Social Worker-MSW LSW

 

 

 

Meet face-to-face with patients and families to complete psychosocial assessments and provide therapeutic interventions.

Collaborate with all members of the health care team to facilitate the episode of care and ensure patients receive services 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, adequacy of support systems, reaction to illness, and ability to cope.

Counsel patients and families regarding the emotional, social, and financial impacts of illness and/or disability.

Access and mobilize family and community resources to meet identified needs.

Provide mental health assessments upon physician referral.

Provide therapeutic intervention to facilitate complex discharge planning and safe transitions to the next level of care.

Serve as the point person for child abuse/neglect, adult/elderly abuse/neglect, institutional abuse, and domestic violence cases.

Act as liaison between IU Health and state and county child and adult protective teams.

Provide intervention in guardianship (temporary/permanent), foster care, adoption, end-of-life, and mental health Level II placements.

Offer specialized mental health services, including crisis intervention, addiction assessments, and recommendations for psychiatric referral or community resources.

Assist in dangerous and potentially dangerous situations, taking a leadership stance to provide clinical intervention.

Support patients in acute crisis, using de-escalation techniques to prevent episodes of 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 strong working relationships with hospital administrators, medical teams, law enforcement, APS/DCS, schools, probation, and other community agencies.

Document all clinical activities accurately in the electronic medical record.

May be scheduled for on-call and holiday rotations.

 

 

Master’s Degree in Social Work (MSW) required.

Permanent LSW licensure required.

Certification in Crisis Prevention Intervention or an equivalent de-escalation training required within 6 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 ensure safe discharge to the next level of care.

Knowledge of state and county adult and child protective legal mandates.

Knowledge of the principles 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 excellent care and patient throughput.

Experience adapting services to geographically, culturally, and financially diverse populations.

Ability to maintain principles and practices of crisis intervention and de-escalation techniques.

Computer literacy and proficiency in electronic medical record documentation.

Flexibility to work on-call and holiday rotations as scheduled.

 

 

IU Health is Indiana’s largest and most comprehensive healthcare system, with nearly 40,000 team members, 16 hospitals, and $8.64 billion in operating revenue. Our programs in cancer, cardiovascular, neuroscience, orthopedics, pediatrics, and transplants are nationally recognized. In partnership with the Indiana University School of Medicine, IU Health combines research, education, and clinical excellence to improve health outcomes for Indiana communities.