Overview

Job Title: Social Worker - MSW / LSW
Location: Riley Hospital, Indianapolis, IN
Department: Hematology/Oncology, Day Shift
Schedule: Full-Time, Days

Position Overview:

The Social Worker provides face-to-face assessments, counseling, and resource coordination for patients and families. This role involves collaborating with all members of the healthcare team to ensure the delivery of safe, timely, and effective services, while also providing patients and families with necessary resources and education. The Social Worker serves as a key contact and resource in cases involving child abuse/neglect, elder abuse/neglect, institutional abuse, and domestic violence. Additionally, this role supports complex discharge planning, crisis intervention, and specialized mental health services.

Key Responsibilities:

• Meet face-to-face with patients and families to assess psychosocial needs and provide counseling.

• Communicate and collaborate with the healthcare team to facilitate comprehensive, safe, and timely care.

• Interpret and communicate complex patient and family needs; serve as a caring role model for other caregivers.

• Assess psychosocial risk factors, including prior functioning, support systems, reactions to illness, and coping abilities.

• Counsel patients and families on emotional, social, and financial impacts of illness or disability.

• Access and mobilize family and community resources to meet patient needs.

• Conduct mental health assessments upon physician referral.

• Facilitate complex discharge planning through therapeutic interventions.

• Serve as the primary liaison with child and adult protective teams and community agencies.

• Provide interventions in guardianship, foster care, adoption, and mental health Level II placements.

• Offer specialized mental health services such as crisis intervention, addiction assessments, and psychiatric referrals.

• Support individuals in dangerous or potentially dangerous situations, providing leadership and clinical intervention.

• Utilize de-escalation techniques to manage acute crises and prevent violence.

• Conduct interviews with victims, perpetrators, family members, and other stakeholders.

• Provide intervention for end-of-life, guardianship, foster care, and adoption cases.

Qualifications & Requirements:

• Education: Master's Degree in Social Work from an accredited institution.

• Licensure: Permanent Indiana LSW licensure required.

• Certifications:

  • Crisis Prevention Intervention (CPI) or an alternative de-escalation training required within 6 months of hire.

• Experience: Relevant healthcare, mental health, or community-based experience preferred.

• Knowledge & Skills:

  • Evidence-based psychosocial assessments, short-term therapeutic counseling, and crisis intervention for common mental health and substance use disorders.

  • Knowledge of disease processes and human behavior related to health and social needs.

  • Complex discharge planning skills for safe patient transitions.

  • Knowledge of state and county protective legal mandates.

  • Principles of growth, development, and end-of-life care.

  • Ability to identify decision-makers and facilitate goals-of-care conversations.

  • Experience working with diverse populations across geographic, cultural, and financial backgrounds.

  • Proficiency in electronic medical records and documentation.

Core Competencies:

• Strong communication and active listening skills.

• Crisis management and de-escalation techniques.

• Ability to work independently and collaboratively within a multidisciplinary team.

• Commitment to confidentiality and HIPAA compliance.

• Cultural sensitivity and professionalism.

Additional Information:

• Responds with or in lieu of the Department of Public Safety to de-escalate violence.

• May be scheduled for on-call and holiday rotations.

Join our dedicated team at Riley Hospital and help us deliver compassionate, expert psychosocial support to improve patient outcomes and safety.

To learn more about our benefits, visit: IU Health Benefits

Interested?
Apply today and become part of our mission to provide exceptional care to our patients and their families.