Social Worker (Travel) - LCSW - $2,034/wk - Oregon City, OR
Listed compensation
$2,034/wk
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Job Description
Social Worker (Travel) - LCSW - Oregon City, OR
VitalHire is hiring a travel Social Worker (LCSW) for an acute care hospital in Oregon City, OR.
Contract Details
- Weekly pay: $2,034/wk
- Stipend: includes a housing and meals stipend of up to $1,519/wk where eligible (GSA FY2027 max for this location)
- Shift: Day (5x8 Hours) 8:00 16:30 / Night (5x8 Hours) 16:00 0:00; Day (4x10 Hours) 7:00 17:00 / Night (4x10 Hours) 16:00 2:00
- Duration: 26 weeks
- Start date: 11/16/2026
- Openings: 2
About the Assignment
- Will position float between units: Yes
- Are weekends required? Yes alternating weekends
- What are expected ratios? 1:16
- Special requirements: Floating between 3 sister hospitals; acute behavioral health emergent assessments and care management experience preferred.
- Charting: Epic
- Overtime: 40 total hours in 1 week: 1.3%
Requirements
- Active license/certification for OR (compact accepted where applicable) and the LCSW specialty
- 1-2 years of recent LCSW experience
- Active LCSW license for the state, BLS if required
Key Responsibilities
The Social Worker will provide acute behavioral health emergent assessments and care management across multiple hospital units. Responsibilities include floating between three sister hospitals and maintaining accurate patient records using Epic software.
Qualifications
- Education
- Professional certificate or licensure
- Experience
- 2+ years of experience
Key Skills
Social Worker Career Context
Of the 33 active Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) listings this role was benchmarked against, 27% are remote, 55% have no call, 70% require no weekends.
The cost-of-living index for Oregon is 103.4 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)), so the posted ~$106k midpoint carries the purchasing power of roughly $102k in an average-cost state. 62.0% of Oregon clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).
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Living in Oregon City
- Typical 3-bedroom home value
- $560k
- Typical market rent
- $1,991/mo
- Metro price indexU.S. average = 100
- 105.4
- State income tax
- Up to 9.9%
Sources & methodology
Sources: Zillow home values (Aug 2026), Zillow market rents (Aug 2026).
BEA 2024 · Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA metro prices. Housing figures are city-level.
City-level figures. Not a cost-of-living guarantee.