Social Worker-MSW
Indiana University Health
Bloomington, IN, USA
Posted on Aug 27, 2025
Social Worker-MSW
Bloomington, IN, United States
Job Description
Social Worker MSW
Location: Bloomington Hospital
Department: Rehab Admin
Shift: Full Time, 36 hours (Monday-Friday, No Weekends)
Position Type: Regional – covering multiple rehabilitation clinics including RSMC West, RSMC East, RSMC Spencer, Children’s Therapy Clinic, Bedford, Morgan, and Paoli
Department: Rehab Admin
Shift: Full Time, 36 hours (Monday-Friday, No Weekends)
Position Type: Regional – covering multiple rehabilitation clinics including RSMC West, RSMC East, RSMC Spencer, Children’s Therapy Clinic, Bedford, Morgan, and Paoli
Join Our Caring Healthcare Team!
Are you a compassionate social worker dedicated to supporting patients and families through complex medical and psychosocial challenges? We are seeking a skilled MSW to provide vital psychosocial assessments, crisis intervention, discharge planning, and community resource coordination across multiple rehabilitation settings. This full-time, regional role offers an opportunity to make a meaningful impact within a dynamic multidisciplinary therapy team.
Apply today — help guide patients and families through recovery with compassion and expertise!
Position Overview:
The Medical Social Worker MSW collaborates effectively with healthcare teams to ensure patients receive safe, timely services and families are equipped with necessary resources and education. You will assess psychosocial risks, conduct mental health evaluations upon physician referral, and facilitate complex discharge planning. Additionally, you will serve as a key contact for cases involving abuse, neglect, guardianship, foster care, and mental health placements, acting as a liaison with protective services and community agencies.
Key Responsibilities:
- Collaborate with multidisciplinary teams to facilitate safe, effective, and timely patient care.
- Interpret and communicate complex patient and family needs, modeling caring and professional practices.
- Assess psychosocial risk factors by evaluating prior functioning, support systems, reactions to illness, and coping abilities.
- Counsel patients and families regarding emotional, social, and financial impacts of illness or disability.
- Access and mobilize community and family resources to meet patient needs.
- Conduct mental health assessments upon physician referral and provide therapeutic interventions.
- Support complex discharge planning, including guardianship, foster care, adoption, and mental health placements.
- Serve as the point person for cases involving child abuse/neglect, adult/elderly abuse/neglect, institutional abuse, and domestic violence.
- Liaise with protective services, guardianship, foster care, and mental health agencies.
- Utilize crisis intervention and de-escalation techniques to support patients in acute situations.
- Develop and maintain strong relationships with community agencies, law enforcement, schools, and other stakeholders.
Qualifications & Requirements:
- Education: Master's Degree in Social Work (MSW) required.
- Licensure: Permanent LSW licensure required; LCSW licensure preferred.
- Experience: 0-3 years of relevant healthcare, mental health, or community-based experience required.
- Certifications: De-escalation certification preferred.
- Skills & Knowledge:
- Knowledge of disease impact and human behavior for psychosocial assessments and crisis intervention.
- Understanding of state and county legal mandates related to child and adult protective services.
- Principles of growth and development across the lifespan.
- Strong crisis de-escalation and conflict resolution skills.
- Ability to develop and maintain community and healthcare partnerships.
- Proficiency in Microsoft Excel and Word.
Why IU Health?
Join Indiana’s leading health system committed to compassionate, patient-centered care. We support your professional growth, foster a collaborative environment, and value your contribution to improving patient outcomes.
For more information, visit: IU Health Benefits
Additional Details:
This position supports a regional network covering multiple clinics and clinics within the SR including RSMC West, RSMC East, RSMC Spencer, Children’s Therapy Clinic, Bedford, Morgan, and Paoli. The social worker will be an integral part of a dynamic multidisciplinary therapy team, including occupational, physical, and speech therapy professionals.
Interested in making a difference in diverse patient populations across our region? Apply now to join our Bloomington Hospital team as a Medical Social Worker MSW!
About Us
- Indiana University Health has nearly 40,000 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.
- IU Health is ranked No. 1 in Indiana by U.S. News & World Report, Riley Children's Health is ranked among the top children's hospitals in the country 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 15 hospitals, including seven with Magnet designation and eight 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.
About the Team
Indiana University Health is Indiana’s most comprehensive health system, with 15 hospitals and nearly 40,000 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.
Job Info
- Job Identification 403822
- Job Category Allied Health
- Posting Date 08/27/2025, 01:16 AM
- Locations 2651 E Discovery Pkwy, Bloomington, IN, 47408, US
- Job Schedule Full time
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