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GuideStar Eldercare
Louisville, Kentucky

Clinical Therapist (LCSW or LPCC)

Social WorkerFull-Time

Compensation

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Posted 1mo ago

Job Description

As a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) or Licensed Mental Health Counselor (LMHC) with GuideStar Eldercare you will provide neurobehavioral health services to residents in long-term care facilities. Using a multi-disciplinary approach, you will partner with specialty clinicians to provide holistic, continuity of care for elderly individuals who are afflicted with neurocognitive disorders and other neurologic and/or psychiatric conditions.

What You Will Do

  • Provide evaluation
  • Provide condition-specific support therapy, or when indicated, insight-based therapy
  • Coordinate the patient’s care plan with the facility, PCP and GuideStar colleagues, and engage with the family as indicated.

Required Qualifications

  • Ability to work as part of an interdisciplinary treatment team
  • Good time management skills
  • Able to function autonomously with regional Area Manager support
  • Master’s degree in Mental Health Counseling or in Social Work
  • Currently licensed as an LMHC or LCSW in the state in which you are applying

Preferred Skills

  • Passion for geriatrics
  • Experience in inpatient settings such as extended care facilities
  • Experience with brief bedside assessment screens (cognitive, mood, etc.)
  • Motivated by productivity-based positions
  • Ability to navigate and document on an Electronic Medical Record (EMR) system

Benefits

  • Industry competitive salary with additional income potential through productivity bonus
  • Excellent benefits package, including medical, dental, vision, 401K
  • Employee’s medical premiums are 100% company paid
  • Annual CME/CEU reimbursement up to $1,500
  • 60-day new-hire training program
  • Four (4) weeks paid time off
  • Seven (7) paid holidays
  • State licensing reimbursement
  • Company provided medical malpractice insurance

All GuideStar employees must be vaccinated against the Flu. GuideStar follows all applicable laws; contact humanresources@guidestareldercare.com for more information. Testing for illegal drugs will be administered to all final candidates for whom an offer of employment has been extended.

How to Apply

If you are interested in working with the geriatric population, have a passion for neurobehavioral science, and a desire to make a difference in a population struggling with dementia and other neurodegenerative and psychiatric disorders, click on the “apply now” button to forward your resume or contact us at careers@guidestareldercare.com for more information.

Key Responsibilities

Provide neurobehavioral health services and condition-specific support therapy to elderly residents in long-term care facilities. Coordinate patient care plans with interdisciplinary teams, families, and primary care providers.

Requirements

Requires a Master’s degree in Mental Health Counseling or Social Work and current licensure as an LMHC or LCSW. Candidates must be able to work autonomously within an interdisciplinary team and navigate electronic medical records.

Qualifications

Education
Professional certificate or licensure
Experience
2+ years of experience

Key Skills

Clinical therapyGeriatric careCase managementPsychiatric assessmentDementia careInterdisciplinary collaborationCare planning

Geriatrics — Social Worker Career Context

Of the 40 active Social Worker listings this role was benchmarked against, 83% are remote, 30% have no call, 57% require no weekends.

Social Worker pay on WeekdayDoc is up 2.8% vs. the prior quarter (through Sep 2026).

Social Worker by the numbers
MeasureThis jobMarket
Listed paynot listedSocial Worker median $73k (middle half $65k–$84k)285 comparable listings, Oct 2026
Cost of livingKentucky index 90.2US average = 100BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)
Social Worker listings in Kentucky93 active7,214 nationallylive on WeekdayDoc, Oct 2026
Work settingon-sitepeers: 83% remote · 30% no call · 57% no weekends40 benchmarked listings
Sign-on & loan repaymentsign-on bonusUS Social Worker listings: 8% state a sign-on bonus (median $5k) · 7% offer loan repayment7,214 active listings, Oct 2026
Social Worker pay trend+2.8% vs prior quarter—through Sep 2026
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.

Top Social Worker Jobs

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Salary Distribution

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Annual compensation range

Benefits & Perks

29 jobs · 13 employers
401k / retirement match
90% this job
Sign-on bonus
72% this job
CME allowance
38% this job
Loan repayment
7%

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Work-life snapshot

median 5.1this job 3.0
Below most Geriatrics (Social Work) listings for work-life

Listing-based score, 0–10, across 30 comparable listings. Shaded area = the share scoring below this one.

GuideStar Eldercare logo

About GuideStar Eldercare

Medical Practices
Crown Point, Indiana
51-200 employees

Benefits & Perks

Industry competitive salary with productivity bonus
Medical, dental, vision, 401K
Employee medical premiums 100% company paid
Annual CME/CEU reimbursement up to $1,500
60-day new-hire training program
Four weeks paid time off
Seven paid holidays
State licensing reimbursement

Living in Louisville

Typical 3-bedroom home value
$276k
Typical market rent
$1,330/mo
Metro price indexU.S. average = 100
93.1
State income tax
Up to 4.5%
Sources & methodology

Sources: Zillow home values (Sep 2026), Zillow market rents (Sep 2026).

BEA 2024 · Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN metro prices. Housing figures are city-level.

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