Social Worker - Mental Health & Community Impact

Indian Health Service; Pinon (AZ); On-site; USD 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Indian Health Service is seeking a Social Worker to provide professional social work services to American Indian communities. The role involves biopsychosocial and mental health assessments, crisis response, and comprehensive case management to address medical, behavioral, social, environmental, and cultural determinants of health.

Responsibilities include consulting with medical and behavioral health staff to optimize patient care and adherence to mission-driven service delivery.

Qualifications

• Probationary period may apply
• U.S. Citizenship required
• Selective Service Registration required for males born after 12/31/1959

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 provide professional social work services to American Indian communities. The role involves biopsychosocial and mental health assessments, crisis response, and comprehensive case management to address medical, behavioral, social, environmental, and cultural determinants of health.

Responsibilities include consulting with medical and behavioral health staff to optimize patient care and adherence to mission-driven service delivery.