Medical Social Care Specialist Family
Career series with 1 positions across 1 levels
Medical Social Care Specialist 2 Medical Assistance and Health Services is a state title in New Jersey's competitive civil service, which means the way in is an open exam rather than a direct appointment.
Candidates need a bachelor's degree and 2 years of relevant experience. Pay on the FY2027 schedule runs $60,876 to $88,743.
Medical Social Care Specialist is a single-title classification family: Medical Social Care Specialist 2 Medical Assistance and Health Services is the only position in it. Medical Social Care Specialist commonly advances into Program Specialist and Health Systems Specialist.
Specializations
Positions in This Family
- MEDICAL SOCIAL CARE SPECIALIST 2 MEDICAL ASSISTANCE AND HEALTH SERVICES (60054) $60,876 - $88,743/year
What the Medical Social Care Specialist family covers
Medical Social Care Specialist is a single-title family in the New Jersey civil service classification plan: one title code, with no numbered rungs above or below it. Every title in it is a state title, so the employer is a state department, commission or authority rather than a county or municipality.
Clinical titles staff the state psychiatric hospitals, the developmental centers, the veterans homes and the county health departments. Licensure usually does the gatekeeping that an exam does elsewhere, so the qualification text points at a board registration rather than a test score, and the competitive exam is often an evaluation of credentials. This is also the corner of the compendium where the state pays to fill vacancies faster: several health care titles can be hired above the bottom step under the special incentive program.
What each title does
The published specification opens with this definition of the work.
- Medical Social Care Specialist 2 Medical Assistance and Health Services: Under direction of a supervisory official in a state department, performs varied tasks related to the social…
What it takes to qualify
Across the 1 title we have parsed, the education requirements read as a bachelor's degree on 1 of them. Experience requirements sit at 2 years wherever they are stated.
On how the jobs are filled: 1 is competitive, filled from an eligible list after an open competitive or promotional examination.
How the pay is set
Titles in this family are paid on the A-P-R-S salary schedule. See every step in that schedule. Bargaining is handled by CWA. Union contracts and rights are collected here.
Where these jobs exist
These are state titles, hired by New Jersey departments, commissions and boards through the Civil Service Commission's announcement and eligible list process rather than by an ordinary job posting. How state hiring works, and which agencies employ what.
Related titles elsewhere in the plan
These titles sit elsewhere in the classification plan but share vocabulary with Medical Social Care Specialist, which usually means overlapping duties or a related eligible list.
- Medical Social Care Specialist I, Medical Assistance & Health Services ($66,592 to $97,354, state jurisdiction)
- Deputy Assistant Director, Medical Care Administration, Medical Assistance and Health Services
- Deputy Assistant Director, Medical Care Administration, Medical Assistance and Health Services
- Senior Medical Social Worker (local jurisdiction)
- Social Work Supervisor 2 Medical ($79,844 to $117,228, state jurisdiction) — in the Social Work Supervisor family
- Medical Social Work Consultant 2 ($79,844 to $117,228, state jurisdiction) — in the Medical Social Work Consultant family
Common questions about Medical Social Care Specialist jobs
How many Medical Social Care Specialist titles are there in New Jersey civil service?
The Medical Social Care Specialist family holds 1 title code. Each code is a separate classification with its own published specification, requirements and salary treatment.
What does a Medical Social Care Specialist earn in New Jersey?
Medical Social Care Specialist 2 Medical Assistance and Health Services is published at $60,876 to $88,743. Salary depends on the salary range assigned to the title and the step the employee has reached.
Do you need to take an exam to become a Medical Social Care Specialist?
Yes for most of the family. 1 of the 1 title are in the competitive division, which means appointment comes from an eligible list built by an open competitive or promotional examination.
What qualifications does a Medical Social Care Specialist need?
The most common education requirement in this family is a bachelor's degree, named on 1 of the 1 title. Stated experience ranges from 2 years depending on the rung. Read the individual specification for the exact wording, including any experience substitution.