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UMass Memorial Health
Clinton, Massachusetts

Medical Social Worker, LICSW, Health Alliance Clinton, per diem

Social WorkerNo weekendsNo nightsPer Diem

Listed compensation

$32.06-$57.7/hr

The week · per this postingWeekdays only

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Posted 54m ago · Verified live

Job Description

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Exemption Status

Non-Exempt

Hiring Range

  • $32.06 - $57.70
  • (based on a full time schedule of 40 hours per week).

Please note that the final offer will vary based on scheduled hours. Compensation for part-time or reduced schedules will be prorated based on scheduled weekly hours, experience, skills, qualifications, and internal equity considerations.

Schedule Details

Sunday through Saturday

Scheduled Hours

8-430pm

Shift: 1 - Day Shift, 8 Hours (United States of America)

Hours: 0

Cost Center

  • 24070 - 4400 Social Services
  • This position may have a signing bonus available a member of the Recruitment Team will confirm eligibility during the interview process.

Everyone Is a Caregiver

At UMass Memorial Health, everyone is a caregiver – regardless of their title or responsibilities. Exceptional patient care, academic excellence and leading-edge research make UMass Memorial the premier health system of Central Massachusetts, and a place where we can help you build the career you deserve.

We are more than 20,000 employees, working together as one health system in a relentless pursuit of healing for our patients, community and each other. And everyone, in their own unique way, plays an important part, every day.

Performs a variety of duties involving patient assessment, psychotherapy and coordination of services. Collaborates as a member of inter-disciplinary treatment team for the development and delivery of treatment plan and discharge plans for patients.

I. Major Responsibilities:

1. Conducts intake interviews with patients and families to develop psychosocial evaluations.

2. Participates in team planning of treatment during initial interview and coordinates team meeting on a daily basis.

3. Provides psycho-social assessments and treatments, individual and group education/therapy to include dual diagnosis cases and all associated social work services.

4. Serves as a primary clinician for individual therapy, couples and family therapy.

5. Works with outpatient providers to coordinate treatment planning.

6. Documents all information obtained in evaluation, assessment, consultation, referral and disposition to comply with regulatory requirements, as well as ensuring best possible patient outcome.

7. Coordinates discharge planning which includes the assessment of housing, benefits and treatment needs. Plays key role in case management.

8. Acts as liaison with community and government agencies and develop referral network as directed.

Standard Staffing Level Responsibilities

1. Complies with established departmental policies, procedures and objectives.

2. Attends variety of meetings, conferences, seminars as required or directed.

3. Demonstrates use of Quality Improvement in daily operations.

4. Complies with all health and safety regulations and requirements.

5. Respects diverse views and approaches, demonstrates Standards of Respect, and contributes to creating and maintaining an environment of professionalism, tolerance, civility and acceptance toward all employees, patients and visitors.

6. Maintains, regular, reliable, and predictable attendance.

7. Performs other similar and related duties as required or directed.

  • All responsibilities are essential job functions.
  • II. Position Qualifications:

License/Certification/Education

Required

1. Masters degree in Social Work.

2. Current Massachusetts Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LICSW) licensure.

Experience/Skills

Required

1. One to three years of social work experience

2. Demonstrated ability in psychosocial assessment, knowledge of community resources, crisis intervention skills, ability in discharge planning, and ability to work with a multidisciplinary team.

3. Data compilation and analysis skills.

4. Excellent written and communications skills.

5. Basic computer skills.

Unless certification, licensure or registration is required, an equivalent combination of education and experience which provides proficiency in the areas of responsibility listed in this description may be substituted for the above requirements.

Department-specific competencies and their measurements will be developed and maintained in the individual departments. The competencies will be maintained and attached to the departmental job description. Responsible managers will review competencies with position incumbents.

III. Physical Demands and Environmental Conditions:

Position requires work indoors most often in an office environment. However, work may also include monitoring patients’ movements and activities resulting in the need for rapid physical response to unsafe patient movements. This includes standing, walking, running, reaching, bending, lifting, and stooping.

Primary setting: geri-psych unit but may be asked to address needs with patients in an alternate level of care within the building.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or protected veteran status.

We’re striving to make respect a part of everything we do at UMass Memorial Health – for our patients, our community and each other. Our six Standards of Respect are: Acknowledge, Listen, Communicate, Be Responsive, Be a Team Player and Be Kind. If you share these Standards of Respect, we hope you will join our team and help us make respect our standard for everyone, every day.

As an equal opportunity and affirmative action employer, UMass Memorial Health recognizes the power of a diverse community and encourages applications from individuals with varied experiences, perspectives and backgrounds. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability, gender identity and expression, protected veteran status or other status protected by law.

If you are unable to submit an application because of incompatible assistive technology or a disability, please contact us at talentacquisition@umassmemorial.org. We will make every effort to respond to your request for disability assistance as soon as possible.

Key Responsibilities

The Medical Social Worker performs patient assessments, provides psychotherapy, and coordinates treatment and discharge plans. They also act as a liaison with community agencies and participate in inter-disciplinary treatment team meetings.

Requirements

Candidates must hold a Master's degree in Social Work and a current Massachusetts LICSW license. The role requires one to three years of social work experience and proficiency in psychosocial assessment and crisis intervention.

Qualifications

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

Key Skills

Group therapyInterdisciplinary collaborationData analysisWritten communicationVerbal communicationReferral networking

Work-Life Balance Analysis

WeekdayDoc's proprietary algorithm rates Medical Social Worker, LICSW, Health Alliance Clinton, per diem at UMass Memorial Health a 6.4 out of 10 for work-life balance — classified as good. This places the position in the Above average in Social Work — ranked against 6,463 active Social Work listings on WeekdayDoc. Contributing factors include no weekend requirements, no night shifts.

Social Worker Career Context

Of the 40 active Social Work listings this role was benchmarked against, 33% are remote, 23% have no call, 60% require no weekends.

The cost-of-living index for Massachusetts is 105.8 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)), so the posted ~$93k midpoint carries the purchasing power of roughly $88k in an average-cost state. 63.2% of Massachusetts clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).

Social Work by the numbers
MeasureThis jobMarket
Work-life score6.4 / 10 · above average in social workranked against 6,463 Social Work listingslisting-based score, 0–10
Listed pay$67k–$120kSocial Work median $58k (middle half $44k–$63k)17 comparable listings, Oct 2026
Cost-of-living adjusted pay~$88k in purchasing powerMassachusetts index 105.8 (US = 100)BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)
Social Work listings in Massachusetts206 active6,561 nationallylive on WeekdayDoc, Oct 2026
Work settingon-sitepeers: 33% remote · 23% no call · 60% no weekends40 benchmarked listings
Sign-on & loan repaymentsign-on bonusMassachusetts Social Worker listings: 20% state a sign-on bonus (median $8k) · 10% offer loan repayment240 active listings, Oct 2026
Sources: WeekdayDoc live listing index (6,463 Social Work listings), BEA Regional Price Parities (2024); as of Oct 2026. Same values as the Weekday Verdict and Market Insights on this page.

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Better work-life than 70% of Social Work listings

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  • No weekends
  • No nights

Living in Clinton

Typical 3-bedroom home value
$469k
Typical market rent
$1,990/mo
Residents’ average commute
29 min
State income tax
Up to 5%
Sources & methodology

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

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