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Dearborn, Michigan

SOCIAL WORKER - FULL-TIME

Social WorkerIncludes weekendsFull-Time

Compensation

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Posted 1mo ago

Job Description

Responsibilities

Social Worker

  • FULL-TIME
  • Metropolitan Behavioral Health (a UHS Facility)

Metropolitan Behavioral Hospital,144-bed behavioral health facility, provides a full continuum of inpatient services across the entire patient population, including specialty programs to serve adolescents, adults and older adults, and perform behavioral health assessments 24 hours a day.

Additionally, programs for co-occurring behavioral health and substance use issues will be offered to meet the unique needs of this patient population. The facility provides a robust outpatient program utilizing a combination of group, family and individual therapy.

For more information, please visit our website: metropolitanbh.com

Position Summary

The Social Worker performs social services functions to include assisting patients in meeting their bio-psychosocial needs while enabling them to access through therapeutic treatment skills to achieve their optimal level of emotional health, including providing basic consultation, teaching, complete specialized clinical social work services for patients/families receiving care, crisis intervention, short-term and long-term family therapy, and providing information and referrals as needed.

  • 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
  • Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
  • Career development opportunities within UHS and its 300+ Subsidiaries!
  • More information is available on our Benefits Guest Website: uhsguest.com

About Universal Health Services

One of the nation’s largest and most respected providers of hospital and healthcare services, Universal Health Services, Inc. (NYSE: UHS) has built an impressive record of achievement and performance, growing since its inception into a Fortune 500 corporation.

Headquartered in King of Prussia, PA, UHS has 99,000 employees. Through its subsidiaries, UHS operates 28 acute care hospitals, 331 behavioral health facilities, 60 outpatient and other facilities in 39 U.S. States, Washington, D.C., Puerto Rico and the United Kingdom.

Qualifications

Qualifications

  • Education: MSW or MA in Counseling
  • License: LMSW or LLMSW; LPC or LLPC

Experience

Requires at least 1 to 3 years’ experience in a psychiatric health care facility, with direct experience in family and group therapies, crisis intervention, and treatment skills; must have strong clinical assessment skills. Combination of education, licensure and experience and/ or student internship hours may be considered.

This position is full-time with weekend/holiday rotation.

EEO Statement

All UHS subsidiaries are committed to providing an environment of mutual respect where equal employment opportunities are available to all applicants and teammates. UHS subsidiaries are equal opportunity employers and as such, openly support and fully commit to recruitment, selection, placement, promotion and compensation of individuals without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex (including pregnancy, gender identity, and sexual orientation), genetic information, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.

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If you suspect a fraudulent job posting or job-related email mentioning UHS or its subsidiaries, we encourage you to report such concerns to appropriate law enforcement. We encourage you to refer to legitimate UHS and UHS subsidiary career websites to verify job opportunities and not rely on unsolicited calls from recruiters.

Qualifications

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

Key Skills

Group therapyBehavioral health assessmentBio-psychosocial assessmentTreatment planningReferral coordination

Social Worker Career Context

Of the 50 active Social Work listings this role was benchmarked against, 40% are remote, 18% have no call, 72% 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).

Top Social Worker Jobs

41 matches · ranked by pay

Salary Distribution37 jobs · 32 employers

11
<$75k
14
$75k-100k
2
$120k
10
$125k-150k

Annual compensation range

Benefits & Perks30 jobs

401k / retirement match
90% this job
Sign-on bonus
40%
CME allowance
33%
Loan repayment
17% this job
PSLF eligible
10%

Share of similar jobs offering each benefit

#1

Licensed Clinical Social Worker (Full Time, Day)

NorthBay Health · Fairfield, California

$58.21-$70.76/hr
#2

Licensed Clinical Social Worker (Bilingual)Contract

Adelphi Staffing · White Plains, New York

$70/hr
#3

Licensed Independent Clinical Social Worker (LICSW)

$123k-$141k
#4

Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW)

$123k-$141k
+ 39 more · ranked by pay

Work-life snapshot

median 6.0this job 3.0
Better work-life than 20% of Social Work listings

Listing-based score, 0–10, across 6,572 comparable listings. Shaded area = the share scoring below this one.

  • Includes weekends

Living in Dearborn

Typical 3-bedroom home value
$249k
Typical market rent
$1,805/mo
Residents’ average commute
22 min
Metro price indexU.S. average = 100
100.3
State income tax
Up to 4.3%
Sources & methodology

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

BEA 2024 · Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI metro prices. Housing figures are city-level.

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

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About UHS

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Benefits & Perks

Competitive Compensation
Generous Paid Time Off
Medical Insurance
Dental Insurance
Vision Insurance
Prescription Drug Plans
401(K) with Company Match
Discounted Stock Plan