CLINICAL SOCIAL WORKER
County of Los Angeles
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Job summary
County of Los Angeles seeks a professional social worker to deliver services in hospitals, clinics, and community settings. The role focuses on evaluating psychosocial needs, developing treatment plans, coordinating with resources, and delivering therapy under licensure guidelines.
Applicants must hold a CSWE-accredited MSW, pursue licensure within six months if needed, and meet driver license requirements.
Qualifications
- Master's Degree from a CSWE-accredited program.
- One year of medical/psychiatric/social work experience may be required for Option II.
- Valid California LCSW license or Associate Clinical Social Worker registration within six months.
- Valid California Class C Driver License or alternate transportation.
Responsibilities
- Conducts interviews, assessments, and evaluations of patients and family members to identify psychosocial factors affecting care.
- Develops and implements a social work treatment plan based on psychosocial analysis.
- Coordinate and refer to community resources and County departments.
- Provide psychosocial therapy (individual, family, or group).
- Participate in multidisciplinary conferences to inform care plans.
Skills
Education
Job description
We encourage applications from anyone!
Exam Number: Y9013R
Type Of Recruitment: We encourage applications from anyone!
The application filing period will begin on September 17, 2026, at 8:00 a.m., (PT).
Filing will be suspended after the first 300 applications are received or on Friday, September 25, 2026 at 5:00 p.m. (PT), whichever occurs first.
Applications received after the first 300 applications will not be considered.
No withhold will be allowed. Required experience/education must be fully met by the last day of filing.
LA Health Services is LA County’s integrated healthcare system and the second-largest public health system in the nation. Our system includes four public hospitals, more than 20 community health centers, Emergency Medical Services (EMS), Correctional Health Services, and community-based programs that connect people to care where they are.
We serve as the safety net for more than 10 million residents, providing care regardless of ability to pay, insurance coverage, or immigration status. As one connected system, we deliver extraordinary care-from prevention and primary care to emergency, specialty, trauma, and recovery services across Los Angeles County.
With more than 2.9 million visits annually and a workforce of over 23,000 dedicated staff, LA Health Services is proud to deliver high-quality, compassionate, and accessible care to everyone, no matter how they come through our doors.
Explore our one system of hospitals and community health centers: Our Locations – Health Services Los Angeles County
To advance the health of our patients and our communities by providing extraordinary care.
We offer one of the strongest public-sector benefits packages in the country. Join us and discover a rich selection of health care options, robust retirement plans and the flexibility to work, relax and rejuvenate as you reach your fullest personal and professional potential.
To see comprehensive information regarding County employee benefits. https://hr.lacounty.gov/benefits/
Provides professional social work services to patients and families presenting difficult and complex medical and related psycho-social problems in hospitals, clinics, and community ambulatory health care settings to assist them in resolving their social problems and in making effective use of the healthcare system.
- Conducts interviews, assessments, and evaluations of patients and family members to identify social, emotional, and economic factors which may interfere with obtaining maximum benefits from medical care.
- Develops and implements a social work treatment plan to be offered to patients and members of their family based upon an analysis of the patient's psychosocial factors and medical illness.
- Selects, makes referrals to, coordinates, and uses community resources/agencies, other professional teams, and County departments to provide services in accordance with the patients treatment plan.
- Provides psychosocial therapy using a variety of treatment methods, such as individual, family or group therapy sessions.
- Participates in multi-disciplinary health team conferences to formulate the overall patient care plans by interpreting to the team the psychosocial aspects of the patient's illness.
- Participates in multi-disciplinary orientation sessions and in-service training for other teams through lectures and group discussions to heighten awareness and increase understanding of the psychosocial problems associated with a particular illness.
- Serves as a social work team coordinator with responsibility for case management and consultation with other team members.
- Attends in-service training programs, continuing professional education, seminars and workshops to maintain active licensure status as a Licensed Clinical Social Worker in accordance with California state licensure requirements and to continue professional development in social work practice, mental health theory, and in the effective delivery of healthcare services.
- Participates on multi-disciplinary and clinical social work committees, including quality control groups, and may participate in research projects.
- Writes medical/social case summaries and reports documenting the social/emotional assessments and diagnosis made and the treatment rendered in accordance with utilization review standards issued by healthcare regulatory agencies.
- Collects workload data for budgeting purposes and for review by healthcare regulatory agencies.
REQUIREMENTS TO QUALIFY:
- A Master's Degree* in Social Work from a graduate school accredited by the Council on Social Work Education including supervised clinical social work field work experience.
- OR -
A Master's Degree* in Social Work from a graduate school accredited by the Council on Social Work Education and one year of experience in medical, psychiatric, family, or child welfare social work involving problems of medical, mental, or emotional adjustment.
A valid, current license as a Licensed Clinical Social Worker issued by the California Board of Behavioral Sciences or registration in good standing as an Associate Clinical Social Worker with the California Board of Behavioral Sciences within six (6) months of employment.
