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Los Angeles, California

Medical Social Worker

Social WorkerNo weekendsNo nightsFull-Time

Listed compensation

$32.56-$53.71/hr

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Job Description

SUMMARY: Provides psychotherapeutic services and dispositional planning activities to inpatient and outpatient populations populations of Saint Anne's Hospital.

Brown University Health employees are expected to successfully role model the organization's values of Compassion, Accountability, Respect, and Excellence as these values guide our everyday actions with patients, customers and one another.

In addition to our values, all employees are expected to demonstrate the core Success Factors which tell us how we work together and how we get things done.

The core Success Factors include: Instill Trust and Value Differences Patient and Community Focus and Collaborate RESPONSIBILITIES: 0 MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS: REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS: One to three years in a medical or health care setting preferred Assessment and brief goal directed counseling skills EDUCATION: MSW from an accredited graduate school of social work MA Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW)

Pay Range

$32.56-$53.71

EEO Statement

Brown University Health is committed to providing equal employment opportunities and maintaining a work environment free from all forms of unlawful discrimination and harassment.

Location: Saint Annes Hospital - 795 Middle Street Fall River, Massachusetts 02721

Work Type

8a-430p

Work Shift

Day

Daily Hours

8 hours

Driving Required

No

Key Responsibilities

Provides psychotherapeutic services and dispositional planning activities to inpatient and outpatient populations. Collaborates with the healthcare team to ensure patient-centered care and support organizational values.

Requirements

Requires a Master of Social Work (MSW) degree and a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) credential. One to three years of experience in a medical or healthcare setting is preferred.

Qualifications

Education
Master's degree (postgraduate degree)

Key Skills

Medical social workPatient careClinical social work

Work-Life Balance Analysis

WeekdayDoc's proprietary algorithm rates Medical Social Worker at Brown Medicine 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 6,488 active Social Work listings on WeekdayDoc. Contributing factors include no weekend requirements, no night shifts.

Social Worker Career Context

In California, the Social Work weighted monthly median benchmark on WeekdayDoc is ~$94k (171 salary observations; 323 listings), vs ~$83k nationally (1,219 salary observations; 3,390 listings). Monthly aggregates cover 2026-01-01 through 2026-10-01; these are not the modal's selected comparable-job medians.

Of the 50 active Social Work listings this role was benchmarked against, 48% are remote, 32% have no call, 58% require no weekends.

The cost-of-living index for California is 110.7 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)), so the posted ~$90k midpoint carries the purchasing power of roughly $81k in an average-cost state. 63.6% of California clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).

Top Social Worker Jobs

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Salary Distribution34 jobs · 29 employers

7
<$90k
10
$90k-105k
8
$105k-120k
6
$120k-135k
3
$135k+

Annual compensation range

Benefits & Perks33 jobs · 29 employers

401k / retirement match
88%
CME allowance
33%
Sign-on bonus
27%
Loan repayment
24%
PSLF eligible
12%

Share of similar jobs offering each benefit

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$123k-$141k
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Work-life snapshot

median 6.0this job 6.4
Better work-life than 60% of Social Work listings

Listing-based score, 0–10, across 6,488 comparable listings. Shaded area = the share scoring below this one.

  • No weekends
  • No nights
  • On-site

Living in Los Angeles

Typical 3-bedroom home value
$923k
Typical market rent
$2,778/mo
Residents’ average commute
31 min
Metro price indexU.S. average = 100
113.6
State income tax
Up to 13.3%
Sources & methodology

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

BEA 2024 · Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA metro prices. Housing figures are city-level.

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