Social Worker-Msw (Hybrid - Ft Days - Pediatric Primary Care - Lafayette)

We are looking for team members who are passionate about challenging and significant work for the good of every patient. We are searching for individuals who are compassionate, serve with a purpose, are dedicated to supporting their team, and who seek excellence every day.

We are looking for a full-time days Social Worker to join our Pediatric Primary Care office teams in Lafayette, IN.  (Greenbush, Ferry St, and West Side). This position will have one remote day per week. 

Sound like a perfect match? Apply now - we can't wait to hear from you!

Integrated Social Work (ISW) is a newly developed program that offers both virtual and in-person, urgent and non-urgent social support throughout IU Health Primary Care clinics. Social Worker effectively communicates and collaborates with all members of the ISW and Primary Care teams 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. Assesses 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 circumstances of illness and/or disability; accesses and mobilizes family/community resources to meet identified needs. Provides mental health assessments of patients and collaborates with Integrated Behavioral Health team for therapeutic intervention or referral to community resources. Serves as a knowledge expert and champion in child abuse/neglect, adult/elderly abuse/neglect, institutional abuse, and domestic violence. Utilizes effective principles of interviewing alleged victims, perpetrators, family members, and significant others. Serves as a reporter of adult and child abuse/neglect from Indiana University Health to State and County Child and Adult Protective Hotlines and Law Enforcement. Provides intervention in guardianship (temporary/permanent), foster care, adoption, and mental health level II placements. Supports those undergoing acute crisis, which often results in the use of de-escalation techniques necessary to avoid episodes of physical violence and takes a leadership stance to provide clinical intervention. 

• Master's Degree in Social Work required.
• De-escalation certification preferred.
• Permanent LSW licensure required, LCSW licensure preferred. Temporary LSW licensure considered with expectation of full LSW licensure within first year of employment.
• Requires relevant health care, mental health or community-based experience. Requires knowledge of the impact of the disease process and of human behavior to provide psychosocial assessments, short-term therapeutic counseling, and crisis intervention to patients, families and staff.
• Requires knowledge of state and county adult and child protective legal mandates.
• Requires knowledge of the principles of growth and development over the life span.
• Maintains principles, practices and techniques of crisis intervention and de-escalation techniques.
• Develop and maintain strong working relationships with the community, medical teams, law enforcement, APS/CPS, schools, probation and other agencies as indicated.
• Requires proficiency in Microsoft Excel and Word.
• 0-3 years of Medical Social Work experience required.

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 inspired by 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.

• Indiana University Health has more than 34,000 team members, including more than 3,600 physicians and 1,200 advanced practice providers, and we're home to the largest nursing network in Indiana with more than 9,000 nursing team members at over 800 sites of care.
• 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.
• With 16 hospitals, including eight with Magnet designation and five with Pathways to Excellence designation, our team members are leading the way through excellence.
• At Indiana University Health, your personal and professional growth is a top priority. You will have access to many diverse opportunities to learn and develop in meaningful ways that matter most to you, such as advanced clinical training, leadership development, promotion opportunities and cross training development.
• Indiana University Health is invested in the lives of Hoosiers, leading the transformation of healthcare to make Indiana one of the nation's healthiest states.