350+ Social Services & Counseling Jobs in Kansas City, MO

Official local pay data is moderate: the Kansas City broad community and social service family shows a $53,620 annual median, $58,270 mean, $46,210 at the 25th percentile, and $80,230 at the 90th percentile for 2025; BLS also reports a mean hourly wage of $28.01 for the metro group. Newer posting-based signals are higher, with local advertised pay centered on about $75k to $90k and hourly roles around about $26 to $35 / hour, but those figures reflect the disclosed-pay slice of active postings rather than the full workforce.

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Advertised pay

Across the 176 openings that disclose pay, the advertised range midpoint runs $58,240 at the 25th percentile, $78,552 at the median and $89,550 at the 75th. These are advertised ranges, not earned pay.

Active openings as of October 17, 2026

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What our analysts see this month

Favorable market | next 3-6 months

Kansas City is a favorable but targeted market for this category over the next 3-6 months. Kansas City's broad labor market is steady, with total nonfarm employment up 0.7266% year-over-year in August 2026 and education and health services up 2.6010%, while Missouri-wide social services, counseling & community postings were up 12.2% year-over-year in September and employment in the occupation was up 1.2%. Local openings are not huge in absolute terms, but the sample still shows more than 100 postings across more than 50 companies over the last 90 days, with demand concentrated in hospitals and healthcare employers. That means there is real hiring, but it is strongest for people who can work on-site and step into case-management-heavy settings quickly.

Best positioned: Candidates with hospital or community case-management experience, crisis-intervention skill, solid documentation habits, and flexibility for on-site work have the best odds right now.

Main caution: Do not mistake this for a remote-friendly counseling boom: about 85% of sampled roles are on-site, and about 80% of sampled demand sits in hospitals and healthcare.

From the September 2026 market report

Who is hiring here

Counted across all 392 openings in this market. 10 of the employers below are hiring for more than one role right now.

1. Kansas Health System: 14 open roles
2. SERC Physical Therapy: 14 open roles
3. Upstream Rehabilitation Inc.: 14 open roles
4. Research Medical Center: 12 open roles
5. ReDiscover: 11 open roles
6. Athletico: 10 open roles
7. Wyandot, Inc.: 9 open roles
8. Overland Park Regional Medical Center: 7 open roles
9. Confluent Health LLC: 6 open roles
10. Ellie Mental Health: 6 open roles

Where the openings are

• Kansas City: 154
• Overland Park: 61
• Blue Springs: 22
• Lee's Summit: 19
• Independence: 18
• Olathe: 16
• Lenexa: 15
• Leawood: 13

Work arrangement

on-site 336 (89%), hybrid 21 (6%), remote 20 (5%)

Where the demand is

Real opportunity is concentrated in healthcare-linked settings. In the local posting mix, hospitals and health care account for about 50% of demand and healthcare another about 30%, while Kansas City's education and health services employment base reached 185.4 thousand in August and was up 2.6010% year-over-year. The most-requested skills also look like healthcare-adjacent social work: case management about 50%, crisis intervention about 45%, discharge planning about 25%, and psychosocial assessment, treatment planning, and clinical documentation each around 15% to 20%. There is also a smaller but real community-agency lane. Non-profit organizations, insurance, and government & public sector each made up about 5% of sampled demand. Outside the posting sample, MOCSA says its new campus doubles capacity after more than 12,000 counseling sessions in the prior year, Swope Health is adding youth behavioral-health and counseling services, and City Union Mission is planning a nearly 40% increase in shelter capacity for 2027. What is limited is fully remote or senior leadership work. About 85% of sampled roles are on-site, roughly 10% hybrid, about 10% remote, and less than 5% of the sample sits at senior level.

• Hospital case management and discharge planning (high): Best concentration of demand; driven by a local mix that is about 50% hospitals and health care and about 30% healthcare, plus recurring asks for discharge planning and care coordination.
• Community, survivor, and shelter services (moderate): Smaller but meaningful lane supported by MOCSA's capacity expansion and heavy counseling-session volume, plus City Union Mission's shelter-growth plans.
• Youth and family behavioral-health support (moderate): Swope Health's new campus plans and Caravel Autism Health's expansion to four metro locations point to continued family-service need, even though staffing specifics are not always public.
• Insurance and public-sector navigation work (limited): Visible but small in the sample, with insurance and government/public sector each at about 5% of observed demand.

