Medical Social Work Consultant Family
Career series with 2 positions across 2 levels
Medical Social Work Consultant is a career-ladder family in New Jersey civil service, with 2 titles spanning 2 levels.
Entry is typically through Medical Social Work Consultant 2, advancing through the ladder toward Medical Social Work Consultant 1. Pay across the family spans $79,844 to $134,900, around the 64th percentile of all civil service job families by top pay. State payroll records show 4 people across the family's titles, most concentrated at Catastrophic Illness in Children.
Medical Social Work Consultant commonly advances into Occupational Health Consultant and Medical Security Officer.
Positions in This Family
- MEDICAL SOCIAL WORK CONSULTANT 2 (60174) $79,844 - $117,228/year
- MEDICAL SOCIAL WORK CONSULTANT 1 (60176) $91,628 - $134,900/year
What the Medical Social Work Consultant family covers
Medical Social Work Consultant is a graded series in the New Jersey civil service classification plan, running 2 title codes across 2 levels. Every title in it is a state title, so the employer is a state department, commission or authority rather than a county or municipality.
Case-carrying titles are the largest civilian block in New Jersey government outside clerical work. They run through the Department of Children and Families, Human Services, county welfare and social services boards, and the guardianship and child support programs. The families are usually built as clean numbered ladders because caseload complexity is what separates one rung from the next, not a change of profession. A social work degree is common at the professional levels, though many of the specialist and technician titles admit experience instead.
The ladder, ordered by pay
Ordered by what they actually pay rather than by the number in the title, the Medical Social Work Consultant rungs look like this. Note that the numbers in these titles do not run in pay order. In this family a lower number sits higher on the ladder, which is a New Jersey convention that catches people out when they read a title list top to bottom.
- Medical Social Work Consultant 1 — $91,628 to $134,900
- Medical Social Work Consultant 2 — $79,844 to $117,228
The distance from the bottom of Medical Social Work Consultant 2 to the top of Medical Social Work Consultant 1 is $55,057, an increase of about 69% over the entry minimum.
What each title does
Each title in the family carries its own published definition. These are the opening lines of each one, which is usually where the difference between two neighboring rungs is actually stated.
- Medical Social Work Consultant 2: Under the direction of a Medical Social Work Consultant 1 or other supervisory officer in a state department or agency, performs administrative tasks and…
- Medical Social Work Consultant 1: Under the general direction of a medical director or other supervisory officer within a state department or agency, provides medical social work…
What it takes to qualify
None of the specifications in this family names a degree requirement, which places these titles among the New Jersey positions open to applicants without formal higher education. On how the jobs are filled: 2 are competitive, filled from an eligible list after an open competitive or promotional examination.
Who actually employs these titles
State payroll records show 4 people working under 1 of this family's title, spread across 2 agencies. Catastrophic Illness in Children alone accounts for about 75% of them.
- Catastrophic Illness in Children — 3 employees
- Health and Senior Services — 1 employee
Median actual pay for Medical Social Work Consultant 1 is $130,339, which is what people in the title are really paid rather than the published band.
State payroll only, deduplicated by payroll title; local employers file separately, so a family with local codes looks smaller here than it is. How this is counted.
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 Work Consultant, which usually means overlapping duties or a related eligible list.
- Public Health Consultant 2, Social Work ($76,287 to $111,856, state jurisdiction) — in the Public Health Consultant family
- Social Work Supervisor 2 Medical ($79,844 to $117,228, state jurisdiction) — in the Social Work Supervisor family
- Medical Consultant (state jurisdiction)
- Medical Consultant Psychologist (state jurisdiction)
- Regional Dental Consultant Medical Assistance and Health Service ($121,055 to $179,046, state jurisdiction)
- Social Work Specialist (local jurisdiction)
Common questions about Medical Social Work Consultant jobs
How many Medical Social Work Consultant titles are there in New Jersey civil service?
The Medical Social Work Consultant family holds 2 title codes arranged across 2 levels. Each code is a separate classification with its own published specification, requirements and salary treatment.
What does a Medical Social Work Consultant earn in New Jersey?
Published salary data for this family runs from $79,844 at the bottom of Medical Social Work Consultant 2 to $134,900 at the top of Medical Social Work Consultant 1. Those are schedule figures. Where the title appears on the state payroll, actual median pay is listed on the page above.
Do you need to take an exam to become a Medical Social Work Consultant?
Yes for most of the family. 2 of the 2 titles 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 Work Consultant need?
No degree requirement is parsed from the specifications in this family, which puts these titles among the New Jersey civil service jobs reachable without formal higher education.
Which agencies employ Medical Social Work Consultant staff?
State payroll records show 4 people in this family across 2 agencies, with Catastrophic Illness in Children the largest at 3. Local government employers are not covered by that extract.
Is Medical Social Work Consultant 1 higher or lower than Medical Social Work Consultant 3?
In this family the lower number is the more senior title. New Jersey's level numbering does not run in pay order, and reading the titles by number alone will give you the ladder upside down. The list above is sorted by what each title actually pays.