Complex Social Worker - La Jolla
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The Complex Social Worker at Scripps Memorial Hospital in La Jolla focuses on assessment, discharge planning, complex case and care coordination, and individual and group psychoeducational counseling. The role requires a master's degree in Social Work or Marriage & Family Therapy, California LCSW or LMFT licensure, BLS, discharge experience, and knowledge of LPS processes. Healthcare experience removing psychological barriers to improve client health is required; bilingual proficiency and electronic health record proficiency are preferred.
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Full job description
- This is a full time position at Scripps Memorial Hospital in La Jolla.*
Join the Scripps Health team to work with dedicated caregivers and deliver patient-centered care, while building a rewarding career with one of the nation's most respected healthcare organizations.
Why join Scripps Health?
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At Scripps Health, your ambition is empowered and your abilities are appreciated:
- Nearly a quarter of our employees have been with Scripps Health for over 10 years.
- Scripps is a Great Place to Work Certified company for 2025.
- Scripps Health has been consistently ranked as a top employer for women, millennials, diversity, and as an overall workplace by various national publications.
- Beckers Healthcare ranked Scripps Health on its 2024 list of 150 top places to work in health care.
- We have transitional and professional development programs to create a learning environment that enables you to thrive in your specific field as well as in your overall career.
- Our specialties have been nationally recognized for quality in areas such as cardiovascular care, oncology, orthopedics, geriatrics, obstetrics and gynecology, and gastroenterology.
Our diverse team is dedicated to serving the community with the highest quality of care. The primary focus isassessment and discharge planning, complex case/care coordination and provision of individual and group psychoeducational counseling.
New employees will experience a friendly and supportive environment where a positive attitude and teamwork are valued. Our leadership is hands-on and very engaged with our staff and patients.
Required:
- Master's degree in Social Work, OR Master's in Marriage & Family Therapy (MSW or MFT).
- 1-3 recent (within the last 3 years) of experience in a healthcare setting removing psychological barriers to improve client health
- Content knowledge of LPS processes including involuntary detainment and the mental health conservatorship processes is required.
- Licensed by the California Board of Behavioral Science as an LCSW OR LMFT
- BLS (American Heart Assoc.)
- Discharge experience
Preferred:
- Bilingual and proficient in electronic health record.
- Trauma and Mental Health experience
- 3-5 years experience in healthcare setting
- Discharge planning experience with knowledge of local resources to ensure safe discharges
- Completion of Supervision Training for ASW
Job: *Social Services
Organization: *Scripps La Jolla Hospital
Title: Complex Social Worker - La Jolla
Location: Central San Diego County-LA JOLLA-SCRIPPS MEMORIAL HOSPITAL LA JOLLA
Requisition ID: 262006445
How this job compares
Set against the 3,214 open Social Worker jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 11, 2026.
- Pay
- This postingNot listed
- California median$93–123K/yr49 salary ranges
- California median$45–65/hr83 hourly ranges
- Openings
- Olive Jobs lists 150 open Social Worker jobs in California and 3,214 across the US. 3% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
- Hiring the most in California
- Sutter Health12 open
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- Experience
- This posting asks for at least 1 year of experience; Social Worker postings that state a minimum ask for 1 year at the median (1,592 postings).
- Education
- This posting asks for a master's degree; 1,807 of the 3,214 open Social Worker jobs (56%) ask for a master's degree or higher.
Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on November 11, 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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