Social Worker (Travel) - MSW - $2,173/wk - Mission Viejo, CA
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$2,173/wk
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Job Description
Social Worker (Travel) - MSW - Mission Viejo, CA
VitalHire is hiring a travel Social Worker (MSW) for an acute care hospital in Mission Viejo, CA.
Contract Details
- Weekly pay: $2,173/wk
- Stipend: includes a housing and meals stipend of up to $1,995/wk where eligible (GSA FY2027 max for this location)
- Shift: Day (5x8 Hours) 8:00 16:30
- Duration: 13 weeks
- Start date: 11/9/2026
- Openings: 2
About the Assignment
- - Floating Expectation: Laguna Facility
- - First Time Traveler: HARDSTOP NO 1ST TIME TRAVELER
- - Ratios: Caseload of 20-23 patients
- - Years of experience 1 full year of acute care experience is required redirect if they do not have.
- - Weekend REQ: variable 5-day workweek with department operations occurring 7 days per week. Days off will vary and are not guaranteed to be back-to-back, although every
- - CA state license: No
- - Weekend REQ: variable 5-day workweek with department operations occurring 7 days per week. Days off will vary and are not guaranteed to be back-to-back, although every e
- Overtime: 8 regular hours in a day OR 40 regular hours in 1 week: 1.3%
Requirements
- Active license/certification for CA (compact accepted where applicable) and the MSW specialty
- 1-2 years of recent MSW experience
- MSW degree (state licensure as required), BLS if required
Key Responsibilities
The Social Worker will manage a caseload of 20-23 patients in an acute care hospital setting. Responsibilities include providing clinical social work services and floating between facilities as required.
Qualifications
- Education
- Master's degree (postgraduate degree)
- Experience
- 2+ years of experience
Key Skills
Social Worker Career Context
In California, the Social Work weighted monthly median benchmark on WeekdayDoc is ~$96k (973 salary observations; 1,815 listings), vs ~$81k nationally (6,804 salary observations; 21,168 listings). Monthly aggregates cover 2025-12-01 through 2026-10-01; these are not the modal's selected comparable-job medians.
Of the 50 active Social Work listings this role was benchmarked against, 30% are remote, 32% have no call, 76% require no weekends.
The cost-of-living index for California is 110.7 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)), so the posted ~$113k midpoint carries the purchasing power of roughly $102k in an average-cost state. 63.6% of California clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).
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