E-3 Visa Clinical Social Worker Jobs
Clinical Social Worker roles in the U.S. qualify as E-3 specialty occupations when the position requires a bachelor's degree or higher in social work or a closely related field. Australian nationals can secure E-3 visa sponsorship without competing in a lottery, making these roles accessible year-round through any licensed U.S. employer willing to file a Labor Condition Application.
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JR-8482
Location:
450 Brookline Ave, BOSTON, MA 02215
Category:
Social Work
Employment Type:
Full time
Work Location:
Hybrid: 2-3 days onsite/week
Salary/Pay Rate:
$97,683.00 - $110,448.00 per year
Overview
As a member of the multidisciplinary pediatric oncology team, and under minimal supervision, the Pediatric Clinical Social Worker, LICSW II, provides highly skilled patient and family centered care through clinical psychosocial assessment and intervention, including crisis response, individual, couples, family, and group interventions, and short-term bereavement support. Located in Boston and the surrounding communities, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute is a leader in life changing breakthroughs in cancer research and patient care. We are united in our mission of conquering cancer, HIV/AIDS, and related diseases. We strive to create an inclusive, diverse, and equitable environment where we provide compassionate and comprehensive care to patients of all backgrounds, and design programs to promote public health particularly among high-risk and underserved populations. We conduct groundbreaking research that advances treatment, we educate tomorrow's physician/researchers, and we work with amazing partners, including other Harvard Medical School-affiliated hospitals.
PRIMARY DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:
- Provides biopsychosocial assessment and intervention, crisis intervention, coordination of psychosocial services, and consultation, to reduce cancer-related distress and improve quality of life for patients, families, and caregivers across the trajectory of cancer care; this includes those patients seen for screening for high risk of developing cancer and/or a diagnosis of cancer through to end of life and/or survivorship in collaboration with community mental health partners.
- Assesses adaptation of families and caregivers to patient’s illness and ensures maximum participation of patients/families/caregivers in the continuum of care process.
- Provides clinical interventions that are focused on cancer-related distress, are evidence based, goal oriented, strengths based, and short-term and episodic in nature to ensure patient equity and accessibility to social work interventions; modalities include individual, family, and group work.
- Identifies and addresses high-risk psychosocial factors as well as psychosocial strengths of patients/families/caregivers that impact health status, coping and adjustment (e.g., suicidal or homicidal risk, domestic violence, disabled, child or elder abuse and neglect, physical, developmental or intellectual disabilities, serious mental health conditions, etc.).
- Responsible for facilitating complex serious illness and goals of care conversations to ensure shared treatment decision-making and effective patient-physician communication.
- Responsible for identifying and communicating systemic inequities, their impact on patients, families, caregivers, and the community at large and providing recommendations for systemic change.
- Responsible for demonstrating commitment to diversity and equity efforts, including advocacy and self-education to advance knowledge base of the needs and concerns of underserved and marginalized populations.
- Communicates clinical assessment and recommendations and provides consultation and support to interdisciplinary health care team.
- Initiates collaboration with interdisciplinary team to manage psychosocial barriers that limit patients’/families’/caregivers’ ability to access and/or engage in recommended medical care.
- Provides education/consultation regarding impact of cancer on patients and families/caregivers to community, and provides consultation, education, and program development (e.g., support groups, psychoeducational forums, etc.) within the disease-based or service-based team and in collaboration with the interdisciplinary team.
- Responsible for evidence-based facilitation of patient and/or family and/or caregiver support programs or groups.
- Provides in-person and/or telehealth services to patients and families/caregivers; method of communication (i.e., in person/phone/Zoom video) is based on clinical assessment.
- Provides clinical coverage in other social workers’ absence(s).
MINIMUM JOB QUALIFICATIONS:
Minimum Education:
Master of Social Work
Minimum Experience:
4 years social work practice required; health care setting preferred with at least 2 years in an oncology setting or with oncology patients (other social work experience may substitute).
License/Certification/Registration:
LICSW in MA (and state specific based on location)
KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, AND ABILITIES REQUIRED:
- Highly skilled in knowledge of interventions for patients with psychosocial needs inclusive of mental health, behavioral health, emotional, relational, and other social needs.
- Highly skilled in various behavioral health interventions related to common issues and needs across the oncology continuum of care.
- Highly skilled in knowledge of interdisciplinary teamwork and team dynamics, scope of key partnerships and interprofessional roles.
