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Texas Health Resources
Cleburne, Texas

Care Transition Social Worker - Full Time Days

Social WorkerIncludes callIncludes weekendsFull-Time

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Posted 2mo ago

Job Description

  • Care Transition Manager Social Worker LMSW/LCSW
  • Bring your passion to Texas Health so we are Better + Together
  • Work location: Texas Health Cleburne 201 Walls Dr. Cleburne, TX 76033
  • Work hours: Full Time Days - Between 8:00 am - 5p Occasional weekends required

Department Highlights

  • Robust Unit Based Council (UBC) and engaged leadership team
  • The Care Transition team ensures that patients are transitioned to appropriate level of care in a timely and effective manner. Provides education, care and resources to patients across various specialties to identify transition needs and discuss post- acute care options
  • Manageable Case Load
  • Team that works together to ensure work life balance for all

Here’s What You Need

  • Master's Degree Social Work Required (Individuals hired as a CTSW prior to May 11, 2017, will be grandfathered to the CTSW position with BSW, at the entity they were employed at on May 11, 2017)
  • 3 Years’ experience in hospital/medical social work Preferred
  • 1 Year discharge planning/care management Preferred
  • LMSW - Licensed Master Social Worker Upon Hire Required Or

LCSW - Licensed Clinical Social Worker Upon Hire Required

  • CPR - Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation Upon Hire Required
  • ACM - Accredited Case Manager Upon Hire Preferred
  • CCM - Certified Case Manager Upon Hire Preferred Or

Other ANCC Upon Hire Preferred

What You Will Do

  • Working knowledge of medical necessity criteria preferred
  • Knowledge of Microsoft Outlook and Office (Word, Excel)
  • Customer service skills
  • Ability to engage in complex clinical decision-making and discharge planning
  • Strong oral and written communication skills
  • Strong commitment to interdisciplinary collaboration
  • Critical thinking, analysis and conflict resolution skills
  • Psychosocial and crisis intervention skills
  • Ability to prioritize and meet deadlines
  • Identify community resources and service needs and facilitate appropriate referrals as needed.
  • Responsible for ensuring patients are transitioned to appropriate levels of care in a timely and effective manner.
  • Reviews the Texas Health Readmission Indicator List (THRIL) scores daily for all assigned patients and collaborates with the interdisciplinary team to identify high risk patients whose THRIL score may not have indicated appropriately.
  • Promotes discussion and assists in the identification of a primary care physician (PCP) for patients without a PCP
  • Completes Transition Evaluations on patients within 24 hours of identification and begins discharge planning

Additional perks of being a Texas Health Social Worker

  • Benefits include 401k, discounts in the cafeteria.
  • A supportive, team environment with outstanding opportunities for growth.
  • Explore our Texas Health careers site for info like Benefits, Job Listings by Category, recent Awards we’ve won and more.

Do you still have questions or concerns? Feel free to email your questions to recruitment@texashealth.org.

Key Responsibilities

The Care Transition Social Worker ensures patients are transitioned to the appropriate level of care in a timely and effective manner. They collaborate with interdisciplinary teams to manage discharge planning, identify high-risk patients, and facilitate community resource referrals.

Requirements

Candidates must hold a Master's degree in Social Work and possess an active LMSW or LCSW license. Preferred qualifications include three years of hospital social work experience and relevant case management certifications.

Qualifications

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

Key Skills

Psychosocial assessmentCommunity resource identificationMicrosoft OfficeOral communication

Social Worker Career Context

Of the 50 active Social Work listings this role was benchmarked against, 50% are remote, 32% have no call, 56% require no weekends.

Social Work pay on WeekdayDoc is up 1.8% vs. the prior quarter (through Sep 2026).

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).

Location & Logistics

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

Top Social Worker Jobs

47 matches · ranked by pay

Salary Distribution47 jobs · 37 employers

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<$85k
14
$85k-105k
9
$105k-125k
9
$125k-145k
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$146k

Annual compensation range

Benefits & Perks34 jobs

401k / retirement match
94% this job
CME allowance
41%
Sign-on bonus
26%
Loan repayment
15%
PSLF eligible
9%

Share of similar jobs offering each benefit

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Adelphi Staffing · White Plains, New York

$70/hr
#2

Licensed Independent Clinical Social Worker (LICSW)

LifeStance Health · Vancouver, Washington

$123k-$141k
#3

Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW)

$123k-$141k
#4

Clinical Supervisor - CA - LPCC and LCSW

$57.95 - $67.22/hr
+ 45 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 6,470 comparable listings. Shaded area = the share scoring below this one.

  • On-site
  • Includes call
  • Includes weekends

Living in Cleburne

Typical 3-bedroom home value
$256k
Typical market rent
$1,410/mo
Residents’ average commute
25 min
Metro price indexU.S. average = 100
103.1
State income tax
None
Sources & methodology

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

BEA 2024 · Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX metro prices. Housing figures are city-level.

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

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About Texas Health Resources

Hospitals and Health Care
Arlington, Texas
10,000+ employees

Benefits & Perks

401k
Discounts in cafeteria
Supportive team environment
Opportunities for growth