Where to focus: Prioritize hospital and health-system roles first, then mission-driven agencies with clear service expansions; treat remote-only searches as a narrow secondary lane.

Roles worth searching next

• Patient navigator or care coordinator: The overlap with case management, care coordination, and documentation is strong, and those skills are explicitly requested in the local market.
• Utilization review or discharge coordinator: Discharge planning is a notable local demand signal, and the employer mix leans heavily toward hospital settings.
• Eligibility or benefits specialist: Insurance and government/public sector each account for about 5% of sampled demand, pointing to adjacent administrative-service paths.
• Shelter or nonprofit operations coordinator: Recent expansion signals from MOCSA and City Union Mission suggest adjacent operations, scheduling, and service-delivery support needs around direct-service programs.

What postings ask for

• Case management (table_stakes | immediate): It appears in about 50% of sampled postings, making it the closest thing to a baseline screen in this market. Who: Everyone, especially entry-level candidates and career switchers.
• Crisis intervention (premium | immediate): It shows up in about 45% of sampled postings and is especially relevant in healthcare, shelter, youth, and survivor-support settings. Who: Mid-career candidates and anyone targeting direct-service or community crisis work.
• Discharge planning (differentiator | immediate): About 25% of sampled postings ask for it, and the employer mix is heavily hospital-leaning. Who: Candidates targeting hospital social work, utilization, or care-transition roles.
• Documentation and clinical documentation (table_stakes | immediate): Documentation appears in about 20% of sampled postings and clinical documentation in about 15%, so employers expect comfort with regulated record-keeping. Who: All candidates, especially switchers who need to prove operational readiness.
• Psychosocial assessment and treatment planning (differentiator | near-term): Both appear in about 20% of sampled postings and tend to signal more specialized direct-service work. Who: Mid-career and master's-prepared candidates.
• Care coordination (differentiator | immediate): It appears in about 15% of postings and translates across hospital, home care, insurance, and community-service employers. Who: Career switchers and experienced candidates who want broader employer options.

Questions about this market

What do Social Services, Counseling & Community roles pay in Kansas City, MO-KS?

Official local pay data is moderate: the Kansas City broad community and social service family shows a $53,620 annual median, $58,270 mean, $46,210 at the 25th percentile, and $80,230 at the 90th percentile for 2025; BLS also reports a mean hourly wage of $28.01 for the metro group. Newer posting-based signals are higher, with local advertised pay centered on about $75k to $90k and hourly roles around about $26 to $35 / hour, but those figures reflect the disclosed-pay slice of active postings rather than the full workforce. Kansas City is not a low-pay market for the field, but the strongest advertised pay appears concentrated in specialized, healthcare-linked openings rather than across all community-service roles.

Where is demand for Social Services, Counseling & Community roles in Kansas City, MO-KS concentrated?

Real opportunity is concentrated in healthcare-linked settings. In the local posting mix, hospitals and health care account for about 50% of demand and healthcare another about 30%, while Kansas City's education and health services employment base reached 185.4 thousand in August and was up 2.6010% year-over-year. The most-requested skills also look like healthcare-adjacent social work: case management about 50%, crisis intervention about 45%, discharge planning about 25%, and psychosocial assessment, treatment planning, and clinical documentation each around 15% to 20%. There is also a smaller but real community-agency lane. Non-profit organizations, insurance, and government & public sector each made up about 5% of sampled demand. Outside the posting sample, MOCSA says its new campus doubles capacity after more than 12,000 counseling sessions in the prior year, Swope Health is adding youth behavioral-health and counseling services, and City Union Mission is planning a nearly 40% increase in shelter capacity for 2027. What is limited is fully remote or senior leadership work. About 85% of sampled roles are on-site, roughly 10% hybrid, about 10% remote, and less than 5% of the sample sits at senior level.

Which employers are hiring the most Social Services, Counseling & Community talent in Kansas City, MO-KS?

Recent postings show the most activity from Saint Luke's Limited (10 postings), Kansas Health System (10 postings), Gotham Enterprises Ltd (5 postings). See the full market report for the complete employer landscape.

Can Social Services, Counseling & Community roles in Kansas City, MO-KS be done remotely?

Of recent postings, 10% are remote and 10% hybrid, with 85% on-site. Use the Remote filter above to see only remote openings.

How current are these listings?

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