Hospital Social Worker (MSW/LCSW) – Crisis & Discharge

Riley Children's Health; Indianapolis (IN); On-site; USD 38,000 - 52,000; Part time

Job summary

Riley Children's Health in Indianapolis is seeking a Social Worker – MSW LCSW at Riley Hospital to provide psychosocial assessment, crisis intervention, and discharge planning for pediatric patients and families.

The role emphasizes collaboration with medical teams, coordination with protective services, and guiding patients through complex care transitions while mentoring students, interns, and junior social workers.

Qualifications

• Master’s degree in Social Work required.
• Permanent licensure as an LCSW in Indiana required.
• Crisis Intervention Certification required within 6 months of hire.
• Knowledge of evidence-based psychosocial assessment, short-term therapeutic counseling, and crisis intervention.
• Experience with crisis management, discharge planning, and protective services.

Responsibilities

• Meet face-to-face with patients and families; conduct psychosocial assessments and provide therapeutic interventions.
• Assist in developing educational materials for team members, patients, and families.
• Serve as a resource and role model for students, interns, LBSWs, and LSWs.
• Collaborate with the clinical team to develop treatment plans that resolve psychosocial issues and meet patient needs.
• Interpret and communicate complex patient and family needs while modeling caring practices.
• Assess psychosocial risk factors, prior functioning, support systems, and coping abilities.
• Counsel patients and families regarding emotional, social, and financial impacts of illness/disability.
• Access and mobilize community and family resources to meet patient needs.
• Provide mental health assessments upon physician referral.
• Facilitate complex discharge planning to ensure safe transitions to the next level of care.
• Serve as a point person for abuse/neglect, domestic violence, and institutional abuse cases; coordinate with protective services.
• Maintain principles and practices of crisis intervention and de-escalation techniques to manage acute crises and potentially dangerous situations.
• Provide intervention in guardianship, foster care, adoption, and mental health placements.
• Offer specialized mental health services, including crisis intervention, addiction assessments, and psychiatric referrals.
• Support patients during end-of-life, guardianship, foster care, and adoption cases.
• Utilize effective interviewing techniques with victims, perpetrators, families, and significant others.
• Develop strong working relationships with hospital staff, law enforcement, APS/DCS, schools, probation, and other community agencies.
• Document all clinical activities accurately in electronic medical records.
• May be scheduled to work on-call and holiday rotations.

Skills

Psychosocial assessment

Crisis intervention

Discharge planning

Interdisciplinary collaboration

De-escalation techniques

Guardianship & foster care

Education

Master's Degree in Social Work

LCSW Indiana licensure

Tools

EMR systems

Job description

Riley Children's Health in Indianapolis is seeking a Social Worker – MSW LCSW at Riley Hospital to provide psychosocial assessment, crisis intervention, and discharge planning for pediatric patients and families.

The role emphasizes collaboration with medical teams, coordination with protective services, and guiding patients through complex care transitions while mentoring students, interns, and junior social workers.