Social Worker-MSW LCSW-Nights

Indiana University Health•Indianapolis, IN

56d•Onsite

About The Position

Social Worker - MSW / LCSW Location: Riley Hospital Shift: Full-Time Nights Join Our Dedicated Pediatric and Adult Behavioral Health Team! Indiana University Health Riley Hospital is seeking a compassionate and experienced Master's Level Social Worker (MSW) with a permanent LCSW license to provide vital psychosocial support and clinical interventions during night shifts. This role involves face-to-face patient and family interactions, crisis management, discharge planning, and collaboration with multidisciplinary teams to ensure safe, effective, and compassionate care. Position Overview: Meet face-to-face with patients and families, providing assessments, counseling, and resource coordination Assist in developing educational materials for patients, families, and healthcare teams Serve as a resource and role model for students, interns, LBSWs, and LSWs Collaborate with the clinical team to develop individualized treatment plans to address psychosocial issues and needs, including consulting on mental health diagnoses Interpret and communicate complex patient and family needs, modeling caring and professional practices to caregivers Assess psychosocial risk factors by evaluating prior functioning, support systems, reactions to illness, and coping strategies Counsel patients and families regarding emotional, social, and financial impacts of health conditions or disabilities Access and mobilize community and family resources to meet patient needs Conduct mental health assessments upon physician referral Facilitate complex discharge planning to ensure safe transfer to appropriate care levels Serve as a point person for cases involving child abuse/neglect, elder abuse/neglect, institutional abuse, and domestic violence Act as a liaison between IU Health and protective services (APS/DCS) Provide crisis intervention, de-escalation, and behavioral health services, including addiction assessments and psychiatric referrals Support management of dangerous or potentially dangerous situations with leadership and clinical intervention Use principles of interviewing victims, perpetrators, families, and significant others to gather critical information Provide intervention at end-of-life, guardianship (temporary/permanent), foster care, and adoption cases

Requirements

Education: Master's Degree in Social Work required.
Licensure: Permanent Indiana license as an LCSW required.
Certifications: Crisis Prevention Intervention (CPI) or an equivalent de-escalation training required within 6 months of hire
Experience: Relevant healthcare, mental health, or community-based experience preferred.
Knowledge & Skills: 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 social needs
Complex discharge planning skills for safe patient transfers
Legal mandates for child and adult protective services (state and county)
Principles of growth and development across the lifespan, including end-of-life care
Ability to identify decision-makers and lead goals of care conversations to optimize patient throughput and care quality
Experience adapting services for diverse populations across geographic, cultural, and financial backgrounds
Strong relationships with hospital administrators, healthcare teams, law enforcement, APS/DCS, schools, probation, and community agencies
Computer literacy and proficiency in electronic medical record documentation

Responsibilities

Meet face-to-face with patients and families, providing assessments, counseling, and resource coordination
Assist in developing educational materials for patients, families, and healthcare teams
Serve as a resource and role model for students, interns, LBSWs, and LSWs
Collaborate with the clinical team to develop individualized treatment plans to address psychosocial issues and needs, including consulting on mental health diagnoses
Interpret and communicate complex patient and family needs, modeling caring and professional practices to caregivers
Assess psychosocial risk factors by evaluating prior functioning, support systems, reactions to illness, and coping strategies
Counsel patients and families regarding emotional, social, and financial impacts of health conditions or disabilities
Access and mobilize community and family resources to meet patient needs
Conduct mental health assessments upon physician referral
Facilitate complex discharge planning to ensure safe transfer to appropriate care levels
Serve as a point person for cases involving child abuse/neglect, elder abuse/neglect, institutional abuse, and domestic violence
Act as a liaison between IU Health and protective services (APS/DCS)
Provide crisis intervention, de-escalation, and behavioral health services, including addiction assessments and psychiatric referrals
Support management of dangerous or potentially dangerous situations with leadership and clinical intervention
Use principles of interviewing victims, perpetrators, families, and significant others to gather critical information
Provide intervention at end-of-life, guardianship (temporary/permanent), foster care, and adoption cases