Impactful Social Worker - Indigenous Health Services

Indian Health Service; Utah; On-site; USD 75,000 - 95,000; Full time

Job summary

Indian Health Service is seeking a Social Worker to deliver professional social work services to American Indian communities and advance your career within a mission-driven federal healthcare system.

The role includes comprehensive biopsychosocial assessments, crisis response, and clinical case management across medical and behavioral health contexts, with a focus on culturally informed care. U.S. citizenship and background checks are required for employment.

Qualifications

• U.S. Citizenship is required.
• Selective Service Registration is required for males born after 12/31/1959.
• This is a designated position covered by Public Law 101-630, requiring contact or control over Indian children.
• Position may be subject to rotating shifts: days, evenings, nights, weekends and holidays.
• Successfully pass the E-Verify employment verification check.

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.

Job description

Indian Health Service is seeking a Social Worker to deliver professional social work services to American Indian communities and advance your career within a mission-driven federal healthcare system.

The role includes comprehensive biopsychosocial assessments, crisis response, and clinical case management across medical and behavioral health contexts, with a focus on culturally informed care. U.S. citizenship and background checks are required for employment.