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HCR Home Care
Plattsburgh, New York

Medical Social Worker L-MSW or L-CSW Essex and Clinton Counties

Social WorkerNo weekendsFull-Time

Listed compensation

$62k-$70k

The week · per this posting · Monday – Friday

Ask the employer about the work setting, call expectations, nights and shift pattern and time off.

Posted 4mo ago · Verified live

Job Description

Role and Responsibilities

Provide social services to patients in the home, and clinical direction to fellow Social Workers and other clinical staff.

Essential Functions

  • Carry a caseload and perform job duties as described for an MSW.
  • Assist fellow MSWs by providing guidance on patient issues, as well as community and financial resources.
  • Ensure appropriate cross-referrals are being made, within each designated region.
  • Assist in staff orientation as needed.
  • May conduct field supervision of Social Work Assistants.
  • May review and co-sign orders obtained by Social Work Assistants.
  • May assist in arranging guest speakers and in-services for Social Work Dept.
  • Assist with in-house presentations as needed.
  • Develop and maintain strong community outreach efforts on behalf of HCR Home Care.
  • Other duties as assigned.

This job description reflects management’s assignment of essential functions; and nothing in this herein restricts management’s right to assign or reassign duties and responsibilities to this job at any time.

Education Requirements

  • Master’s degree from a school accredited by the Council of Social Work Education.

Qualifications and Requirements

  • Licensed Master of Social Work (LMSW)/Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) in NYS.
  • Minimum 2 years’ experience in medical social services setting.

Work Environment

The Medical Social Worker is primarily in an office setting and may be exposed to outdoor conditions.

The Working Conditions Are Classified as Light Work

  • Light work - Exerting up to 20 pounds of force occasionally, and/or a negligible amount of force frequently or constantly to lift, carry, push, pull or otherwise move objects, including the human body. Light work involves sitting most of the time.

Physical Requirements

The following is a description of the physical requirements on a daily basis for the Medical Social Worker. While performing the duties of the job the employee is regularly expected to:

  • Stand
  • Sit
  • Hear
  • Walk
  • Talk
  • Stoop or kneel
  • Repetitive motion

This is not necessarily an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties, skills, efforts, requirements or working conditions associated with the job. While this is intended to be an accurate reflection of the current job, management reserves the right to revise the job or to require that other or different tasks be performed as assigned.

EOE/AA Minority / Female / Disability / Veteran

Mon-Fri days

40 hours

Key Responsibilities

Provide social services to patients in their homes and offer clinical direction to fellow social workers and clinical staff. Responsibilities include managing a caseload, conducting community outreach, and supervising social work assistants.

Requirements

Requires a Master's degree from a CSWE accredited school and a valid LMSW or LCSW license in New York State. A minimum of 2 years of experience in a medical social services setting is required.

Qualifications

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

Key Skills

Case ManagementPatient AdvocacyResource Coordination

Work-Life Balance Analysis

WeekdayDoc's proprietary algorithm rates Medical Social Worker L-MSW or L-CSW Essex and Clinton Counties at HCR Home Care 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 6,472 active Social Work listings on WeekdayDoc. Contributing factors include no weekend requirements.

Social Worker Career Context

Of the 50 active Social Work listings this role was benchmarked against, 66% are remote, 26% have no call, 72% require no weekends.

The cost-of-living index for New York is 107.9 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)), so the posted ~$66k midpoint carries the purchasing power of roughly $61k in an average-cost state. 64.6% of New York clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).

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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 6,472 comparable listings. Shaded area = the share scoring below this one.

  • No weekends

Living in Plattsburgh

Typical 3-bedroom home value
$247k≈ 4.0× annual pay
Typical market rent
$1,263/mo≈ 24% of gross pay
Residents’ average commute
17 min
State income tax
Up to 10.9%
Sources & methodology

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

Ratios use this listing’s gross annual pay. Not a cost-of-living guarantee.