300+ Social Services & Counseling Jobs in Indianapolis, IN

Observed local wage data puts the 2025 Indianapolis occupation family at $52,290 median and $56,890 mean, and BLS separately reported $27.35 per hour for the broad community and social service group. Proxy signals are slightly firmer at the top but still moderate overall: recent posted salaries center on about $47k to $55k locally, while Indiana's mean offered salary on new openings was ~$58,297 in September 2026 (n=162).

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Advertised pay

Across the 141 openings that disclose pay, the advertised range midpoint runs $62,400 at the 25th percentile, $82,992 at the median and $94,214 at the 75th. These are advertised ranges, not earned pay.

Active openings as of October 17, 2026

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What our analysts see this month

Balanced market | next 3-6 months

This is a workable market, not an easy one. Indianapolis metro unemployment was 3.3% in August 2026, local Education and Health Services employment was up 0.9969% year-over-year, and Indiana-level occupation signals show social services, counseling & community postings up 6.6% year-over-year even while statewide postings across all occupations were essentially flat. The catch is pay is moderate—$52,290 median and $56,890 mean for the local occupation family in 2025—and most roles are on-site, so outcomes are best for candidates who can show relevant field experience and operational strength in case management, documentation, and care coordination.

Best positioned: Candidates with direct case-management or crisis-intervention experience, a role-appropriate bachelor's or master's background, and flexibility for on-site hospital or family-service settings have the best odds right now.

Main caution: Do not assume a broad mental-health shortage automatically turns into fast offers; the local sample shows more than 50 employers but mostly small pockets of hiring, with typical postings open around 31 days and only about 5% remote.

From the September 2026 market report

Who is hiring here

Counted across all 318 openings in this market. 10 of the employers below are hiring for more than one role right now.

1. Athletico: 16 open roles
2. IU Health: 14 open roles
3. Community Health Network, Inc.: 13 open roles
4. Ascension: 12 open roles
5. Indiana: 10 open roles
6. LifeStance Health Inc.: 9 open roles
7. PT Solutions: 9 open roles
8. Franciscan Health, Inc.: 8 open roles
9. Optimal Care, Inc.: 7 open roles
10. Rehabilitation Hospital of Indiana (RHI): 7 open roles

Where the openings are

• Indianapolis: 186
• Carmel: 27
• Greenwood: 26
• Greenfield: 13
• Noblesville: 9
• Brownsburg: 9
• Fishers: 7
• Avon: 6

Work arrangement

on-site 269 (87%), hybrid 30 (10%), remote 9 (3%)

Where the demand is

Real opportunity is concentrated where social-service work overlaps with healthcare delivery. In the local posting sample, hospitals and health care account for about 40% of postings and healthcare another about 20%, with leading employers including IU Health, Health & Hospital Corp., and Ascension. That lines up with the broader metro backdrop: Indianapolis Education and Health Services reached 192.5 thousand jobs in August 2026 and was up 0.9969% year-over-year, even as total metro nonfarm employment was down -1.0547% year-over-year. The rest of the market is more distributed than dominant. Individual and family services accounted for about 10% of sampled postings, education about 10%, and community based services about 5%, with Firefly Children and Family Alliance, Aspire Indiana, and Wheeler Mission also appearing among the more active employers. Because hiring is fragmented across employers rather than concentrated in one or two systems, job seekers who only apply to a single brand will miss a meaningful share of realistic openings. There are also fresh signals around behavioral-health support capacity. Community Health Network and Lifepoint broke ground on a planned 120-bed behavioral-health hospital, and the IU Bowen Center reported that more than 50 partners met in Indianapolis to coordinate behavioral-health paraprofessional training and regulation.

• Hospital and health-system social work (high): This is the clearest opportunity cluster: hospitals and health care represent about 40% of sampled postings and healthcare another about 20%, with IU Health, Health & Hospital Corp., and Ascension among the recurring employers.
• Child, family, and community agencies (moderate): Individual and family services make up about 10% of sampled postings and community based services about 5%, with Firefly Children and Family Alliance, Aspire Indiana, and Wheeler Mission visible in the employer mix.
• Behavioral-health support and paraprofessional pathways (moderate): A planned 120-bed behavioral-health hospital and a local training roundtable with more than 50 partners both point to continuing attention on support-workforce capacity, even when immediate staffing counts are not yet public.

