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Colorado Springs, Colorado

THERAPIST (MA/MSW) PRN as needed

Social WorkerPer Diem

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$45/hour

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Job Description

Responsibilities

Cedar Springs Hospital is seeking a talented PRN Inpatient Therapist to join our team of dedicated healthcare professionals!

PRN as needed

Minimum Salary: 45.00/HR

About Cedar Springs Hospital: At Cedar Springs Hospital, our mission is to deliver the highest quality services to individuals and their families who are dealing with the ramifications of mental illness or substance abuse.

Our formula for successful treatment includes innovative services using a level of care that is appropriate to each illness, individually tailored programs and highly qualified mental health professionals.

Cedar Springs is dedicated to providing quality, multidisciplinary behavioral health care services to children, adolescents, adults and their families.

Responsibilities

The therapist role is designed to provide individual, group, and family therapy to clients within the acute care, residential or outpatient settings.

Additionally, therapists have the primary responsibility for treatment and discharge planning and interface with community agencies and referral sources throughout the client's course of treatment.

As the Acute Care Social Worker, this individual will have oversight of all social work functions for acute patients and staff. This would include Psychosocial Assessments, Treatment Plans and Active Treatment, Discharge Planning, and social work personnel.

Benefit Highlights

  • Challenging and rewarding work environment
  • Competitive Compensation & Generous Paid Time Off
  • Excellent Medical, Dental, Vision and Prescription Drug Plans
  • 401(K) with company match and discounted stock plan
  • SoFi Student Loan Refinancing Program
  • Career development opportunities within UHS and its 300+ Subsidiaries! · More information is available on our Benefits Guest Website: benefits.uhsguest.com

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Qualifications

Requirements: Requires strong organizational and communication skills, working knowledge of personal computer, ability to maintain confidentiality. Able to complete required clinical paperwork according to established protocol and regulatory agency requirements. Must be able to maintain professional and appropriate boundaries with clients and families. Ability to act professionally in high stress situations.

Skills

Requires strong organizational and communication skills, working knowledge of personal computer, ability to maintain confidentiality. Able to complete required paperwork according to established protocol and regulatory agency requirements. Must be able to maintain professional and appropriate boundaries with clients and families. Ability to act professionally in high stress situations.

Education/Experience

Masters degree in a counseling related field, MSW, LCSW, LPCC, LPC, licensed or seeking licensure in the State of Colorado. One year clinical experience working with one of the following populations: Children, Adolescent, or Adult

PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS: Must be able to lift and carry up to 50 pounds. Requires full range of body motion including handling and physical restraint of patients. Ability to perform CPR and first aid. Ability to work rotating schedules. Ability to drive a vehicle if necessary. Must be able to speak, read and write. Emotional stability necessary to perform the essential functions of the job. Vision and hearing sufficient to perform the essential functions of the job.

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Qualifications

Education
Master's degree (postgraduate degree)

Key Skills

Individual therapyGroup therapyTreatment planningCrisis interventionClinical documentationOrganizational skillsPatient restraintBoundary setting

Social Worker Career Context

In Colorado, the Social Work weighted monthly median benchmark on WeekdayDoc is ~$82k (141 salary observations; 383 listings), vs ~$81k nationally (4,412 salary observations; 19,550 listings). Monthly aggregates cover 2026-01-01 through 2026-10-01; these are not the modal's selected comparable-job medians.

Of the 40 active Social Work listings this role was benchmarked against, 28% are remote, 23% have no call, 53% require no weekends.

The cost-of-living index for Colorado is 103.1 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)). 60.9% of Colorado clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).

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CME allowance
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PSLF eligible
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Sign-on bonus
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Work-life snapshot

median 6.0this job 1.5
Below most Social Work listings for work-life

Listing-based score, 0–10, across 6,480 comparable listings. Shaded area = the share scoring below this one.

Living in Colorado Springs

Typical 3-bedroom home value
$402k
Typical market rent
$1,740/mo
Residents’ average commute
23 min
Metro price indexU.S. average = 100
100.7
State income tax
Up to 4.4%
Sources & methodology

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

BEA 2024 · Colorado Springs, CO metro prices. Housing figures are city-level.

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

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Benefits & Perks

Competitive Compensation
Generous Paid Time Off
Medical, Dental, Vision and Prescription Drug Plans
401(K) with company match and discounted stock plan
SoFi Student Loan Refinancing Program
Career development opportunities within UHS and its 300+ Subsidiaries