
Social Worker LCSW - Behavioral Health Per Diem/On Call
Santa Ana, CA · HybridPer Diem$43.39–67.37/hrSeen 1w agoSeen in employer's feed today
Most applications go out cold — see where you stand first. No sign-up to start.
You apply on the employer's site, with no Olive account needed.
Watch jobs like this. New roles like this one near Santa Ana, CA, by email.
Don't just apply. Show up ready.
Olive works from this exact posting.
At a glance
Olive lists jobs from US employers, including remote roles you can work from the United States.
Requirements
Credentials this posting asks for.
Job overview
The Licensed Behavioral Health Specialist is embedded in a multidisciplinary integrated care team led by a primary care provider. The role helps the provider and team improve their effectiveness in managing the whole patient, with a focus on mental, behavioral, and psychosocial challenges in primary care. The position requires a master's degree, a California Clinical Social Worker License, and three years of related experience.
Skills & qualifications
Skills
Qualifications
Benefits
Full job description
Description
The Licensed Behavioral Health Specialist (BHS) is a key behavioral health provider embedded as a core member of the multi-disciplinary integrated care team, led by the primary care provider, and including clinical nursing staff, case management, pharmacy and psychiatrists. The role of the BHS is to help the primary care provider and team improve their effectiveness and efficiency in managing the whole patient, focusing on the mental, behavioral and psychosocial challenges that often emerge in the primary care setting.
Providence caregivers are not simply valued – they’re invaluable. Join our team at Providence Medical Foundation and thrive in our culture of patient-focused, whole-person care built on understanding, commitment, and mutual respect. Your voice matters here, because we know that to inspire and retain the best people, we must empower them.
Required Qualifications:
-
Master's Degree in Counseling, Psychology or Social Work.
-
Upon hire: California Clinical Social Worker License.
-
3 years work related experience.
-
Experience working with underserved, vulnerable populations.
Preferred Qualifications:
-
4 years work related experience in a primary care clinic or hospital.
-
Leadership experience.
Why Join Providence?
Our best-in-class benefits are uniquely designed to support you and your family in staying well, growing professionally, and achieving financial security. We take care of you, so you can focus on delivering our Mission of caring for everyone, especially the most vulnerable in our communities.
About Providence
At Providence, our strength lies in Our Promise of “Know me, care for me, ease my way.” Working at our family of organizations means that regardless of your role, we’ll walk alongside you in your career, supporting you so you can support others. We provide best-in-class benefits and we foster an inclusive workplace where diversity is valued, and everyone is essential, heard and respected. Together, our 120,000 caregivers (all employees) serve in over 50 hospitals, over 1,000 clinics and a full range of health and social services across Alaska, California, Montana, New Mexico, Oregon, Texas and Washington. As a comprehensive health care organization, we are serving more people, advancing best practices and continuing our more than 100-year tradition of serving the poor and vulnerable.
Posted are the minimum and the maximum wage rates on the wage range for this position. The successful candidate's placement on the wage range for this position will be determined based upon relevant job experience and other applicable factors. These amounts are the base pay range; additional compensation may be available for this role, such as shift differentials, standby/on-call, overtime, premiums, extra shift incentives, or bonus opportunities.
Providence offers a comprehensive benefits package including a retirement 401(k) Savings Plan with employer matching, health care benefits (medical, dental, vision), life insurance, disability insurance, time off benefits (paid parental leave, vacations, holidays, health issues), voluntary benefits, well-being resources and much more. Learn more at providence.jobs/benefits.
Applicants in the Unincorporated County of Los Angeles: Qualified applications with arrest or conviction records will be considered for employment in accordance with the Unincorporated Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers and the California Fair Chance Act.
About the Team
Providence Clinical Network (PCN) is a service line within Providence serving patients across seven states with quality, compassionate, coordinated care. Collectively, our medical groups and affiliate practices are the third largest group in the country with over 11,000 providers, 900 clinics and 30,000 caregivers.
PCN is comprised of Providence Medical Group in Alaska, Washington, Montana and Oregon; Swedish Medical Group in Washington’s greater Puget Sound area, Pacific Medical Centers in western Washington; Kadlec in southeast Washington; Providence’s St. John’s Medical Foundation in Southern California; Providence Medical Institute in Southern California; Providence Facey Medical Foundation in Southern California; Providence Medical Foundation in Northern and Southern California; and Covenant Medical Group and Covenant Health Partners in west Texas and eastern New Mexico.
Providence is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. We are committed to the principle that every workforce member has the right to work in surroundings that are free from all forms of unlawful discrimination and harassment on the basis of race, color, gender, disability, veteran, military status, religion, age, creed, national origin, sexual identity or expression, sexual orientation, marital status, genetic information, or any other basis prohibited by local, state, or federal law. We believe diversity makes us stronger, so we are dedicated to shaping an inclusive workforce, learning from each other, and creating equal opportunities for advancement.
Requsition ID: 461814 Company: Providence Jobs Job Category: Social Services Job Function: Clinical Care Job Schedule: Per-Diem Job Shift: Day Career Track: Clinical Professional Department: 7520 BEH HLTH PSJMC Address: CA Santa Ana 2212 E 4th St Work Location: St Joseph Heritage Medical Grp-Santa Ana Workplace Type: Hybrid Pay Range: $43.39 - $67.37 The amounts listed are the base pay range; additional compensation may be available for this role, such as shift differentials, standby/on-call, overtime, premiums, extra shift incentives, or bonus opportunities.
How this job compares
Set against the 3,316 open Social Worker jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 3, 2026.
- Pay
- This posting$43.39–67.37/hr
- California median$44–63/hr80 hourly ranges
- US median$31–45/hr903 hourly ranges
This range's midpoint, $55.38/hr, is close to the California median midpoint ($55/hr) — in the middle half of Social Worker hourly ranges in California.
- Openings
- Olive Jobs lists 169 open Social Worker jobs in California and 3,316 across the US. 3% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
- Hiring the most in California
- Veterans Health Administration14 open
- Sutter Health10 open
- Kaiser Permanente9 open
- Experience
- This posting asks for at least 3 years of experience — more than three in four Social Worker postings that state a minimum ask for (median 2 years, across 1,627 postings).
- Education
- This posting asks for a master's degree; 1,761 of the 3,316 open Social Worker jobs (53%) ask for a master's degree or higher.
Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on November 3, 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.
Prepare for this role
You've read the whole posting — now see how you match it.


