Forensic Social Worker 1 pay range
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania · class code 40061
- Class code
- 40061
- Pay scale group
- ST 06
- Pay unit
- Year
- Bargaining unit
- F4
- State
- Pennsylvania
- The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania published pay range for Forensic Social Worker 1 is $55,316 to $80,646 per year.
- Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Office of Administration keys this classification as class code 40061.
- This is the range the plan authorises, not the salary of any individual employee.
Class specification
The Commonwealth job specification for this class is published by Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Office of Administration. The passages below are quoted from it as published, not paraphrased, and cut to their opening sentences; the full specification is the authority on duties and qualifications. It was last revised 09/08/2008.
What the state says the job is
This is professional social work at a Forensic Psychiatric Unit on the grounds of a Commonwealth facility. An employee in this job develops, implements and provides social work, counseling and case management services to forensic patients who have been committed through the criminal justice system for diagnosis, evaluation and intensive treatment. Programs are designed to enhance their social functioning and to help them attain a satisfactory social, economic, emotional or physical adjustment. Work involves interacting with patients, family members, guardians, facility staff, and staff from external agencies to plan, provide, or coordinate needed social work services. An important aspect of the work is the responsibility for the care, custody and control of forensic patients while they are participating in social services programs.
Examples of the work
Provides social work, counseling, and case management services to patients. Interviews patients, family members or legal guardians, or external agency representatives to obtain information regarding patients' physical, mental, emotional, economic and social status. Assesses patients' psychosocial strengths, weaknesses and social services needs. Counsels patients or family members utilizing various treatment modalities to help the patient or family members to recognize the problem[s]. Assists patients in exploring methods to adjust, modify and improve personal and social behavior.
Minimum qualifications
A bachelor's or master’s degree in social work or social welfare.
Quoted from the Commonwealth job specification, read 2026-10-21.
Where this comes from
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Office of Administration publishes this figure in Classification and Pay Plan (online, current annual salary ranges). Every number on this page is read from that document; nothing is estimated, modelled or averaged.
The Commonwealth also links this class code to its own job title and specification. That page is the official description of the classification; this page publishes its pay range.
The listed pay scale is available in the Commonwealth's current ST schedule.