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Newport Healthcare
Brooklyn Park, Minnesota

Social Worker, Inpatient PRN

Social WorkerPer Diem

Listed compensation

$33-$40/hr

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Schedule not stated in this posting — no days, weekends, call or nights given.

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Job Description

What You’ll Do

As an Inpatient Social Worker, you will be at the heart of our treatment efforts, collaborating daily with Psychiatrists and Therapists as part of the primary treatment team. Your responsibilities will include:

Uphold and apply clinical knowledge and understanding of emotional and behavioral health practices and principles

Assess, plan, implement, and evaluate the psychosocial services for patients and share social work expertise with members of the treatment team within the average length of stay of 7-10 days

Develop and revise treatment and complex hospital discharge plans and communicate these with patients, caretakers, the treatment team, and direct care staff

Provide psychoeducation to patients, caretakers, the treatment team, and direct care staff regarding diagnosis, symptom management, recommendations, discharge plans (including leading discharge meetings), safety plans, patient rights, financial impact issues, and other pertinent patient care matters

Communicate effectively with external providers, agencies, and government and private payer networks to develop relationships and refer patients to the next appropriate levels of care following hospitalization

Lead child, adolescent, and young adult therapy/process groups on the inpatient units

Within the training process, complete Think: Kids: Collaborative Problem Solving (CPS) training and recognize that Kids Do Well If They Can. Participate in using the CPS Assessment and Planning tool to help kids develop skills for their challenging behaviors.

Oriented to ethically provide and advocate for patient-centered, culturally appropriate, age-appropriate care

What Makes You a Great Fit

Requires a Master’s Degree in Social Work. Requires licensure in the State of Minnesota, LGSW required, LICSW preferred.

  • Two years' experience in a mental health care setting preferred.
  • Experience working with children, adolescents and their families strongly preferred.
  • Experience using electronic health records preferred.
  • Knowledge of Microsoft Office products including Word, Outlook, and Teams.
  • Ability to communicate in written and verbal form effectively and efficiently.
  • Ability to coordinate care with relevant staff.
  • Ability to shift between dissimilar tasks smoothly and rapidly.
  • Ability to make effective decisions while in stressful situations and circumstances.

Compensation for this role ranges from $33-$40 per hour, depending on licensure and experience, plus shift differentials.

Key Responsibilities

The social worker will assess, plan, and implement psychosocial services while collaborating with a multidisciplinary treatment team. They are responsible for developing complex discharge plans and facilitating therapy groups for children, adolescents, and young adults.

Requirements

Candidates must hold a Master’s degree in Social Work and possess a valid LGSW or LICSW license in Minnesota. Two years of experience in a mental health setting and experience working with children and families are strongly preferred.

Qualifications

Experience
2+ years of experience

Key Skills

Psychosocial assessmentTreatment planningDischarge planningCrisis interventionCase managementPatient advocacyGroup therapyClinical documentationInterdisciplinary collaboration

Social Worker Career Context

Of the 40 active Social Work listings this role was benchmarked against, 57% are remote, 20% have no call, 73% require no weekends.

The cost-of-living index for Minnesota is 98.6 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)), so the posted ~$76k midpoint carries the purchasing power of roughly $77k in an average-cost state. 63.4% of Minnesota clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).

Social Work by the numbers
MeasureThis jobMarket
Listed pay$69k–$83kSocial Work median $79k (middle half $71k–$90k)17 comparable listings, Nov 2026
Cost-of-living adjusted pay~$77k in purchasing powerMinnesota index 98.6 (US = 100)BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)
Social Work listings in Minnesota92 active6,546 nationallylive on WeekdayDoc, Nov 2026
Work settingon-sitepeers: 57% remote · 20% no call · 73% no weekends40 benchmarked listings
Sign-on & loan repaymentnot statedUS social worker listings (all specialties): 8% state a sign-on bonus (median $5k) · 5% offer loan repayment1,000 active listings, Nov 2026
New Social Work listings2,608 in the last 30 days1,361 the 30 days before (+92%)U.S., first seen on WeekdayDoc, Nov 2026
Sources: WeekdayDoc live listing index, BEA Regional Price Parities (2024); as of Nov 2026. Same values as the Weekday Verdict and Market Insights on this page.

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Work-life snapshot

median 5.1this job 3.0
Better work-life than 20% of Social Work listings

Listing-based score, 0–10, across 6,463 comparable listings. Shaded area = the share scoring below this one.

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About Newport Healthcare

Mental Health Care
1,001-5,000 employees

Benefits & Perks

Shift differentials

Living in Brooklyn Park

Typical 3-bedroom home value
$337k
Typical market rent
$1,558/mo
Residents’ average commute
21 min
Metro price indexU.S. average = 100
104.8
State income tax
Up to 9.8%
Sources & methodology

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

BEA 2024 · Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI metro prices. Housing figures are city-level.

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