- Highly skilled in knowledge of social work clinical psychosocial care concepts, practices, and policies with demonstrated ability to use them in varied situations.
- Highly skilled ability to facilitate understanding and resolution of problems related to patient/family/caregiver interpersonal conflict, mental health and/or substance use concerns or disorders.
- Highly skilled ability to provide guidance/ consultation to the team around complex patient management, including ethical issues.
- Highly skilled ability to facilitate patient and family/caregiver participation in oncology care, and to recommend and contribute to team and/or family/caregiver meetings.
- Highly skilled ability to make clinical decisions guided by experience, policies, consultation, and evidence-based practice.
- Highly skilled in actively facilitating team meetings related to care planning in the setting of disruptive/challenging patient/family/caregiver/support person behavior.
- Highly skilled in ability to understand and communicate information to interdisciplinary team, patients, families, caregivers, and community partners (e.g., agencies, professional organizations, etc.).
- Highly skilled in ability to be sensitive, responsive to, and advocate for the needs of diverse populations in the setting of serious illness; including but not limited to diversity in gender identity, age, culture, race, religion, socioeconomic status, abilities, and sexual orientation.
- Highly skilled ability to adjust to change within a fast-paced working environment and to be a role model for LCSW and LICSW I roles.
- Highly skilled ability to integrate professional ethical principles (e.g., confidentiality, boundaries) and adhere to relevant professional, departmental, and organizational standards for patient and family care.
- Highly skilled ability to write clear and complete biopsychosocial assessments, progress notes, and other forms of documentation in the EMR, keeping with Divisional and Institutional policies.
- Strong adherence to Social Work Division practice and administrative standards and policies (e.g., HIPAA, high-risk sign out, scheduling).
SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITIES:
No direct reports, competent to clinically supervise LCSWs and Social Work trainees (e.g., interns, fellows); will supervise as needed to meet the needs of the Division.
PATIENT CONTACT:
Yes
At Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, we work every day to create an innovative, caring, and inclusive environment where every patient, family, and staff member feels they belong. As relentless as we are in our mission to reduce the burden of cancer for all, we are committed to having faculty and staff who offer multifaceted experiences. Cancer knows no boundaries and when it comes to hiring the most dedicated and compassionate professionals, neither do we. If working in this kind of organization inspires you, we encourage you to apply.
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute is an equal opportunity employer and affirms the right of every qualified applicant to receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, gender identity or expression, national origin, sexual orientation, genetic information, disability, age, ancestry, military service, protected veteran status, or other characteristics protected by law.
EEO Poster
Pay Transparency Statement
The hiring range is based on market pay structures, with individual salaries determined by factors such as business needs, market conditions, internal equity, and based on the candidate’s relevant experience, skills and qualifications.
For union positions, the pay range is determined by the Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA).
$97,683.00 - $110,448.00
Job Ref:
JR-8482
Location:
450 Brookline Ave, BOSTON, MA 02215
Category:
Social Work
Employment Type:
Full time
Work Location:
Hybrid: 2-3 days onsite/week
Salary/Pay Rate:
$97,683.00 - $110,448.00 per year
Overview
As a member of the multidisciplinary pediatric oncology team, and under minimal supervision, the Pediatric Clinical Social Worker, LICSW II, provides highly skilled patient and family centered care through clinical psychosocial assessment and intervention, including crisis response, individual, couples, family, and group interventions, and short-term bereavement support. Located in Boston and the surrounding communities, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute is a leader in life changing breakthroughs in cancer research and patient care. We are united in our mission of conquering cancer, HIV/AIDS, and related diseases. We strive to create an inclusive, diverse, and equitable environment where we provide compassionate and comprehensive care to patients of all backgrounds, and design programs to promote public health particularly among high-risk and underserved populations. We conduct groundbreaking research that advances treatment, we educate tomorrow's physician/researchers, and we work with amazing partners, including other Harvard Medical School-affiliated hospitals.
PRIMARY DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:
- Provides biopsychosocial assessment and intervention, crisis intervention, coordination of psychosocial services, and consultation, to reduce cancer-related distress and improve quality of life for patients, families, and caregivers across the trajectory of cancer care; this includes those patients seen for screening for high risk of developing cancer and/or a diagnosis of cancer through to end of life and/or survivorship in collaboration with community mental health partners.
- Assesses adaptation of families and caregivers to patient’s illness and ensures maximum participation of patients/families/caregivers in the continuum of care process.