Where to focus: If you already have relevant experience, prioritize hospital-based case management and care coordination first; if not, use child, family, and community-agency roles as the faster entry lane.

Roles worth searching next

• Patient navigator / care coordinator: It uses documentation, care coordination, patient assessment, and interdisciplinary collaboration that already show up in many local postings.
• Program coordinator / nonprofit operations coordinator: It is a reasonable move for candidates coming from community agencies because the work still depends on documentation, coordination, and multi-stakeholder follow-through.
• Eligibility specialist / benefits specialist: This path preserves client-facing problem solving while leaning harder on documentation, process accuracy, and referral knowledge.
• Quality improvement / program evaluation coordinator: Candidates with strong documentation and cross-team workflow experience can shift into program-quality and outcome-tracking roles.

What postings ask for

• Case management (table_stakes | immediate): It appears in about 65% of sampled local postings, making it the clearest baseline workflow skill in this market. Who: Everyone targeting direct-service, outreach, or hospital-linked roles.
• Crisis intervention (differentiator | immediate): It shows up in about 35% of sampled postings, which makes it a meaningful separator for behavioral-health, youth, and acute-setting work. Who: Entry-level candidates, switchers, and anyone aiming at behavioral-health-adjacent roles.
• Documentation (table_stakes | immediate): Documentation appears in about 25% of sampled postings and is one of the easiest skills for employers to screen for directly on resumes. Who: All applicants, especially career switchers who need proof of execution.
• Care coordination and discharge planning (premium | immediate): Care coordination, care planning, patient assessment, and discharge planning each show up repeatedly in local postings, and they align especially well with the healthcare-heavy employer mix. Who: Mid-career candidates targeting hospital, rehab, or post-acute pathways.
• Interdisciplinary collaboration (differentiator | near-term): It appears in about 20% of sampled postings and matters because much of the local opportunity sits inside health systems and multi-service agencies. Who: Anyone moving from solo direct service into team-based care settings.
• LCSW (premium | near-term): LCSW is one of the few credentials explicitly recurring in the local posting sample, and it is a practical screen for higher-bar, higher-responsibility roles. Who: Experienced social workers who want to move up in hospital or specialized agency settings.

Questions about this market

What do Social Services, Counseling & Community roles pay in Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN?

Observed local wage data puts the 2025 Indianapolis occupation family at $52,290 median and $56,890 mean, and BLS separately reported $27.35 per hour for the broad community and social service group. Proxy signals are slightly firmer at the top but still moderate overall: recent posted salaries center on about $47k to $55k locally, while Indiana's mean offered salary on new openings was ~$58,297 in September 2026 (n=162). For most job seekers, this is a solid middle-income field rather than a premium-pay market. Local pay trails the national occupation-family mean of $63,410, so Indianapolis works best if you value mission fit, hospital stability, or community ties more than maximum compensation.

Where is demand for Social Services, Counseling & Community roles in Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN concentrated?

Real opportunity is concentrated where social-service work overlaps with healthcare delivery. In the local posting sample, hospitals and health care account for about 40% of postings and healthcare another about 20%, with leading employers including IU Health, Health & Hospital Corp., and Ascension. That lines up with the broader metro backdrop: Indianapolis Education and Health Services reached 192.5 thousand jobs in August 2026 and was up 0.9969% year-over-year, even as total metro nonfarm employment was down -1.0547% year-over-year. The rest of the market is more distributed than dominant. Individual and family services accounted for about 10% of sampled postings, education about 10%, and community based services about 5%, with Firefly Children and Family Alliance, Aspire Indiana, and Wheeler Mission also appearing among the more active employers. Because hiring is fragmented across employers rather than concentrated in one or two systems, job seekers who only apply to a single brand will miss a meaningful share of realistic openings. There are also fresh signals around behavioral-health support capacity. Community Health Network and Lifepoint broke ground on a planned 120-bed behavioral-health hospital, and the IU Bowen Center reported that more than 50 partners met in Indianapolis to coordinate behavioral-health paraprofessional training and regulation.

Which employers are hiring the most Social Services, Counseling & Community talent in Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN?

Recent postings show the most activity from IU Health (5 postings), Health & Hospital Corp. (5 postings), Indiana (5 postings). See the full market report for the complete employer landscape.

Can Social Services, Counseling & Community roles in Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN be done remotely?

Of recent postings, 5% are remote and 10% hybrid, with 85% on-site. Use the Remote filter above to see only remote openings.

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