Senior Social Work Strategist – Clinical Case Design

Obsidian; New York (NY); Remote; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Mercor is seeking senior social work professionals to build evaluation tasks for AI systems operating in large human services and clinical social work contexts. The role focuses on designing scenarios, drafting reference outputs, and writing rubrics that reflect how senior clinicians and case management leaders think, across multi-agency settings and public health environments.

Candidates will contribute to ethical, trauma-informed, and strengths-based practice frameworks while aligning with

Qualifications

• 5+ years working as a licensed social worker or senior case manager in a hospital, child welfare, behavioral health, or large nonprofit.
• Direct ownership of clinical caseloads or program-level service delivery.
• Fluency with social work standards and case management tooling.
• Knowledge of mandated reporting, interagency coordination, and ethics/compliance.

Responsibilities

• Construct social work scenarios spanning complex case assessment, multi-stakeholder care coordination, and crisis intervention or mandated reporting cycles.
• Build tasks across clinical social work practice, child and family welfare, healthcare/medical social work, substance use and mental health services, and community-based case management.
• Develop practice scenarios involving tools such as electronic health/case record systems (EHR, CCWIS), risk and needs assessment instruments, and interagency referral platforms.
• Apply social work frameworks (biopsychosocial assessment, trauma-informed care, strengths-based practice, NASW Code of Ethics) and produce reference case plans, clinical documentation, and interdisciplinary team communications.

Skills

LCSW/LMSW licensure

Senior case management

Interagency coordination

Ethical/legal compliance

Education

Clinical licensure (LCSW/LMSW)

Tools

EHR systems

Case management tools

Interagency platforms

Job description

Mercor is seeking senior social work professionals to build evaluation tasks for AI systems operating in large human services and clinical social work contexts. The role focuses on designing scenarios, drafting reference outputs, and writing rubrics that reflect how senior clinicians and case management leaders think, across multi-agency settings and public health environments.

Candidates will contribute to ethical, trauma-informed, and strengths-based practice frameworks while aligning with