- Provides clinical interventions that are focused on cancer-related distress, are evidence based, goal oriented, strengths based, and short-term and episodic in nature to ensure patient equity and accessibility to social work interventions; modalities include individual, family, and group work.
- Identifies and addresses high-risk psychosocial factors as well as psychosocial strengths of patients/families/caregivers that impact health status, coping and adjustment (e.g., suicidal or homicidal risk, domestic violence, disabled, child or elder abuse and neglect, physical, developmental or intellectual disabilities, serious mental health conditions, etc.).
- Responsible for facilitating complex serious illness and goals of care conversations to ensure shared treatment decision-making and effective patient-physician communication.
- Responsible for identifying and communicating systemic inequities, their impact on patients, families, caregivers, and the community at large and providing recommendations for systemic change.
- Responsible for demonstrating commitment to diversity and equity efforts, including advocacy and self-education to advance knowledge base of the needs and concerns of underserved and marginalized populations.
- Communicates clinical assessment and recommendations and provides consultation and support to interdisciplinary health care team.
- Initiates collaboration with interdisciplinary team to manage psychosocial barriers that limit patients’/families’/caregivers’ ability to access and/or engage in recommended medical care.
- Provides education/consultation regarding impact of cancer on patients and families/caregivers to community, and provides consultation, education, and program development (e.g., support groups, psychoeducational forums, etc.) within the disease-based or service-based team and in collaboration with the interdisciplinary team.
- Responsible for evidence-based facilitation of patient and/or family and/or caregiver support programs or groups.
- Provides in-person and/or telehealth services to patients and families/caregivers; method of communication (i.e., in person/phone/Zoom video) is based on clinical assessment.
- Provides clinical coverage in other social workers’ absence(s).
MINIMUM JOB QUALIFICATIONS:
Minimum Education:
Master of Social Work
Minimum Experience:
4 years social work practice required; health care setting preferred with at least 2 years in an oncology setting or with oncology patients (other social work experience may substitute).
License/Certification/Registration:
LICSW in MA (and state specific based on location)
KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, AND ABILITIES REQUIRED:
- Highly skilled in knowledge of interventions for patients with psychosocial needs inclusive of mental health, behavioral health, emotional, relational, and other social needs.
- Highly skilled in various behavioral health interventions related to common issues and needs across the oncology continuum of care.
- Highly skilled in knowledge of interdisciplinary teamwork and team dynamics, scope of key partnerships and interprofessional roles.
- Highly skilled in knowledge of social work clinical psychosocial care concepts, practices, and policies with demonstrated ability to use them in varied situations.
- Highly skilled ability to facilitate understanding and resolution of problems related to patient/family/caregiver interpersonal conflict, mental health and/or substance use concerns or disorders.
- Highly skilled ability to provide guidance/ consultation to the team around complex patient management, including ethical issues.
- Highly skilled ability to facilitate patient and family/caregiver participation in oncology care, and to recommend and contribute to team and/or family/caregiver meetings.
- Highly skilled ability to make clinical decisions guided by experience, policies, consultation, and evidence-based practice.
- Highly skilled in actively facilitating team meetings related to care planning in the setting of disruptive/challenging patient/family/caregiver/support person behavior.
- Highly skilled in ability to understand and communicate information to interdisciplinary team, patients, families, caregivers, and community partners (e.g., agencies, professional organizations, etc.).
- Highly skilled in ability to be sensitive, responsive to, and advocate for the needs of diverse populations in the setting of serious illness; including but not limited to diversity in gender identity, age, culture, race, religion, socioeconomic status, abilities, and sexual orientation.
- Highly skilled ability to adjust to change within a fast-paced working environment and to be a role model for LCSW and LICSW I roles.
- Highly skilled ability to integrate professional ethical principles (e.g., confidentiality, boundaries) and adhere to relevant professional, departmental, and organizational standards for patient and family care.
- Highly skilled ability to write clear and complete biopsychosocial assessments, progress notes, and other forms of documentation in the EMR, keeping with Divisional and Institutional policies.
- Strong adherence to Social Work Division practice and administrative standards and policies (e.g., HIPAA, high-risk sign out, scheduling).
SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITIES:
No direct reports, competent to clinically supervise LCSWs and Social Work trainees (e.g., interns, fellows); will supervise as needed to meet the needs of the Division.
