Social Worker LCSW - Team Lead

Indiana University Health System•Lafayette, LA

30d•Onsite

About The Position

The Social Work Team Lead acts as a leader within the department, overseeing daily social work activities, providing functional guidance to team members, and ensuring high-quality service delivery. This role involves resolving issues, coaching, training, and educating staff to promote department excellence. The Team Lead collaborates effectively with a multidisciplinary team to facilitate safe, timely, and resourceful patient care, while also acting as a resource for students, interns, and social workers working toward their LCSW.

Requirements

Master’s Degree in Social Work (MSW) required
Minimum of 5 years in child welfare, mental health and addictions, health, school, or community/organizational settings
Permanent Indiana LCSW required
Crisis Prevention Intervention (CPI) or an alternative de-escalation training within 6 months of hire required
Evidence-based psychosocial assessment, short-term therapeutic counseling, crisis intervention for mental health and substance use disorders
Knowledge of disease processes and human behavior related to health-related social needs
Complex discharge planning skills to ensure safe patient transitions
Legal knowledge of state and county adult and child protective mandates
Principles of growth, development, and end-of-life care
Ability to identify decision-makers and coordinate goals of care conversations
Experience adapting services to geographically and financially diverse populations
Ability to develop and maintain strong relationships with hospital leadership, medical teams, law enforcement, APS/DCS, schools, probation, and community agencies
Computer literacy and proficiency in documentation within electronic medical records (EMR)
Leadership and mentorship skills
Effective communication and active listening
Crisis management and de-escalation proficiency
Collaboration and team-building within a multidisciplinary environment
Confidentiality and HIPAA compliance
Cultural sensitivity and professionalism

Responsibilities

Acts in a lead capacity and serves as liaison to the Social Work Manager or supervisor by overseeing daily social work activities
Provides functional guidance, ongoing coaching, and resolves issues within the department to improve outcomes
Trains and educates staff on various aspects of the department and social work role to achieve top quality results
Participates in service delivery through effective collaboration with the healthcare team
Communicates and collaborates with all members of the healthcare team to facilitate safe and timely patient services
Interprets and communicates complex patient/family needs, role modeling caring practices to other caregivers
Assesses patients' and families' psychosocial risk factors through evaluation of prior functioning levels, support systems, reactions to illness, and ability to cope
Counsels patients and families regarding emotional, social, and financial impacts of illness/disability
Accesses and mobilizes family and community resources to meet identified needs
Provides mental health assessments of patients upon physician referral
Provides therapeutic intervention to facilitate complex discharge planning
Serves as the point person in child abuse/neglect, adult/elderly abuse/neglect, institutional abuse, and domestic violence cases
Acts as liaison between Indiana University Health and state and county child and adult protective teams
Provides intervention in guardianship (temporary/permanent), foster care, adoption, and mental health Level II placements
May provide specialized mental health services including crisis intervention, addiction assessments, and psychiatric referrals
Assists with dangerous or potentially dangerous situations, taking a leadership stance in clinical intervention and de-escalation
Supports those experiencing acute crises using de-escalation techniques to help prevent episodes of violence
Utilizes effective interviewing principles with victims, perpetrators, families, and significant others
Serves as a resource and role model for students, interns, LBSWs, and LSWs
Participates with the clinical team in developing treatment plans for psychosocial issues and needs
Consults with providers regarding mental health diagnoses and treatment options
Develops educational resources for patients and families
Acts as a preceptor, sharing knowledge to facilitate learning and professional development
Provides clinical supervision for social workers working toward their LCSW
Serves as a field instructor for students completing internships and practicums