume or contact us at careers@guidestareldercare.com for more information.

Key Responsibilities

Provide neurobehavioral health services and condition-specific support therapy to elderly residents in long-term care facilities. Coordinate comprehensive care plans with facility staff, primary care providers, and family members.

Requirements

Requires a Master’s degree in Mental Health Counseling or Social Work and current licensure as an LMSW or LPC. Candidates must be able to work autonomously within an interdisciplinary team and navigate electronic medical records.

Qualifications

Education
Professional certificate or licensure
Experience
2+ years of experience

Key Skills

Clinical therapyCase managementPsychiatric assessmentCognitive screeningMood assessmentInterdisciplinary collaborationDementia careCare planning

Social Worker Career Context

Of the 50 active Social Work listings this role was benchmarked against, 52% are remote, 18% have no call, 56% require no weekends.

The cost-of-living index for Michigan is 96.2 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)). 61.8% of Michigan clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).

Social Work by the numbers
MeasureThis jobMarket
Cost of livingMichigan index 96.2US average = 100BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)
Social Work listings in Michigan238 active6,580 nationallylive on WeekdayDoc, Nov 2026
Work settingon-sitepeers: 52% remote · 18% no call · 56% no weekends50 benchmarked listings
Sign-on & loan repaymentnot statedMichigan social worker listings (all specialties): 6% state a sign-on bonus · 7% offer loan repayment255 active listings, Nov 2026
New Social Work listings2,485 in the last 30 days1,484 the 30 days before (+67%)U.S., first seen on WeekdayDoc, Nov 2026
Sources: WeekdayDoc live listing index, BEA Regional Price Parities (2024); as of Nov 2026. Same values as the Weekday Verdict and Market Insights on this page.

Top Social Worker Jobs

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Salary Distribution

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<$90k
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Annual compensation range

Benefits & Perks

27 jobs
401k / retirement match
93% this job
CME allowance
44% this job
Sign-on bonus
41%
Loan repayment
11%
PSLF eligible
7%

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Work-life snapshot

median 5.1this job 3.0
Better work-life than 20% of Social Work listings

Listing-based score, 0–10, across 6,555 comparable listings. Shaded area = the share scoring below this one.

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About GuideStar Eldercare

Medical Practices
Crown Point, Indiana
51-200 employees

Benefits & Perks

Industry competitive salary with additional income potential through productivity bonus
Excellent benefits package including medical, dental, vision, 401K
Employee’s medical premiums are 100% company paid
Annual CME/CEU reimbursement up to $1,500
60-day new-hire training program
Four (4) weeks paid time off
Seven (7) paid holidays
State licensing reimbursement

Living in Battle Creek

Typical 3-bedroom home value
$201k
Typical market rent
$1,159/mo
Residents’ average commute
19 min
Metro price indexU.S. average = 100
90.5
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 · Battle Creek, MI metro prices. Housing figures are city-level.

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