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Caldwell, Texas

Director of Behavioral Health - Licensed Social Worker

Social WorkerFull-Time

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Job Description

Signet Health has an opening for a Director of Behavioral Health with our program at St. Joseph's Health Burleson Hospital in Caldwell, Texas.

Signet Health offers a generous and competitive compensation package with unlimited PTO.

If you hold a current unencumbered license as a LPC, LMSW, LMFT, or LCSW and are either licensed in Texas or are able to obtain licensure, we would be delighted to talk with you!

Your Specific Duties as Program Director Will Include

  • Overseeing all day-to-day operations of the psychiatric unit
  • Leading program development with short-term and long-term goals.
  • Ensuring compliance with hospital, state, federal, and licensing agency regulatory standards
  • Establishing relationships with community leaders and service providers to promote / foster the positive reputation of the program.

Requirements/Qualifications

  • Valid Texas license as Masters level social worker or counselor; LMSW, LCSW, LPC, or LMFT.
  • 3+ years of hospital based psychiatric management experience
  • Understanding of and ability to operate under contract management arrangement.
  • Marketing experience, a plus.

Key Responsibilities

The Director of Behavioral Health oversees daily operations of the psychiatric unit and leads program development to meet short-term and long-term goals. They are also responsible for ensuring regulatory compliance and building relationships with community leaders to promote the program.

Requirements

Candidates must hold a valid Texas license as an LMSW, LCSW, LPC, or LMFT. A minimum of 3 years of hospital-based psychiatric management experience is required.

Qualifications

Education
Professional certificate or licensure
Experience
2+ years of experience

Key Skills

Behavioral Health ManagementPsychiatric Unit OperationsCommunity RelationsStrategic PlanningClinical SupervisionHealthcare Administration

Social Worker Career Context

Of the 50 active Social Work listings this role was benchmarked against, 36% are remote, 32% have no call, 84% require no weekends.

The cost-of-living index for Texas is 97.1 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)). 57.7% of Texas clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).

Social Work by the numbers
MeasureThis jobMarket
Cost of livingTexas index 97.1US average = 100BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)
Social Work listings in Texas415 active6,494 nationallylive on WeekdayDoc, Oct 2026
Work settingon-sitepeers: 36% remote · 32% no call · 84% no weekends50 benchmarked listings
Sources: WeekdayDoc live listing index, BEA Regional Price Parities (2024); as of Oct 2026. Same values as the Weekday Verdict and Market Insights on this page.

Location & Logistics

Texas has no state income tax, which can significantly increase take-home pay compared to high-tax states.

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Salary Distribution

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Annual compensation range

Benefits & Perks

28 jobs · 23 employers
401k / retirement match
93%
Sign-on bonus
32%
CME allowance
18%

Share of similar jobs offering each benefit

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Work-life snapshot

median 5.7this job 3.0
Better work-life than 20% of Social Work listings

Listing-based score, 0–10, across 6,499 comparable listings. Shaded area = the share scoring below this one.

Living in Caldwell

Typical 3-bedroom home value
$274k
Median resident rent
$950/mo
Residents’ average commute
19 min
Metro price indexU.S. average = 100
91.0
State income tax
None
Sources & methodology

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

BEA 2024 · College Station-Bryan, TX metro prices. Housing figures are city-level.

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