Overview

Apply teamwork. Apply experience. Apply skill. Apply yourself. And together we can change everything. Join our team today.

Indiana University Health is Indiana's most comprehensive health system, with 16 hospitals and more than 34,000 team members serving Hoosiers across the state. We're looking for team members who are passionate about challenging and meaningful work for the good of every patient. People who are compassionate and serve with a purpose. People who aspire to excellence every day.

Where you fit in

Riley is a phenomenal place to serve where you will work with a large group of social work peers focusing on making a direct impact! Our social workers are highly regarded and sought after because of the dynamic, state of the art, and multidisciplinary training and knowledge we provide.

Your Role

Your passion for helping others will help you succeed in providing effective and efficient therapy to meet the patient’s needs. Your ability to collaborate & promote program quality will assist in working with the physicians and their staff. Your flexibility, persistence and patience will give your patients the best care.

Your Career with IU Health

Indiana University Health is Indiana's most comprehensive healthcare system with hospitals and specialties ranked among the nation's best by U.S. News & World Report.

A unique partnership with the Indiana University School of Medicine one of the nation's largest medical schools gives patients access to groundbreaking research and innovative treatments, and it offers team members access to the latest science and the very best training advancing healthcare for all.

At IU Health, your personal and professional growth is a top priority. You will have access to many diverse opportunities to learn and develop in significant ways that matter most to you, such as advanced clinical training, leadership development, promotion opportunities and cross training development.

With 16 hospitals, including eight with Magnet designation and five with Pathways to Excellence designation, our team members are leading the way through excellence.

The Social Worker effectively communicates and collaborates with all members of the health care team to facilitate the episode of care so the patient receives services in a safe and timely manner, and the patient and family are provided all necessary resources and education. Interprets and communicates complex patient/family needs and role models caring practices to other caregivers. Assess patients' and families' psychosocial risk factors through evaluation of prior functioning levels, appropriateness and adequacy of support systems, reaction to illness, and ability to cope. Counsels patients and families regarding emotional, social, and financial consequences of illness and/or disability; accesses and mobilizes family/community resources to meet identified needs. Provides mental health assessments of patients upon physician referral. Provides therapeutic intervention to facilitate complex discharge planning. Serves as the point person in child abuse/neglect, adult/elderly abuse/neglect, institutional abuse, and domestic violence. Serves as liaison between Indiana University Health and state and county child and adult protective teams. Provides intervention in guardianship (temporary/permanent), foster care, adoption, and mental health level II placements. Provides specialized mental health services including, but not limited to, Crisis Intervention and Addiction Assessments and recommendations for psychiatric referral or community resources. Assists with dangerous and potentially dangerous situations and takes a leadership stance to provide clinical intervention. Supports those undergoing acute crisis which often results in the use of de-escalation techniques necessary to avoid episodes of physical violence. Utilizes effective principles of interviewing alleged victims, perpetrators, family members, and significant others. Provides intervention for end-of-life, guardianship (temporary/permanent), foster care, adoption, etc.