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Clinical Social Worker 9-P11 CFP

State of Michigan

Saline, MIFull-time$33.12–49.52/hrPosted 2 days agoStill listed 1 day ago

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At a glance

Compensation
$33.12–49.52/hr
Location
Saline, MI
Schedule
Full-time
Work Authorization
Not specified

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Requirements

Credentials this posting asks for.

Michigan Social Worker Registration

Job overview

The Clinical Social Worker serves on a treatment team and manages an assigned patient caseload. The role includes social work assessments, therapy, patient and family education, discharge planning, and medical and administrative recordkeeping. As a Certified Forensic Examiner, the social worker conducts forensic evaluations, prepares reports for criminal courts, and provides expert testimony.

Skills & qualifications

RequiredNice to have

Skills

Social Work AssessmentIndividual TherapyGroup PsychotherapyPatient and Family EducationFamily TherapyDischarge PlanningForensic EvaluationExpert Testimony

Qualifications

Master's Degree in Social WorkMichigan Social Worker RegistrationTwo Years Social Casework and Treatment ExperienceOne Year Clinical Social Worker 10 ExperienceBackground Investigation and Criminal Records Check

Full job description

The MDHHS mission is to provide opportunities, services, and programs that promote a healthy, safe, and stable environment for residents to be self-sufficient. We are committed to ensuring a diverse workforce and a work environment whereby all employees are treated with dignity, respect and fairness. For more information, please visit our MDHHS Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Plan.

This position serves as a member of the unit Treatment Team and is responsible for a caseload of assigned patients. Completes social work assessments and participates in formulation of patients' IPOS. Provides individual therapy and group psychotherapy to patients. Makes entries in the medical record and administrative record. Prepares reports used for internal operations and submission to courts of law. Provides educational services to patients and families and offer family therapy to patients' families and significant others. Participates in discharge planning for patients. As a Certified Forensic Examiner, conducts forensic evaluations, prepares reports for submission to criminal courts, and offers testimony as an "Expert Witness" in legal proceedings.

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To be considered for this position you must:

  • Apply for this position online via NEOGOV; click on "Apply" in the job posting for instructions on submitting your electronic application. Hard copy applications are not accepted.
  • Relevant experience and/or education referred to in the supplemental questions must be documented in the resume, transcript and/or application to allow for accurate screening.
  • Meet the Selective Position Requirement (SPR) OR SubClass Code (if applicable).
  • Attach a resume identifying specific experience and dates of employment. Dates of employment should include month and year and hours per week.
  • Attach a cover letter.
  • If applicable, attach a copy of an official transcript(s). We accept scanned copies of official transcripts. We do not accept web-based, internet, or copies of unofficial transcripts. Official transcripts provide the name of the institution, confirmation that a degree was awarded and on what date, and the registrar's signature.

Failure to complete any of the above items may result in your application not being considered. See instructions for attaching files here: Instructions Education Possession of a master's degree in social work.

Experience

Clinical Social Worker 9 No specific type or amount is required.

Clinical Social Worker 10 One year of professional experience providing social casework and treatment services setting equivalent to a Clinical Social Worker 9.

Clinical Social Worker P11 Two years of professional experience providing social casework and treatment services setting equivalent to a Clinical Social Worker, including one year equivalent to a Clinical Social Worker 10. Registration as a social worker by the Michigan Board of Examiners of Social Workers. The preferred and appointed candidate will be subject to pre-employment, random, post-accident, reasonable suspicion, return-to-duty and follow-up drug and/or alcohol testing. This position is located at the Center for Forensic Psychiatry: 8303 Platt Road, Saline, MI 48176.

Your application for any position does not guarantee you will be contacted by the Department/Agency for further consideration. Only those applicants interviewed will be notified of the results. The use of artificial intelligence (AI) software of any kind is prohibited in all areas of the selection process; including, but not limited to, responses to application questions, and responses to interview questions or exercises.

As a Condition of Employment: this position requires successful completion of a background investigation and a criminal records check. If you previously held status in this classification and departed within the last three (3) years, please contact Human Resources regarding your interest in a potential reinstatement. Reinstatement is not guaranteed or required.

The Department of Health & Human Services reserves the right to close this posting prior to its original end date once a sufficient number of applications have been received.

For questions about this specific position, please email [email protected]. Please reference this job posting number in subject line.

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How this job compares

Set against the 784 open Clinical Social Worker jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 4, 2026.

Pay
  • This posting$33.12–49.52/hr
  • US median$39–51/hr195 hourly ranges

This range's midpoint, $41.32/hr, is 11% below the US median midpoint ($46/hr) — in the middle half of Clinical Social Worker hourly ranges across the US.

Openings
Olive Jobs lists 31 open Clinical Social Worker jobs in Michigan and 784 across the US. 6% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
Hiring the most in Michigan
Experience
Clinical Social Worker postings that state a minimum ask for 2 years of experience at the median; the middle half ask for 1 to 2 years (431 postings).
Education
549 of the 784 open Clinical Social Worker jobs (70%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.

Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on November 4, 2026. Pay medians are the middle values of the low ends and of the high ends of postings that list both ends of a range in the same cadence (a yearly salary or an hourly rate); a range's midpoint is halfway between its ends. Pay and experience figures resting on fewer than 20 postings are left out.

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