Clinical Social Worker (Psychiatric Mental Health Outpatient Clinics) Hiring Incentive Available

Social Worker Top 10% in Psychiatry (Social Work)

Listed compensation

$78k-$101k

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Posted 5mo ago

Job Description

Overview

Offering a $10,000 Hiring Incentive

The Psychiatric Clinical Social Worker I provides clinical care to children, adolescents, adults, and families including evaluation, treatment planning, and treatment of mental health conditions. The incumbent provides services utilizing evidence-based/informed treatment models that are best suited to the needs of the patient/family, and coordinates care with multi-disciplinary teams focused on the strengths and effective treatment individualized for the patient and family. The incumbent may be involved in training activities, outreach, and research as members of interdisciplinary programs and the department.

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Responsibilities

Provides high quality diagnostic and initial evaluations for patients and families referred to the Psychiatric Mental Health Program (PMHP).

Engages in treatment planning and delivery in collaboration with interdisciplinary team members involved in care.

Provides evidence based/informed mental health treatment focused on goals and measurement of outcomes.

Utilizes supervision, interdisciplinary consultation, independent study, and training activities to ensure on-going refinement of skills in case conceptualization, evidence based/informed models, clinical techniques and remain current on relevant literature.

Provides timely and accurate documentation within the electronic health record according to professional, departmental and Institute standards while maintaining billing and productivity standards (as established by the department).

Serves on committees and participates in training, outreach, special projects, and research activities, as assigned.

Participates in implementation and monitoring of performance improvement/performance evaluation and quality improvement projects.

Participates in the instruction and supervision of social work trainees as eligible within the training program criteria and approval.

Qualifications

Must possess and maintain a Clinical Social Worker (LCSW-C) license, issued by the Maryland State Department of Health and Mental Hygiene Board of Social Work Examiners.

Must receive additional training in evidence-based/informed models of care as driven by the current needs of the patient population served in the department/program.

Education

  • Master's degree from an accredited school of Social Work is required.
  • Completion of post-master’s fellowship or certification in evidence-based/informed treatment models preferred.

Experience

The candidate must have a minimum of two years of licensed clinical experience, preferably with children, adolescents, and adults with developmental, learning, medical and/or emotional disabilities. This experience must include at least one-year of experience providing evidence-based/informed therapy services.

Benefits

Kennedy Krieger Institute offers excellent benefits including medical, dental, vision, 401K with match, tuition reimbursement, student debt relief program, free parking and child care subsidies! In addition, we offer rich professional development opportunities.

  • EOE/M/F/D/V
  • Minimum pay range
  • USD $78,094.00/Yr.
  • Maximum pay range
  • USD $100,672.00/Yr.

Qualifications

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

Key Skills

Clinical social workDiagnostic evaluationEvidence-based therapyMental health assessmentInterdisciplinary collaborationCrisis intervention

Work-Life Balance Analysis

WeekdayDoc's proprietary algorithm rates Clinical Social Worker (Psychiatric Mental Health Outpatient Clinics) Hiring Incentive Available at Kennedy Krieger Institute a 7.2 out of 10 for work-life balance — classified as very good. This places the position in the top 10% in Psychiatry (Social Work) — ranked against 55 active Psychiatry (Social Work) listings on WeekdayDoc.

Psychiatry — Social Worker Career Context

In Maryland, the Social Worker weighted monthly median benchmark on WeekdayDoc is ~$79k (54 salary observations; 76 listings), vs ~$83k nationally (1,783 salary observations; 3,845 listings). Monthly aggregates cover 2026-01-01 through 2026-09-01; these are not the modal's selected comparable-job medians.

Of the 50 active Social Worker listings this role was benchmarked against, 56% are remote, 28% have no call, 72% require no weekends.

Social Worker pay on WeekdayDoc is up 1.6% vs. the prior quarter (through Aug 2026).

The cost-of-living index for Maryland is 105.0 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)), so the posted ~$89k midpoint carries the purchasing power of roughly $85k in an average-cost state. 62.9% of Maryland clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).

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

7.2/ 10
Listing-based score

Top 10% in Psychiatry (Social Work)

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About Kennedy Krieger Institute

Hospitals and Health Care
Columbia, Maryland
11-50 employees

Benefits & Perks

Medical insurance
Dental insurance
Vision insurance
401k with match
Tuition reimbursement
Student debt relief program
Free parking
Child care subsidies