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Baton Rouge, Louisiana

Social Worker 2 - LMSW PRN Premium

Social WorkerIncludes callPer Diem

Compensation

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Job Description

The Social Worker LMSW conducts psychosocial evaluations, provides individual and group psychotherapy, care management services and discharge planning.

Develops and implements patient treatment plans and participates in treatment team conferences. Relies on education, experience and judgment to accomplish job. Works under supervision required by regulation and licensing board.

Creativity and some latitude is expected to complete responsibilities.

Our Lady of the Lake is uniquely capable of caring for a full range of illness or injury, including those that are extremely complex, for both pediatric and adult patients. Our family of services includes:

  • An 988-bed hospital and the area’s only Level II Trauma Center
  • A freestanding Children's Hospital
  • A 545-provider care network covering more than 40 specialties
  • Two free-standing emergency rooms—Our Lady of the Lake Livingston and Our Lady of the Lake North
  • A network of nearly 15 urgent care clinics
  • Outpatient imaging and surgery centers
  • Assumption Community Hospital
  • Franciscan Missionaries of Our Lady University
  • Our Lady of the Lake Ascension, a 78-bed, community hospital providing emergency, inpatient, outpatient, and surgical services to Ascension Parish and surrounding areas

We serve 38,000 inpatients and 820,000 outpatients annually and are committed to building a healthy community through excellence in patient care and education. A part of FMOL Health, Our Lady of the Lake is consistently awarded for compassionate care, clinical expertise, leading edge technology and innovation.

Key Responsibilities

The Social Worker LMSW is responsible for conducting psychosocial evaluations, providing psychotherapy, and managing care and discharge planning for patients. This role also involves developing and implementing patient treatment plans and participating in treatment team conferences.

Requirements

Candidates must possess a Master's Degree and hold a license such as LMSW, LCSW, PLPC, or LPC. Required training includes Crisis Intervention within 90 days and BLS certification, along with proficiency in English communication and basic computer skills.

Qualifications

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

Key Skills

Individual PsychotherapyTreatment Plan DevelopmentTreatment Team ParticipationEnglish ProficiencyVerbal CommunicationWritten Communication

Social Worker Career Context

Of the 50 active Social Work listings this role was benchmarked against, 46% are remote, 26% have no call, 62% require no weekends.

The cost-of-living index for Louisiana is 88.2 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)). 60.8% of Louisiana clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).

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Annual compensation range

Benefits & Perks27 jobs

401k / retirement match
93%
Sign-on bonus
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CME allowance
26%
Loan repayment
15%
PSLF eligible
11%

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Work-life snapshot

median 4.8this job 3.0
Better work-life than 20% of Master Social Worker (LMSW) listings

Listing-based score, 0–10, across 237 comparable listings. Shaded area = the share scoring below this one.

  • Includes call

Living in Baton Rouge

Typical 3-bedroom home value
$239k
Typical market rent
$1,333/mo
Residents’ average commute
21 min
Metro price indexU.S. average = 100
90.8
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 · Baton Rouge, LA metro prices. Housing figures are city-level.

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