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Viva Health
Birmingham, Alabama · Hybrid

Social Worker, Case Manager

Social Worker 8.4 Work-LifeNo weekendsNo nightsFull-Time

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Posted 5mo ago

Job Description

Social Workers!

VIVA HEALTH, ranked one of the nation's Best Places to Work by Modern Healthcare, is currently seeking a Social Worker, Case Manager in Birmingham, AL!

VIVA HEALTH knows that social work is not just a job, it is a calling. If you would like to fulfill your calling in healthcare, check us out! We offer regular hours with no mandatory nights or weekends. This way you can do what you love at work and can take care of the people you love at home! We also offer a great benefits package including tuition reimbursement for employees and dependents, paid parental leave, and paid day for community service, just to name a few!

VIVA HEALTH employees are a part of the communities they serve and proudly partner with members on their healthcare journeys. Come join our team!

Social Worker, Case Managers use psychosocial and/or clinical knowledge to provide non-clinical services for Medicaid recipients to improve the medical compliance and health outcomes of the populations served.

This position identifies barriers to medical compliance such as lack of transportation, illiteracy, or other social determinants that impact a member’s health, and ensures services are delivered and continuity of care is maintained.

The position analyzes the home and community environment and makes autonomous decisions regarding appropriate care plans and goals using a thorough knowledge of available community resources. These services are provided primarily in community and home settings via phone and/or in person.

Local daytime travel is required via a reliable means of transportation insured following Company policy. This position will have work-from-home opportunities.

Please note that for this position, Viva Health can ONLY consider candidates who reside in one of the following Alabama counties: Jefferson or Shelby.

Required

  • Licensed BSW
  • Current SW license in good standing with the State of Alabama board
  • Valid driver's license in good standing
  • Two years in a community-based clinical role

Preferred

  • Licensed MSW
  • Experience in case management, human services, public health, or experience with the underinsured population
  • Ceritified Case Management

Also requires willingness to submit to vaccine testing and screening, and may require significant face-to-face member contact with duties performed away from the principal place of business.

All positions require excellent interview and telephone skills as well as the ability to deal with recipients in a caring and helpful manner. The Case Managers should have a working knowledge of health-related service delivery systems and excellent communication and relationship skills.

This position requires the ability to analyze varied environmental factors to members' well-being and work independently in an autonomous setting and the ability to locate, augment, and develop resources, including information on services offered by other agencies.

Key Responsibilities

The Case Manager provides non-clinical services to Medicaid recipients to improve health outcomes and medical compliance. They identify social determinants of health and develop care plans while working in community and home settings.

Requirements

Candidates must hold a BSW and a current Alabama social work license with at least two years of community-based clinical experience. A valid driver's license and residency in Jefferson or Shelby County, Alabama, are also required.

Qualifications

Experience
2+ years of experience

Key Skills

Care planningCommunity resource coordinationInterviewingRelationship buildingCommunication skills

Work-Life Balance Analysis

WeekdayDoc's proprietary algorithm rates Social Worker, Case Manager at Viva Health a 8.4 out of 10 for work-life balance — classified as excellent. This places the position in the top 5% in Social Work Case Manager — ranked against 101 active Social Work Case Manager listings on WeekdayDoc. Contributing factors include no weekend requirements, no night shifts, remote work flexibility.

Social Worker Career Context

Of the 50 active Social Work listings this role was benchmarked against, 48% are remote, 22% have no call, 60% require no weekends — this position is remote.

The cost-of-living index for Alabama is 88.8 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)). 60.3% of Alabama clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).

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401k / retirement match
86%
Sign-on bonus
43%
CME allowance
32%
Loan repayment
14% this job
PSLF eligible
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  • No weekends
  • No nights
  • Hybrid
  • Remote
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About Viva Health

Insurance
Birmingham, Alabama
201-500 employees

Benefits & Perks

Tuition reimbursement for employees and dependents
Paid parental leave
Paid day for community service