Social Worker-MSW LSW

IU Health • Indianapolis, IN

1d • Onsite

About The Position

The Social Worker provides face-to-face support to patients and families at Riley Hospital through psychosocial assessments, crisis intervention, counseling, and complex discharge planning. The role collaborates with the multidisciplinary care team to communicate complex patient and family needs, mobilize family and community resources, and support safe, timely, coordinated care. The Social Worker also models caring practices for other caregivers.

The position serves as the point person for child and adult abuse and neglect, institutional abuse, and domestic violence cases, and acts as a liaison between IU Health and state and county protective agencies. It provides intervention related to guardianship, foster care, adoption, end-of-life care, and mental health placements. The Social Worker takes a leadership role in acute crises and potentially dangerous situations, using de-escalation techniques to promote safety. The position is full-time days, scheduled 6:00 AM–6:00 PM, three days per week, including every other weekend; on-call and holiday rotations may also be scheduled.

Requirements

• Master’s Degree in Social Work (MSW).
• Permanent LSW licensure.
• Certification in Crisis Prevention Intervention or equivalent de-escalation training, required within six months of hire.
• Knowledge of evidence-based psychosocial assessment, short-term therapeutic counseling, and crisis intervention for common mental health and substance use disorders.
• Understanding of disease processes and human behavior as they relate to health-related social needs.
• Strong complex discharge planning skills to support safe discharge to the next level of care.
• Knowledge of state and county adult and child protective legal mandates.
• Knowledge of growth and development across the lifespan, including end-of-life care.
• Ability to identify decision-makers and coordinate and execute goals-of-care conversations to support care and patient throughput.
• Ability to adapt services to geographically, culturally, and financially diverse populations.
• Ability to maintain principles and practices of crisis intervention and de-escalation.
• Computer literacy and proficiency in electronic medical record documentation.
• Flexibility to work on-call and holiday rotations as scheduled.

Responsibilities

• Meet face-to-face with patients and families to complete psychosocial assessments and provide therapeutic interventions.
• Collaborate with members of the health care team to facilitate the episode of care and ensure services are delivered safely and on time.
• Interpret and communicate complex patient and family needs, modeling caring practices for other caregivers.
• Assess psychosocial risk factors, including prior functioning, support systems, reactions to illness, and ability to cope.
• Counsel patients and families about the emotional, social, and financial impacts of illness or disability.
• Access and mobilize family and community resources to meet identified needs.
• Provide mental health assessments upon physician referral.
• Provide therapeutic intervention for complex discharge planning and safe transitions to the next level of care.
• Serve as the point person for child abuse or neglect, adult or elderly abuse or neglect, institutional abuse, and domestic violence cases.
• Act as a liaison between IU Health and state and county child and adult protective teams.
• Provide intervention in temporary or permanent guardianship, foster care, adoption, end-of-life, and mental health Level II placements.
• Provide specialized mental health services, including crisis intervention, addiction assessments, and recommendations for psychiatric referral or community resources.
• Lead clinical intervention in dangerous and potentially dangerous situations.
• Support patients in acute crisis and use de-escalation techniques to prevent physical violence; respond with or in lieu of the Department of Public Safety as needed.
• Apply effective interviewing principles with alleged victims, perpetrators, family members, and significant others.
• Develop and maintain working relationships with hospital administrators, medical teams, law enforcement, APS/DCS, schools, probation, and other community agencies.
• Document clinical activities accurately in the electronic medical record.
• Participate in on-call and holiday rotations as scheduled.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level