Associate Clinical Social Workers will need to remain in good standing with the California Board of Behavioral Sciences for the duration of the waivers permitted by law. The waiver allows up to six (6) years if employed less than full-time to obtain your license.
A valid California Class C Driver License or the ability to use an alternative method of transportation when needed to carry out job related functions.
To receive credit for your education, include a legible copy of all relevant official documents, including your diploma, transcript, or letter/certificate from an accredited institution or email it to Exam Analyst ckhodaverdian@dhs.lacounty.gov within seven (7) calendar days from the end of the filing period. The document should show the date the degree was conferred and be in English. If not in English, then translation is required. International degrees must be evaluated for equivalency to U.S. standards if not listed in the International Handbook of Universities or World Higher Education Database. Documents marked as unofficial will not be accepted. For more information on our standards for educational documents, please visit: https://file.lacounty.gov/SDSInter/dhr/070812_PPG123.pdf
We do not accept password-protected documents. Ensure documents are unlocked before attaching to your application or sending to the exam analyst.
- Applicants who have not obtained a license to practice as a Licensed Clinical Social Worker will need to obtain registration in good standing as an Associated Clinical Social Worker with the California Board of Behavioral Sciences within six (6) months of employment, failure to provide this documentation within the required time period will result in immediate termination.
This examination will consist of a structured interview covering knowledge, skills, problem solving ability, interpersonal communication and general ability to perform the duties of the position weighted 100%.
If you have taken identical components recently for other exams, your responses may be automatically transferred to this examination. This exam contains test components that might be used on future exams, and your responses could be transferred to that exam.
Applications will be processed on an \"as-received\" basis and those receiving a passing score will be promulgated to the eligible list accordingly.
The names of candidates receiving a passing grade in the examination will be placed on the eligible list in the order of their score group for a period of twelve (12) months following the date of promulgation.
The eligible list for this examination will be used to fill vacancies throughout the Department of Health Services as they occur.
Appointees may be required to work any shift and at any facility, including evenings, nights, weekends and holidays.
Federal law requires that all employed persons have a Social Security Number, so include yours when applying.
For applicants who may not have regular access to a computer or the internet, applications can be completed on computers at public libraries throughout Los Angeles County. Please refer to their website for updated information https://lacountylibrary.org/library-locator
Applicants will need to file their application online using their own user ID and password. Using a family member or friend's user ID and password may erase a candidate's original application record.
The County of Los Angeles recognizes and affirms that all people are created equal and are entitled to all rights afforded by the Constitution of the United States. We are committed to promoting Anti-racism, Diversity, and Inclusion efforts to address the inequalities and disparities amongst races. We support the ARDI Strategic Plan and its goals by improving equality, diversity, and inclusion in recruitment, selection, and employment practices.
Caroline Khodaverdian, Exam Analyst
(213) 288-7000
CKhodaverdian@dhs.lacounty.gov
The County of Los Angeles is an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer and is committed to non-discrimination in the County workforce, regardless of age (40 and over); ancestry; color; ethnicity; religious creed; protected family or medical leave status; disability; marital status; medical condition; genetic information; military and veteran status; national origin; race ; sex; gender; sexual orientation; or any other characteristic protected by State or federal law. For more information, please visit: https://employee.hr.lacounty.gov/eeo-programs/.
The County of Los Angeles complies with all federal and state disability laws and makes reasonable accommodations for qualified applicants and employees with disabilities. If a reasonable accommodation is needed to participate in the job application process, please contact the testing accommodation coordinator listed on the job posting. Hearing impaired applicants with telephone teletype equipment may leave messages by calling the teletype phone number on the job posting. For more information on accommodations, please visit: https://hr.lacounty.gov/accessibility/.
The County of Los Angeles is a Fair Chance employer. Except as otherwise permissible under applicable laws, you will not be asked to provide information about conviction history unless you receive a conditional offer of employment. The County will make an individualized assessment of whether your conviction history has a direct and adverse relationship with the specific duties of the job, and will also consider potential mitigating factors, which may include, but is not limited to, evidence and extent of rehabilitation, recency of the offense(s), and age at the time of the offense(s). If asked to provide information about conviction history, any convictions or court records which are exempted by a valid court order do not have to be disclosed. Qualified applicants with arrest or conviction records will be considered for employment in accordance with County Fair Chance Policies and the Fair Chance Act (Gov. Code Section 12952).
Final appointment is contingent upon verification of U.S. citizenship or the right to work in the United States.
Resources to help current and prospective employees plan a career with Los Angeles County are available. To explore career paths to and from nearly all job titles, please visit our interactive Career PathFinder application at http://career-pathfinder.hr.lacounty.gov.
Pursuant to the County Charter and County policy, in all open competitive examinations (i.e., examinations open to everyone), the County of Los Angeles will add a credit of 10 percent of the total credits specified for such examination to the final passing score of an honorably discharged veteran, as well as the spouse of a deceased or disabled veteran, who served in the Armed Forces of the United States under specific conditions.
For more information on veteran’s credit, please visit: https://file.lacounty.gov/SDSInter/dhr/205102_PPG_115.pdf
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