Behavioral Health Social Worker II - Inpatient Psych Acute

Overview

• Department: Inpatient Behavioral Health Social Work
• Schedule: Days, 8 hour shifts, 7am-3:30pm, no weekends, no holidays and no nights!
• Facility: Prime Healthcare St. Mary of Nazareth Hospital
• Location: 2233 W Division St., Chicago, Illinois 60622

Prime Healthcare Saint Mary of Nazareth Hospital is Magnet- recognized by the American Nursing Credentialing Center, we rank in the top seven percent of all U.S Hospitals for nursing excellence.

🌟 Make a Meaningful Impact Every Day – Join Our Behavioral Health Team! 🌟

Are you a compassionate, driven social worker ready to make a real difference in the lives of individuals facing mental health challenges? We’re looking for dedicated professionals like you to join our Inpatient Behavioral Health Team—where your expertise, empathy, and commitment to care will help transform lives.

🔹 What You’ll Do: As an Inpatient Behavioral Health Social Worker, you’ll be at the heart of patient care—conducting assessments, developing personalized treatment plans, and providing therapeutic support to individuals navigating emotional and social challenges. You’ll play a vital role in crisis intervention, discharge planning, and care coordination, ensuring patients leave with the tools and support they need to thrive.

🔹 Why Join Us?

• Collaborative Team Environment: Work alongside a dynamic, multidisciplinary team of psychiatrists, nurses, counselors, recreation therapists, and mental health techs.
• Supportive Supervision: Benefit from clinical supervision and ongoing professional development.
• Work-Life Balance: Enjoy a consistent Monday–Friday schedule, 8-hour shifts, with no weekends or holidays.
• Purpose-Driven Work: Be part of a mission that matters—helping patients stabilize, heal, and build healthier futures.

🔹 Who You Are: You’re a licensed or license-eligible social worker with a passion for mental health, a talent for empathy, and a commitment to holistic, patient-centered care. You thrive in a team setting and are ready to bring your skills to a supportive, forward-thinking environment.

✨ Your next opportunity to make a difference starts here. Apply today and be the change in someone’s tomorrow. ✨

If you have served in any branch of the U.S. military — Army, Navy, Marine Corps, Air Force, Space Force, or Coast Guard — whether on Active Duty, in the Reserves, or the National Guard, or if you are the spouse of a veteran, we encourage you to apply. We are a veteran-friendly organization and would be honored to have you on our team!

Responsibilities

To provide emotional support, crisis intervention and counseling for Pediatrics, Adolescents, Adults, Older Adults and their significant others to cope with a multiplicity of social and emotional problems; information and referral; referrals for financial assistance and supportive services to patients and families with problems that are related to treatment services, illness, disability or trauma.  To provide case management & milieu management, complete psychosocial assessments, assist in the development and re-evaluation of Treatment Plans and work as a member of an interdisciplinary team, and to coordinate discharge planning. Complete necessary documentation and maintain clinical record for each client during their length of stay.

Qualifications

EDUCATION, EXPERIENCE, TRAINING

1.     Master’s degree in Social Work, Marriage and Family Therapy, Licensed Professional Clinical Counselor or related field.

2.     In states requiring license, required upon hire and maintain current in accordance with state regulations. In states without a licensure requirement, current registration for with appropriate state board required and/or under clinical supervision to meet clinical hours required for licensure. 

3.     Current BLS certificate upon hire and maintain current.

4.     Minimum one (1) year Inpatient l or Outpatient Behavioral Health experience. Experience in working with a diverse population with a wide range of problems (i.e., death and dying, maternal and childcare, substance abuse, disability, chronic illness, etc.).

Pay Transparency

Saint Mary of Nazareth Hospital offers competitive compensation and a comprehensive benefits package that provides employees the flexibility to tailor benefits according to their individual needs. Our Total Rewards package includes, but is not limited to, paid time off, a 401K retirement plan, medical, dental, and vision coverage, tuition reimbursement, and many more voluntary benefit options. A reasonable compensation estimate for this role, which includes estimated wages, benefits, and other forms of compensation, is $32.81 to $47.52. The exact starting compensation to be offered will be determined at the time of selecting an applicant for hire, in which a wide range of factors will be considered, including but not limited to, skillset, years of applicable experience, education, credentials and licensure.

The company is dedicated to empowering its staff with a comprehensive, competitive benefits package, allowing them the freedom to customize their benefits to fit their unique needs. Our abundant resources, programs, and voluntary options serve as a foundation for individual growth and well-being. Learn more here: https://www.primehealthcare.com/benefitsthatmattermost/

Employment Status

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Equal Employment Opportunity

Company is an equal employment opportunity employer. Company prohibits discrimination against any applicant or employee based on race, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, religion, national origin, age (subject to applicable law), disability, military status, genetic information or any other basis protected by applicable federal, state, or local laws. The Company also prohibits harassment of applicants or employees based on any of these protected categories. Know Your Rights: https://www.eeoc.gov/sites/default/files/2022-10/EEOC_KnowYourRights_screen_reader_10_20.pdf