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LCSW III

Sutter Health

Burlingame, CAFull-time$56.78–79.49/hrPosted todayStill listed today

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At a glance

Compensation
$56.78–79.49/hr
Location
Burlingame, CA
Schedule
Full-time
Work Authorization
Not specified

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Requirements

Credentials this posting asks for.

Master's degree

Job overview

The LCSW III provides psychosocial assessment, crisis intervention, counseling, resource linkage, and transition-of-care planning for patients and families across care settings. The role supports adjustment to illness, facilitates goals-of-care conversations, consults with interdisciplinary teams, and collaborates on discharge planning. It may also include psychoeducation, support groups, staff education, and committee participation.

Skills & qualifications

RequiredNice to have

Skills

Biopsychosocial AssessmentClinical InterventionsCrisis InterventionBehavioral Issue InterventionGrief CounselingSupportive CounselingIllness AdjustmentEnd-of-Life SupportBehavioral Change TherapyMotivational InterviewingFamily CounselingGroup FacilitationCollaborationTeamworkPatient AdvocacyFamily AdvocacyTransitions of CareCommunity ResourcesDischarge PlanningAbuse ReportingClinical Social Work RegulationsBehavioral Health AssessmentMental Health AssessmentHigh-Risk Behavior AssessmentSuicide Risk AssessmentLethality AssessmentSuicide Care PlanningSubstance Use AssessmentAddiction AssessmentSubstance Use Care PlanningCultural CompetenceSpiritual CompetenceAge-Specific Psychosocial CarePalliative CareGoals-of-Care DiscussionsBioethicsPatient Care Legal IssuesVerbal CommunicationWritten CommunicationInterpersonal Skills

Qualifications

Master's in Social Work or Related FieldLicensed Clinical Social Worker2 Years Recent Relevant ExperienceOrganizational SkillsFast-Paced WorkChanging PrioritiesComputer ProficiencyEmail and Calendar SoftwareTask List SoftwareLocal Government Resources

Full job description

We are so glad you are interested in joining Sutter Health!

Organization: SMPMC-Sutter Mills Peninsula Medical Center Position Overview: Provides biopsychosocial assessment, crisis intervention, short term counseling, linkage with resources and planning for transitions of care for patients and their families/significant others of all ages, in any patient care setting. Provides psycho-education and may facilitate support groups. Provides consultation on psychosocial aspects of care as a member of the interdisciplinary treatment team; serves as a liaison to community programs; assists and collaborates with multidisciplinary team on discharge planning; and practices independently. Provides patients with support in adjustment to illness and facilitates goals of care conversations with patients and families. May provide education to staff and other hospital departments and participate on committees. Job Description: EDUCATION:

  • Master's: Social Work or related field

CERTIFICATION & LICENSURE:

  • LCSW-Licensed Clinical Social Worker

TYPICAL EXPERIENCE:

  • 2 years recent relevant experience

SKILLS AND KNOWLEDGE:

  • Clinical skills in biopsychosocial assessment and clinical interventions, including crisis intervention, intervention with patient/family behavioral issues, grief counseling, supportive counseling, adjustment to illness, life review/end of life support, behavioral change therapy, motivational interviewing, short-term family counseling, group facilitation.
  • Collaboration skills and ability to work effectively on a team.
  • Skills in patient and family advocacy.
  • Knowledge of transitions of care and community resources.
  • Knowledge of post-acute levels of care and resource needs for discharge planning
  • Knowledge of child, elder and dependent adult abuse, crimes against persons reporting requirements, and other significant regulations affecting clinical social work practice (e.g. Tarasoff, patient confidentiality).
  • Knowledge of behavioral health and the skills to assess mental health functioning, high risk behaviors, depression, anxiety, or other psychiatric conditions impacting hospitalization or transitions of care.
  • Knowledge of suicidal behavior, and the skills necessary to assess lethality, and to develop and implement an appropriate plan of care.
  • Knowledge of substance use and the skills to assess level of addiction, motivation for change, and to develop and implement an appropriate plan of care.
  • Knowledge and understanding of the influence of cultural and spiritual values in social work practice.
  • Knowledge and skills necessary to provide psychosocial care appropriate to the age-specific needs of newborns, children, adolescents, adults and elders.
  • Knowledge of palliative care, goals of care discussions, and the psychosocial needs of the patient and family at end-of-life.
  • Knowledge of bioethics and legal issues impacting patient care.
  • Demonstrated ability to effectively communicate, both verbally and in writing.
  • Must demonstrate interpersonal and organizational skills, to work effectively in a fast-paced environment with rapidly changing priorities and competing demands.
  • Proficient in using a computer to accurately enter and extract data, send and receive email, calendar appointments, and use task lists as will be using a variety of computer software programs.
  • Knowledge of local county / state / federal resources for at-risk population.

Job Shift: Day/Evening Schedule: Full Time Shift Hours: 8 Days of the Week: Variable Weekend Requirements: Every other Weekend Benefits: Yes Unions: No Position Status: Non-Exempt Weekly Hours: 40 Employee Status: Regular Sutter Health is an equal opportunity employer EOE/M/F/Disability/Veterans.

Pay Range is $56.78 to $79.49 / hour The posted pay range is based on the position's primary work location. Candidates who reside and work outside of that location may be subject to a different pay range based on their work location. Candidate starting salaries consider multiple factors, including, but not limited to a candidate’s experience, education, skills, licensure, certifications, departmental equity, training, and organizational needs. Base pay is only one component of Sutter Health’s comprehensive total rewards program. Eligible positions also include a comprehensive benefits package.

How this job compares

Set against the 725 open Clinical Social Worker jobs on Olive Jobs, counted October 27, 2026.

Pay
  • This posting$56.78–79.49/hr
  • California median$53–66/hr52 hourly ranges
  • US median$42–51/hr178 hourly ranges

This range's midpoint, $68.13/hr, is 9% above the California median midpoint ($63/hr) — in the top quarter of Clinical Social Worker hourly ranges in California.

Openings
Olive Jobs lists 118 open Clinical Social Worker jobs in California and 725 across the US. 6% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
Hiring the most in California
Experience
This posting asks for at least 2 years of experience; Clinical Social Worker postings that state a minimum ask for 2 years at the median (415 postings).
Education
This posting asks for a master's degree; 514 of the 725 open Clinical Social Worker jobs (71%) ask for a master's degree or higher.

Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on October 27, 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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