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Licensed Social Worker, Professional Counselor - Psychiatry: Community Clinic

Social WorkerFull-Time

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Job Description

Job Description Summary

The Licensed Social Worker, Licensed Professional Counselor, or Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist reports directly to the Clinic Medical Director. Provide a wide variety of direct therapeutic social worker services in an outpatient psychiatric setting for a complex caseload of patients including psychosocial assessment, active treatment, case management, and related documentation in collaboration with a multi-disciplinary treatment team.

  • Entity
  • University Medical Associates (UMA) Only Employees and Financials
  • Worker Type
  • Employee
  • Worker Sub-Type
  • Regular
  • Cost Center
  • CC001046 COM PSYCH Forensics CC
  • Pay Rate Type

Salary

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

Work Shift

Job Description

Required Minimum Training and Education

Master’s degree in a social work or social welfare program accredited by the Council on Social Work Education or from a social work program or social welfare program offered by a regionally accredited institution.

Preferred Experience

Previous LISW, LPC, or LMFT experience providing outpatient therapy preferred. Hospital experience in the area of Psychiatry is preferred.

Degree of Supervision

This position will be assigned a Primary Supervising/Collaborating Physician employed by MUSC and will report directly to this physician.

Required Licensure, Certifications, Registrations

Current applicable licensure by the South Carolina Board of Social Work Examiners or South Carolina Board of Examiners for Licensure of Professional Counselors required.

Job Duties/Tasks

50% - Provides individual and group therapy to adult patients in an outpatient community psychiatry treatment clinic located within an academic medical center.

35% - Interviews client, family and any other providers to assess the patient's level of functioning, strengths and deficits, and emotional status. Develops a comprehensive picture of the client's service and treatment needs.

5% - Serves as a member of the treatment team in the diagnostic evaluation of clients and the identification of treatment objectives.

10%- Completes all administrative duties as required.

Additional Job Description

Physical Requirements

Continuous requirements are to perform job functions while standing, walking and sitting. Ability to bend at the waist, kneel, climb stairs, reach in all directions, fully use both hands and legs, possess good finger dexterity, perform repetitive motions with hands/wrists/elbows and shoulders, reach in all directions.

Ability to be qualified physically for respirator use, initially and as required. Maintain 20/40 vision corrected, see and recognize objects close at hand and at a distance, work in a latex safe environment and work indoors.

Frequently lift, lower, push and pull and/or carry objects weighing 50 lbs (+/-) unassisted, exert up to 50 lbs of force, lift from 36" to overhead 25 lbs. Infrequently work in dusty areas and confined/cramped spaces.

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.

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Key Responsibilities

Provide direct therapeutic social work services, including individual and group therapy, for a complex caseload of adult patients in an outpatient psychiatric setting. Conduct psychosocial assessments and collaborate with a multidisciplinary treatment team to develop and implement comprehensive treatment plans.

Requirements

Requires a Master's degree in social work or a related field from an accredited institution. Must hold current licensure by the South Carolina Board of Social Work Examiners or the South Carolina Board of Examiners for Licensure of Professional Counselors.

Qualifications

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

Key Skills

Individual therapyCrisis interventionTreatment planningMultidisciplinary collaborationOutpatient psychiatryClinical interviewingCounseling

Psychiatry — Social Worker Career Context

Of the 50 active Social Worker listings this role was benchmarked against, 42% are remote, 26% have no call, 68% require no weekends.

The cost-of-living index for South Carolina is 93.7 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)). 60.6% of South Carolina clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).

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Annual compensation range

Benefits & Perks23 jobs

401k / retirement match
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CME allowance
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Loan repayment
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Sign-on bonus
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PSLF eligible
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Work-life snapshot

median 5.0this job 3.0
Below most Psychiatry (Social Work) listings for work-life

Listing-based score, 0–10, across 58 comparable listings. Shaded area = the share scoring below this one.

Living in Charleston

Typical 3-bedroom home value
$534k
Typical market rent
$2,312/mo
Residents’ average commute
24 min
Metro price indexU.S. average = 100
101.0
State income tax
Up to 6.5%
Sources & methodology

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

BEA 2024 · Charleston-North Charleston, SC metro prices. Housing figures are city-level.

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