Impactful Social Worker - Crisis & Care Coordination

Indian Health Service; Wakpala (SD); On-site; USD 65,000 - 95,000; Full time

Job summary

Indian Health Service is seeking a Social Worker to provide professional social work services to American Indian communities. This role offers an opportunity to advance your career within a mission-driven federal health agency, delivering comprehensive psychosocial care and collaboration across clinical teams.

Position involves addressing biopsychosocial needs, crisis response, and interdisciplinary consultation to optimize patient care and health outcomes within diverse community settings.

Responsibilities

• Conducts comprehensive biopsychosocial and mental health assessments and formulates diagnostic impressions using accepted clinical frameworks and diagnostic standards.
• Responds to urgent and emergent mental health and psychosocial crises in clinical, community, and emergent settings.
• Provides clinical case management services addressing complex medical, behavioral, social, environmental, and cultural determinants of health.
• Provides consultation to medical, behavioral health, and administrative staff regarding psychosocial and behavioral health factors impacting patient care.

Skills

Biopsychosocial assessment

Mental health assessment

Crisis intervention

Clinical case management

Interdisciplinary consultation

Job description

Indian Health Service is seeking a Social Worker to provide professional social work services to American Indian communities. This role offers an opportunity to advance your career within a mission-driven federal health agency, delivering comprehensive psychosocial care and collaboration across clinical teams.

Position involves addressing biopsychosocial needs, crisis response, and interdisciplinary consultation to optimize patient care and health outcomes within diverse community settings.