UCLA Health

Clinical Social Worker - Inpatient Psychiatry Units (Friday-Sunday)

UCLA Health  •  $61.14 - $66.48/hr  •  Onsite  •  4 hours ago
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Job Description


General Information

Work Location: Los Angeles, CA, USA

Onsite or Remote

Fully On-Site

Work Schedule

Fridays 8:00am-5:00pm, Saturdays 9:00am-3:30pm and Sundays 9:00am-3:30pm

Posted Date

06/01/2026
Salary Range $51.18 - 61.14 Hourly

Employment Type

2 - Staff: Career

Duration

indefinite

Job #

30886


Primary Duties and Responsibilities

If you have a passion for elevating lives, we invite you to use your unique expertise, dedication, and compassion to make a significant, positive impact on the community.

In this Clinical Social Worker role in our Resnick Neuropsychiatric Hospital's Inpatient Unit, you will work with patients who are psychiatrically hospitalized. You will facilitate group sessions, assess new patients, engage patients in safety planning, create treatment plans, and ensure patients have safe discharge plans that will allow them to thrive once back in the community. You will work directly with patients, families, and a team of interdisciplinary clinicians and social workers.

For more information about the work done at the Resnick Neuropsychiatric Hospital watch these informational videos and see our website We also have an app available for download.


CSW 2 Salary range: $51.18 - $61.14 Hourly

CSW 3 Salary range: $55.63 - $66.48 Hourly


Job Qualifications

Required Qualifications:

  • Master’s degree in Social Work or Social Welfare from an accredited institution
  • California State Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) or license eligible
  • Knowledge of community resources for persons with mental illness, and understanding of mental health systems
  • Knowledge of laws and procedures related to child and elder/dependent adult abuse
  • Knowledge of LPS laws related to psychiatric holds and patients’ rights
  • Knowledge of DSM and related treatment approaches; trained in at least 1 evidence-based treatment modality
  • Ability to plan and conduct therapeutic groups

As a condition of employment, the final candidate who accepts an offer of employment will be required to disclose if they have been subject to any final administrative or judicial decisions within the last seven years determining that they committed any misconduct; or have filed an appeal of a finding of substantiated misconduct with a previous employer.

Current/former UC employees are subject to a personnel file review.
UCLA Health

About UCLA Health

For more than half a century, UCLA Health has provided the best in healthcare and the latest in medical technology to the people of Los Angeles and throughout the world.

Comprised of Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center, UCLA Medical Center Santa Monica, Resnick Neuropsychiatric Hospital at UCLA, UCLA Mattel Children's Hospital, UCLA West Valley Medical Center and the UCLA Medical Group with its wide-reaching system of primary-care and specialty-care offices throughout the region, UCLA Health is among the most comprehensive and advanced healthcare systems in the world.

Our physicians are world leaders in the diagnosis and treatment of complex illnesses, and our hospitals are among the best in the country. Consistently ranked one of the top ten hospitals in the nation and the best medical center in the western United States by U.S. News & World Report, Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center is at the cutting edge of biomedical research, and our doctors and scientists are leaders in performing pioneering work across an astounding range of disciplines, from organ transplantation and cardiac surgery to neurosurgery and cancer treatment, and bringing the latest discoveries to virtually every field of medicine.

Industry
Healthcare & Social Services
Company Size
10,000+ employees
Headquarters
Los Angeles, CA
Year Founded
1955
Website
uclahealth.org
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