What are the responsibilities and job description for the Certified Master Social Worker-Lincoln Regional Center position at Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services?
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Hiring Agency
Health & Human Services - Agency 25
Location:
Lincoln, NE
Hiring Rate
$29.642
Job Posting
JR2026-00024114 Certified Master Social Worker-Lincoln Regional Center (Open)
Applications No Longer Accepted On (If no date is displayed, job is posted as open until closed):
03-23-2026
Job Description
📍Lincoln Regional Center –Lincoln, Nebraska
đź’µ Starting Pay Range: $29.642-$43.696/per hour, Plus an additional $3.00/hour facility differential pay for hours worked. The pay rate may be commensurate with education and/or experience within fiscal constraints if approved.
Join Our Team at the Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services!
Are you a compassionate, licensed master social worker and mental health practitioner dedicated to making a difference? If so, WE NEED YOU!
The State of Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) is now hiring for a Certified Master Social Worker position at the Lincoln Regional Center within the Division of Behavioral Health. This is your chance to contribute to our mission of “Helping People Live Better Lives” by providing vital services to individuals, families, and communities across Nebraska.
What We Offer
Stable Employment Opportunity
Career Development and Learning
Tuition Reimbursement
156% match of the first 4.8% contribution to Retirement Plan
13 Paid Holidays
Generous Leave Accruals and Benefits
Opportunity to Be Part of a Caring Organization
Flexible Schedules
At DHHS, we value our employees and are committed to fostering a supportive environment that promotes Diversity, Inclusion, and Belonging. We believe in advancing opportunities for all individuals without regard to race, color, religion, sex, age, national origin, disability, marital status, or genetics.
Ready to Make a Difference?
To learn more about this opportunity or other career options with DHHS, visit our website at http://dhhs.ne.gov.
For Questions Or Additional Information, Please Contact
Anny Friedrichsen
Talent Acquisition Partner for DHHS
📧 anny.c.friedrichsen@nebraska.gov
đź“ž 402-853-4914
Start your journey toward a rewarding career in public service, where every day offers an opportunity to create positive change and help build a stronger Nebraska.
Job Duties
Under limited supervision, the Certified Master Social Worker position performs Certified Master's level professional social work in determining client needs and provided complex therapeutic services; serves as a member on the interdisciplinary team to participate in treatment planning assigned clients; serves as a liaison to the community as clients’ needs warrant, provide psychosocial assessments, individual and group therapy; initiate and implement discharge planning; manage a caseload of approximately 20 patients. Communicate through written reports to Mental Health Boards and Courts as needed. The Master Social Worker provides clinical guidance to social workers, direct staff, practicum students, and or volunteers. Work is performed under the Supervisor of Social Work.
Requirements/ Qualifications
Minimum Qualifications:
Certified Master Social Worker : Master's degree in social work and two years of Master Social Worker experience. Recent and soon-to-be graduates and provisionally licensed applicants will be considered.
Master Social Worker: Masters Degree in social work
Legal Requirements: Certification as a Master Social Worker by the Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services is required in accordance with Neb. Rev. Stat.
Knowledge, Skills And Abilities
Knowledge of: theories and methods of social diagnosis, biopsychosocial assessment, social systems, family systems, systems theory, social institutions, the cause of social problem areas and their impact on individuals, families, and communities, State and Federal laws and regulations affecting assessment and intervention, crisis intervention theories and techniques, human behavior, growth, and development, theories of family and social interactions, and professional terminology as related to therapy, psychology, and human services
Skills in: observing and interpreting verbal and non-verbal behavior, interviewing clients to collect and elicit essential information and assess needs and progress, listening to and understanding information received from others, communicating so others understand, conducting differential diagnoses of individuals and groups, utilizing personality theory and diagnostic methods in a therapeutic context, formulating goals, assessing functional impairments so they can be addressed in treatment and discharge planning, assembling relevant facts to complete a comprehensive biopsychosocial evaluation, discussing sensitive/emotional subjects in a non-threatening, supportive manner, utilizing appropriate social work intervention methods to build client strengths and facilitate positive change, and establishing and maintaining rapport with clients and families
Ability to: conduct psychotherapy of a complex nature, interpret complex psychosocial phenomena, serve as a role model in a professional relationship with clients and social work staff, communicate social work practice and theory to professionals in other disciplines, mediate negotiations between patients, families/guardian, and clinicians, generate creative and effective means of dealing with obstacles in the implementation of discharge plans and the provision of social work services to clients, and write concise and accurate reports and correspondence in a timely manner
If you're currently employed by the State of Nebraska, please don't apply through this external career site. Instead, log in to Workday and open the Jobs Hub - Internal Apply app from your home landing page. You can access Workday anytime through the Link web page: https://link.nebraska.gov/
Benefits
We offer a comprehensive package of pay, benefits, paid time off, retirement and professional development opportunities to help you get the most out of your career and life. Your paycheck is just part of your total compensation.
Check out all that the State of Nebraska has to offer! Benefit eligibility may vary by position, agency and employment status. For more information on benefits, please visit: https://statejobs.nebraska.gov/index.html#benefits
Equal Opportunity Statement
The State of Nebraska values our teammates as well as a supportive environment that strives to promote diversity, inclusion, and belonging. We recruit, hire, train, and promote in all job classifications and at all levels without regard to race, color, religion, sex. age, national origin, disability, marital status or genetics.
