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Social Worker-MSW LSW

IU Health
2 hours ago
Full-time
On-site
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States
Master's
Position Title: Social Worker – MSW/LSW
Department: Social Services
Location: Riley Hospital
Shift: Full-Time Day  

 
Position Overview: The Social Worker provides face-to-face support and intervention with patients and families, collaborating with healthcare team members to ensure safe, timely, and resource-informed care. This role involves conducting psychosocial assessments, providing therapeutic counseling, facilitating complex discharge planning, and addressing urgent safety concerns. The Social Worker acts as a bridge between patients, families, and community resources, ensuring comprehensive support across diverse social and mental health needs.

 
Key Responsibilities:  
Meet face-to-face with patients and families, providing psychosocial assessment, counseling, and resource coordination.  
Collaborate with the healthcare team to facilitate care delivery, discharge planning, and resource allocation.  
Assess patients’ and families’ psychosocial risk factors, prior functioning, support systems, and coping abilities.  
Counsel patients and families regarding emotional, social, and financial impacts of illness or disability.  
Access and mobilize community and family resources to meet identified needs.  
Conduct mental health assessments upon physician referral and provide therapeutic interventions to support complex discharge planning.  
Serve as a point person for child abuse/neglect, adult/elderly abuse/neglect, institutional abuse, and domestic violence cases.  
Act as liaison between IU Health and state/county child and adult protective services.  
Provide intervention and support for guardianship (temporary/permanent), foster care, adoption, and mental health placements.  
Deliver specialized mental health services including crisis intervention, addiction assessments, and psychiatric referral recommendations.  
Manage dangerous or potentially dangerous situations using clinical intervention and leadership.  
Support individuals in acute crisis, utilizing de-escalation techniques to prevent violence or injury.  
Use effective interviewing principles with victims, perpetrators, family members, and significant others.  
Provide intervention related to end-of-life care, guardianship, foster care, and adoption.  
Develop and maintain strong relationships with hospital administrators, medical teams, law enforcement, APS/DCS, schools, probation, and community agencies.  
Respond to and de-escalate violence, including collaboration with the Department of Public Safety as needed.  
Document all activities accurately within the electronic medical record (EMR).  
May be scheduled for on-call and holiday rotations.

 
Qualifications & Requirements:  
Master’s Degree in Social Work (MSW) is required.  
Permanent licensure as a Licensed Social Worker (LSW) is required.  
Certification in Crisis Prevention Intervention (CPI) or an equivalent de-escalation training within 6 months of hire.  
Knowledge of evidence-based psychosocial assessment, short-term therapeutic counseling, and crisis intervention for mental health and substance use disorders.  
Understanding of disease processes, human behavior, and social needs related to health.  
Advanced skills in discharge planning to ensure safe transitions of care.  
Knowledge of state and county legal mandates for child and adult protective services.  
Familiarity with growth and development principles across the lifespan, including end-of-life care.  
Ability to identify decision-makers and facilitate goals of care discussions.  
Experience working with diverse populations across geographic, cultural, and socioeconomic backgrounds.  
Strong relationships with community agencies, law enforcement, legal entities, and healthcare teams.  
Responds effectively to violence or crises, including collaboration with the Department of Public Safety.  
Proficiency in computer literacy and documentation within EMR systems.  
Maintains principles of crisis intervention and de-escalation.  
May be scheduled for on-call and holiday shifts.

  • Indiana University Health has nearly 40,000 team members, including more than 3,600 physicians and 1,200 advanced practice providers, and we’re home to the largest nursing network in Indiana with more than 9,000 nursing team members at over 800 sites of care.
  • IU Health is ranked No. 1 in Indiana by U.S. News & World Report, Riley Children's Health is ranked among the top children's hospitals in the country by U.S. News & World Report.
  • A unique partnership with the Indiana University School of Medicine – one of the nation’s largest medical schools – gives patients access to groundbreaking research and innovative treatments, and it offers team members access to the latest science and the very best training – advancing healthcare for all.
  • With 15 hospitals, including seven with Magnet designation and eight with Pathways to Excellence designation, our team members are leading the way through excellence.
  • At Indiana University Health, your personal and professional growth is a top priority. You will have access to many diverse opportunities to learn and develop in meaningful ways that matter most to you, such as advanced clinical training, leadership development, promotion opportunities and cross training development.
  • Indiana University Health is invested in the lives of Hoosiers, leading the transformation of healthcare to make Indiana one of the nation’s healthiest states.

Indiana University Health is Indiana’s most comprehensive health system, with 15 hospitals and nearly 40,000 team members serving Hoosiers across the state. We’re looking for team members who are inspired by challenging and meaningful work for the good of every patient. People who are compassionate and serve with a purpose. People who aspire to excellence every day.