Social Worker-MSW LSW
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Key details
- Location
- Indianapolis, IN, United States
- Work style
- Onsite
- Job type
- Full-time
- Function
- Healthcare
- Focus area
- other
- Posted
- 3d ago
Skills
About the role
Position Title: Social Worker – MSW LSW
Department: Social Services
Location: University Hospital, Indianapolis, IN
Shift: Full-Time Days
Position Overview: The Social Worker collaborates directly with patients and families through face-to-face interactions, providing psychosocial assessments, counseling, discharge planning, and crisis intervention. This role involves working closely with the healthcare team to ensure safe, timely, and resource-rich care. The Social Worker also serves as a liaison between IU Health and local protective services, manages complex cases such as abuse, neglect, guardianship, and end-of-life planning, and responds to acute crises with de-escalation techniques. The position requires strong community engagement, crisis management, and interdisciplinary collaboration.
Key Responsibilities:
Meet face-to-face with patients and families to assess psychosocial needs and coordinate care.
Communicate and collaborate with all members of the healthcare team to facilitate safe, timely services and resource provision.
Interpret and communicate complex patient and family needs, modeling caring practices for team members.
Conduct psychosocial risk assessments evaluating prior functioning, support systems, reactions to illness, and coping strategies.
Counsel patients and families regarding emotional, social, and financial impacts of health conditions or disabilities.