Social Worker-MSW LSW

Key Responsibilities

• Meet face-to-face with patients and families to assess psychosocial needs.
• Communicate and collaborate with all members of the healthcare team to ensure safe, timely, and resource-appropriate care.
• Interpret and communicate complex patient and family needs, modeling caring practices for other caregivers.
• Evaluate 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/disability.
• Access and mobilize family and community resources to meet identified needs.
• Conduct mental health assessments upon physician referral and provide therapeutic interventions.
• Facilitate complex discharge planning to ensure safe transitions of care.
• Serve as the primary liaison for cases involving child abuse/neglect, adult/elderly abuse/neglect, institutional abuse, and domestic violence; coordinate with protective services.
• Provide intervention in guardianship, foster care, adoption, and mental health placements, including Level II services.
• Deliver specialized mental health services, including crisis intervention, addiction assessments, and psychiatric referrals.
• Lead clinical interventions during dangerous or potentially dangerous situations, utilizing de-escalation techniques.
• Support individuals undergoing acute crises, employing effective de-escalation principles to prevent violence.
• Conduct interviews with victims, perpetrators, and significant others, applying evidence-based principles.
• Provide intervention support for end-of-life, guardianship, foster care, and adoption cases.
• Develop and maintain strong working relationships with hospital administrators, medical teams, law enforcement, APS/DCS, schools, probation, and community agencies.
• Document all clinical activities thoroughly within electronic medical records.

Qualifications & Requirements

• Master’s Degree in Social Work (MSW) from an accredited program.
• Permanent licensure as an LSW in the state of Indiana 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 techniques for mental health and substance use disorders.
• Understanding of disease processes and human behavior related to health and social needs.
• Strong discharge planning skills to ensure safe patient transitions.
• Knowledge of legal mandates for child and adult protective services at the state and county levels.
• Familiarity with growth and development principles across the lifespan, including end-of-life care.
• Ability to identify decision-makers and facilitate goals-of-care conversations.
• Experience in adapting services for geographically, culturally, and financially diverse populations.
• Proficiency in electronic medical record documentation and general computer skills.
• Ability to respond appropriately to violent or threatening situations using de-escalation techniques.
• Flexibility to work on-call and holiday rotations as scheduled.