PATIENT CONTACT:
Yes
At Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, we work every day to create an innovative, caring, and inclusive environment where every patient, family, and staff member feels they belong. As relentless as we are in our mission to reduce the burden of cancer for all, we are committed to having faculty and staff who offer multifaceted experiences. Cancer knows no boundaries and when it comes to hiring the most dedicated and compassionate professionals, neither do we. If working in this kind of organization inspires you, we encourage you to apply.
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute is an equal opportunity employer and affirms the right of every qualified applicant to receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, gender identity or expression, national origin, sexual orientation, genetic information, disability, age, ancestry, military service, protected veteran status, or other characteristics protected by law.
EEO Poster
Pay Transparency Statement
The hiring range is based on market pay structures, with individual salaries determined by factors such as business needs, market conditions, internal equity, and based on the candidate’s relevant experience, skills and qualifications.
For union positions, the pay range is determined by the Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA).
$97,683.00 - $110,448.00
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Get Access To All JobsTips for Finding E-3 Visa Sponsorship in Clinical Social Worker
Verify your credential equivalency before applying
Australian three-year Bachelor of Social Work degrees are generally accepted as equivalent to U.S. four-year degrees for E-3 visa purposes, but get a written credential evaluation from USCIS-recognized services if a job posting specifies a U.S. degree requirement.
Target employers with active LCSW supervision programs
Many states require supervised clinical hours for licensure, and hospital systems, community mental health centers, and federally qualified health centers regularly sponsor E-3 workers because they have established HR processes for the Labor Condition Application filing.
Confirm state licensure requirements before your interview
Clinical social work licensure is state-specific. Some states let internationally trained applicants sit the ASWB exam immediately, while others require additional coursework. Know your target state's rules before an offer is on the table, as your employer's LCA filing depends on your licensed status.
Use Migrate Mate's E-3 filing service for the full process
Once you have a job offer, use Migrate Mate's E-3 filing service to handle your LCA and visa paperwork. The LCA must be DOL-certified before your consulate appointment, and errors in prevailing wage documentation are one of the most common causes of delays for social work roles.
Address dual intent directly with hiring managers
The E-3 is a nonimmigrant visa, so you must demonstrate intent to return to Australia. Prepare a clear, honest answer about your career plans if asked. Raising it proactively with employers signals you understand the process and reduces hesitation from HR teams unfamiliar with E-3 sponsorship.
Request employer confirmation of specialty occupation status
USCIS requires the role to formally require a relevant degree, not just prefer one. Ask your employer to confirm the job description states the degree requirement explicitly before the LCA is filed, as vague language is a leading cause of E-3 complications for social work positions.
E-3 Visa Clinical Social Worker: Frequently Asked Questions
How do I find Clinical Social Worker jobs with E-3 visa sponsorship?
Migrate Mate is the most direct way to search for Clinical Social Worker roles where employers are open to E-3 sponsorship. Because the E-3 requires no lottery and has a straightforward employer filing process, many hospital systems, nonprofits, and community mental health organizations will sponsor Australian candidates who raise it clearly and early in the hiring process.
How much does it cost to get an E-3 visa?
Migrate Mate's E-3 filing service covers the entire process for $499, including the Labor Condition Application, visa document preparation, and consulate appointment guidance. Traditional immigration lawyers charge $2,000–$5,000+ for the same work. The E-3 has less paperwork than most work visas, so paying thousands for legal help is usually unnecessary.
Does a Clinical Social Worker role qualify as an E-3 specialty occupation?
Yes, provided the position formally requires at least a bachelor's degree in social work or a directly related field. The key distinction is that the job description must state the degree as a requirement, not a preference. Roles that accept any bachelor's degree regardless of field typically do not meet the E-3 specialty occupation standard and will not support a valid LCA filing.
How does the E-3 visa compare to the H-1B for Clinical Social Workers?
The E-3 is available year-round with no lottery, making it far more predictable for both you and your employer than the H-1B visa, which is capped at 85,000 annually and subject to a random selection process. For clinical social work roles, which often have urgent hiring timelines tied to caseloads and grant funding cycles, the E-3's immediate availability is a practical advantage.
Can I transfer my Australian social work license to practice in the United States?
Australian social work qualifications are not automatically recognized in U.S. states. You'll need to apply for licensure in your target state through the relevant state board and pass the ASWB licensing exam. Some states offer a provisional license that allows supervised practice while your full application is processed, which can align with your E-3 start date if planned in advance.