Social Worker-MSW LSW-Nights

Overview

Position Title: Social Worker - MSW/LSW (Night Shift)

Location: Riley Hospital

Department: Social Services

Shift: Full-Time Nights

Position Overview: The Night Shift Social Worker provides face-to-face support and intervention with patients and families, working collaboratively with all members of the healthcare team to ensure timely, safe, and resource-informed care. This role involves assessing psychosocial needs, conducting mental health evaluations, facilitating discharge planning, and responding effectively to crises. The Social Worker also acts as a liaison with child and adult protective services and community agencies, ensuring comprehensive support for patients across diverse social and mental health needs.

Key Responsibilities:

Meet face-to-face with patients and families, providing psychosocial assessment, counseling, and resource coordination.

Communicate and collaborate with the healthcare team to facilitate care, 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 intervention for complex discharge planning.

Serve as the primary point of contact in cases involving child abuse/neglect, adult/elderly abuse/neglect, institutional abuse, and domestic violence.

Act as a liaison between IU Health and state/county protective teams.

Provide intervention in 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 through clinical intervention and leadership.

Support patients in acute crisis using de-escalation techniques to prevent violence or escalation.

Conduct effective interviews with victims, perpetrators, families, and significant others.

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

Maintain strong working relationships with hospital leadership, medical teams, law enforcement, APS/DCS, schools, probation, and community agencies. Respond to and de-escalate violence, including working with the Department of Public Safety as needed.

Document all clinical activities thoroughly and 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 counseling, and crisis intervention techniques for mental health and substance abuse disorders.

Understanding of disease processes, human behavior, and social determinants of health.

Advanced discharge planning skills to ensure safe transition of care.

Knowledge of state and county legal mandates related to child and adult protective services.

Familiarity with growth and development principles across the lifespan, including end-of-life care.

Ability to identify key decision-makers and facilitate goals of care discussions.

Experience adapting services to diverse populations across geographic, cultural, and socioeconomic spectrums.

Strong relationships with community agencies, law enforcement, legal entities, and healthcare teams.

Responds effectively to violent or crisis situations, including collaboration with the Department of Public Safety.

Proficiency in computer literacy and documentation within an EMR system.

Maintains principles of crisis intervention and de-escalation.

May be scheduled for on-call and holiday shifts.