Hiring Agency
Health & Human Services - Agency 25
Location:
Lincoln, NE
Hiring Rate
$29.642
Job Posting
JR2026-00024114 Certified Master Social Worker-Lincoln Regional Center (Open)
Applications No Longer Accepted On (If no date is displayed, job is posted as open until closed):
03-23-2026
Job Description
📍Lincoln Regional Center –Lincoln, Nebraska
đź’µ Starting Pay Range: $29.642-$43.696/per hour, Plus an additional $3.00/hour facility differential pay for hours worked. The pay rate may be commensurate with education and/or experience within fiscal constraints if approved.
Join Our Team at the Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services!
Are you a compassionate, licensed master social worker and mental health practitioner dedicated to making a difference? If so, WE NEED YOU!
The State of Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) is now hiring for a Certified Master Social Worker position at the Lincoln Regional Center within the Division of Behavioral Health. This is your chance to contribute to our mission of “Helping People Live Better Lives” by providing vital services to individuals, families, and communities across Nebraska.
What We Offer
Stable Employment Opportunity
Career Development and Learning
Tuition Reimbursement
156% match of the first 4.8% contribution to Retirement Plan
13 Paid Holidays
Generous Leave Accruals and Benefits
Opportunity to Be Part of a Caring Organization
Flexible Schedules
At DHHS, we value our employees and are committed to fostering a supportive environment that promotes Diversity, Inclusion, and Belonging. We believe in advancing opportunities for all individuals without regard to race, color, religion, sex, age, national origin, disability, marital status, or genetics.
Ready to Make a Difference?
To learn more about this opportunity or other career options with DHHS, visit our website at http://dhhs.ne.gov.
For Questions Or Additional Information, Please Contact
Anny Friedrichsen
Talent Acquisition Partner for DHHS
📧 anny.c.friedrichsen@nebraska.gov
đź“ž 402-853-4914
Start your journey toward a rewarding career in public service, where every day offers an opportunity to create positive change and help build a stronger Nebraska.
Job Duties
Under limited supervision, the Certified Master Social Worker position performs Certified Master's level professional social work in determining client needs and provided complex therapeutic services; serves as a member on the interdisciplinary team to participate in treatment planning assigned clients; serves as a liaison to the community as clients’ needs warrant, provide psychosocial assessments, individual and group therapy; initiate and implement discharge planning; manage a caseload of approximately 20 patients. Communicate through written reports to Mental Health Boards and Courts as needed. The Master Social Worker provides clinical guidance to social workers, direct staff, practicum students, and or volunteers. Work is performed under the Supervisor of Social Work.
Requirements/ Qualifications
Minimum Qualifications:
Certified Master Social Worker : Master's degree in social work and two years of Master Social Worker experience. Recent and soon-to-be graduates and provisionally licensed applicants will be considered.
Master Social Worker: Masters Degree in social work
Legal Requirements: Certification as a Master Social Worker by the Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services is required in accordance with Neb. Rev. Stat.
- 38-2128. Certification as a Mental Health Practitioner by the Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services is also required.
Knowledge, Skills And Abilities
Knowledge of: theories and methods of social diagnosis, biopsychosocial assessment, social systems, family systems, systems theory, social institutions, the cause of social problem areas and their impact on individuals, families, and communities, State and Federal laws and regulations affecting assessment and intervention, crisis intervention theories and techniques, human behavior, growth, and development, theories of family and social interactions, and professional terminology as related to therapy, psychology, and human services
Skills in: observing and interpreting verbal and non-verbal behavior, interviewing clients to collect and elicit essential information and assess needs and progress, listening to and understanding information received from others, communicating so others understand, conducting differential diagnoses of individuals and groups, utilizing personality theory and diagnostic methods in a therapeutic context, formulating goals, assessing functional impairments so they can be addressed in treatment and discharge planning, assembling relevant facts to complete a comprehensive biopsychosocial evaluation, discussing sensitive/emotional subjects in a non-threatening, supportive manner, utilizing appropriate social work intervention methods to build client strengths and facilitate positive change, and establishing and maintaining rapport with clients and families
Ability to: conduct psychotherapy of a complex nature, interpret complex psychosocial phenomena, serve as a role model in a professional relationship with clients and social work staff, communicate social work practice and theory to professionals in other disciplines, mediate negotiations between patients, families/guardian, and clinicians, generate creative and effective means of dealing with obstacles in the implementation of discharge plans and the provision of social work services to clients, and write concise and accurate reports and correspondence in a timely manner
If you're currently employed by the State of Nebraska, please don't apply through this external career site. Instead, log in to Workday and open the Jobs Hub - Internal Apply app from your home landing page. You can access Workday anytime through the Link web page: https://link.nebraska.gov/
Benefits
We offer a comprehensive package of pay, benefits, paid time off, retirement and professional development opportunities to help you get the most out of your career and life. Your paycheck is just part of your total compensation.
Check out all that the State of Nebraska has to offer! Benefit eligibility may vary by position, agency and employment status. For more information on benefits, please visit: https://statejobs.nebraska.gov/index.html#benefits
Equal Opportunity Statement
The State of Nebraska values our teammates as well as a supportive environment that strives to promote diversity, inclusion, and belonging. We recruit, hire, train, and promote in all job classifications and at all levels without regard to race, color, religion, sex. age, national origin, disability, marital status or genetics.
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