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Harbor Behavioral Health
Hopkinsville, Kentucky

Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) - Full-Time, Hopkinsville

Social WorkerIncludes weekendsNo callNo nightsFull-Time

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Job Description

Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) — Full-Time, Hopkinsville

$90,000 a year, salaried. $5,000 sign-on bonus. Full-time, on site in Hopkinsville, KY.

About Harbor Behavioral Health Harbor Behavioral Health

HBH is a community-based behavioral health organization rooted in Lexington, Kentucky, with a growing presence in Hopkinsville.

We provide structured, team-based services to adults with serious mental health needs, most of whom live in personal care homes, with a focus on building independence, stability and meaningful community connection.

Our Therapeutic Rehabilitation Program (TRP) pairs licensed clinical staff with Peer Support Specialists in a collaborative, recovery-focused model.

The Job

We're hiring a full-time LCSW for our Hopkinsville program. You'll be on site five days a week. We set your days together, in writing, and one can be a weekend day. No after-hours work, no on-call and no productivity quota.

What You'd Actually Do

Lead groups and spend real time with clients at our program.

Do intakes, including visits to the personal care homes where our clients live.

Own the clinical side of each client's record: assessments, treatment plans, documentation, prior authorizations and renewals, and calls with insurance reviewers.

Work alongside our Peer Support Specialists. Our Hopkinsville site lead runs your performance reviews, and you'll work directly with Harbor's owner.

  • Use our note checker and other AI tools, which make the paperwork fast.
  • How this job will change (we put this in writing)
  • We're growing, so we tell you up front how this job will change:
  • The clinical work for our Hopkinsville clients always comes first.
  • While that work is lighter, you'll lead groups at our program.
  • When our Lexington program needs help, including some weekends, you'll cover its clinical work, mostly remotely, with travel paid when you go.
  • If a wave of new clients arrives, intakes come first.

What You Need

An active, unrestricted Kentucky LCSW license, today. We can't wait on a new license or a transfer from another state.

  • Master's degree in Social Work (MSW) from a CSWE-accredited program
  • Valid driver's license, reliable transportation and current auto insurance
  • Comfort using AI tools in your daily work (drafting, organizing, summarizing)
  • Strong clinical judgment, assessment and documentation skills
  • Ability to work well within an interdisciplinary team
  • A plus
  • Experience working with adults with serious mental illness
  • Familiarity with Kentucky Medicaid documentation and prior authorizations

Already enrolled with Kentucky Medicaid and credentialed with the Medicaid health plans. If you're not, we start that paperwork the day you accept.

Newly licensed LCSWs are encouraged to apply.

Employment is contingent on successful completion of all HBH pre-employment requirements, including background, registry and federal exclusion checks; drug and health screenings; license and education verification; and reference checks.

Pay and Benefits

  • $90,000 a year, salaried
  • $5,000 sign-on bonus: $2,500 at 30 days and $2,500 at 90 days, nothing to pay back
  • $5,000 a year for continuing education, license and certification costs, and conferences
  • Employer-sponsored health insurance, with optional dental and vision coverage
  • Paid time off and paid holidays
  • Mileage paid for work travel at the IRS rate; lodging and meals when you cover Lexington overnight

How We Operate

We hold four things seriously here. We take real responsibility instead of pointing at circumstances when something goes sideways. We stay curious in disagreement instead of digging in. We say the true thing directly to the person it concerns instead of managing around them. And we keep our agreements, or renegotiate them out loud the moment we can't, instead of letting things quietly slide. If that's how you already try to work, you'll fit fast.

Key Responsibilities

The LCSW will lead therapeutic groups, conduct client intakes, and manage clinical documentation including treatment plans and insurance authorizations. The role involves working collaboratively with Peer Support Specialists to provide recovery-focused care to adults with serious mental health needs.

Requirements

Candidates must hold an active, unrestricted Kentucky LCSW license and a Master's degree in Social Work from a CSWE-accredited program. Proficiency in clinical documentation and the ability to work on-site in Hopkinsville are required.

Qualifications

Education
Master's degree (postgraduate degree)

Key Skills

Clinical social workMental health assessmentTreatment planningCrisis interventionInterdisciplinary collaborationPrior authorizationGroup facilitation

Work-Life Balance Analysis

WeekdayDoc's proprietary algorithm rates Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) - Full-Time, Hopkinsville at Harbor Behavioral Health a 6.5 out of 10 for work-life balance — classified as good. This places the position in the Above average in Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) — ranked against 2,010 active Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) listings on WeekdayDoc. Contributing factors include no on-call duties, no night shifts.

Social Worker Career Context

The cost-of-living index for Kentucky is 90.2 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)). 61.6% of Kentucky clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).

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  • No call
  • No nights
  • Includes weekends

Living in Hopkinsville

Typical 3-bedroom home value
$211k
Typical market rent
$1,047/mo
Residents’ average commute
21 min
Metro price indexU.S. average = 100
90.9
State income tax
Up to 4.5%
Sources & methodology

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

BEA 2024 · Clarksville, TN-KY metro prices. Housing figures are city-level.

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

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About Harbor Behavioral Health

Mental Health Care
Lexington, Kentucky
11-50 employees

Benefits & Perks

Health Insurance
Dental Insurance
Vision Insurance
Paid Time Off
Paid Holidays
CME Allowance ($5,000/year)
Sign-On Bonus ($5,000)
Mileage Reimbursement