Clinical Social Worker
Saint Louis, MOFull-time$63–103K/yrSeen todaySeen in employer's feed today
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Job overview
The Child Protection Social Worker provides clinical social work services to address the psychosocial needs of patients and families. The role identifies risks, advocates for vulnerable patients, coordinates protective interventions, and helps families access resources. It includes counseling, community-resource linkage, cultural-diversity expertise, advocacy, and collaboration with the health care team to support discharge and transition planning.
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Full job description
City/State: Saint Louis, Missouri
Categories: Case Coordination
Job Status: Full-Time
Req ID : 119508
Pay Range: $63,024.00 – $102,627.20 / year (Salary or hourly rate is based on job qualifications and relevant work experience)
Additional Information About the Role
Are you looking for a career as a Clinical Social Worker ? Join our team at St. Louis Children's Hospital to make a direct impact on patient care and operations.
Role Summary:
The Child Protection Social Worker plays a vital role in safeguarding children within the healthcare setting by identifying risks, advocating for vulnerable patients, coordinating protective interventions, and helping families access resources that support safe, healthy outcomes for children.
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Full Time - 40 Hours Per Week, M-F
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Day Shif t: 8am-430pm
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Perks: Benefits Eligible
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Location: St. Louis Children's Hospital
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Minimum Requiremen t:
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Master's Degree in Social Work
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Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) - will accept applicants without LCSW
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Medical Social Work experience highly preferred
Overview
St. Louis Children’s Hospital is dedicated to improving the health and lives of children. As one of the top-ranked children’s hospitals in the country, St. Louis Children’s provides care in more than 50 specialty areas through a dedicated team of physicians, nurses, staff and volunteers. Along with inpatient and outpatient medical care, the hospital offers education, wellness and injury-prevention programs to fulfill its mission to “do what’s right for kids.”
Providing comprehensive, high-quality care and serving as an advocate for children has been St. Louis Children’s commitment since its inception in 1879. Today, the hospital serves patients and families across a 300-mile service area, and has seen patients from all 50 states and more than 80 countries.
St. Louis Children’s consistently ranks among America’s Best Children’s Hospitals by U.S.News & World Report in all surveyed categories. In 2021, St. Louis Children’s was one of eight children’s hospitals to rank in the top 25 of all 10 specialties. The hospital’s academic and physician partner, Washington University School of Medicine, is one of the top-ranked medical schools in the United States. Since 2005, St. Louis Children’s has been designated as a Magnet® hospital for nursing excellence from the American Nurses Credentialing Center® (ANCC).
Preferred Qualifications
Role Purpose
Provides clinical social work services to address the psychosocial needs of patients and families. Provides individual and group counseling, linkage to community resources, expertise in cultural diversity and advocacy. Collaborates with the health care team and ensures timely, cost-effective discharge and transition planning.
Responsibilities
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Conducts screening and assessment activities to meet the needs of the discharged patient.
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Applies assessment findings to prepare a patient-centered plan of care.
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Applies and complies with all regulations and utilizes resources available to patients to manage their continuum of care.
Minimum Requirements
Education
- Master's Degree - Social Work
Experience
- No Experience
Supervisor Experience
- No Experience
Licenses & Certifications
- Lic Clinical Social Worker
Preferred Requirements
Experience
- 2-5 years
Benefits and Legal Statement
BJC Total Rewards
At BJC we’re committed to providing you and your family with benefits and resources to help you manage your physical, emotional, social and financial well-being.
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Comprehensive medical, dental, vison, life insurance, and legal services available first day of the month after hire date
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Disability insurance* paid for by BJC
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Annual 4% BJC Automatic Retirement Contribution
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401(k) plan with BJC match
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Tuition Assistance available on first day
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BJC Institute for Learning and Development
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Health Care and Dependent Care Flexible Spending Accounts
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Paid Time Off benefit combines vacation, sick days, holidays and personal time
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Adoption assistance
To learn more, go to our Benefits Summary (https://assets.jibecdn.com/prod/bjc/0.0.331/assets/2026%20Benefits%20Summary\_Final.pdf) .
*Not all benefits apply to all jobs
The above information on this description has been designed to indicate the general nature and level of work performed by employees in this position. It is not designed to contain or be interpreted as an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties and qualifications required of employees assigned to this job. Equal Opportunity Employer
How this job compares
Set against the 790 open Clinical Social Worker jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 4, 2026.
- Pay
- This posting$63–103K/yr
- US median$75–103K/yr238 salary ranges
This range's midpoint, $83K, is 7% below the US median midpoint ($89K) — in the middle half of Clinical Social Worker salary ranges across the US.
- Openings
- Olive Jobs lists 14 open Clinical Social Worker jobs in Missouri and 790 across the US. 6% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
- Hiring the most across the US
- 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 (429 postings).
- Education
- This posting asks for a master's degree; 547 of the 790 open Clinical Social Worker jobs (69%) ask for a master'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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