Overview

• Facilitate patient participation in treatment, education, and discharge planning.
• Perform individual, group, and family counseling sessions.
• Collaborate effectively with the healthcare team to ensure safe and timely services.
• Interpret and communicate complex patient and family needs, role model caring practices.
• Assess psychosocial risk factors based on prior functioning, support systems, and reactions to illness.
• Counsel patients and families regarding emotional, social, and financial impacts of illness or disability.
• Access and mobilize community and family resources, including protective services, guardianship, foster care, and adoption.
• Conduct mental health assessments as ordered by physicians.
• Serve as the point person for abuse/neglect cases and liaison with protective teams.
• Support high-risk situations with crisis intervention, utilizing de-escalation techniques.
• Assist with complex discharge planning and safety assessments.

• Education: Master's Degree in Social Work, Counseling, Psychology, or a related field required.
• Licensure: Current licensure or license eligibility in Indiana as an HSPP, LMFT, LCSW, or LMHC required.
  • Clinical licensure preferred.
• Certifications: CPI (Non-Violent Crisis Intervention) certification may be required.
• Experience: Relevant healthcare, mental health, or community-based experience preferred.
• Knowledge & Skills:
  • Knowledge of the impact of disease processes and human behavior for assessments, counseling, and crisis intervention.
  • Understanding of state and county legal mandates related to protective services.
  • Principles of growth and development across the lifespan.
  • Strong crisis de-escalation and interviewing techniques.
  • Proficiency in Microsoft Excel and Word.