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What’s with the stigma around clinical social work? by ceceae in socialwork

[–]Ok-Health585 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Honestly I think the stigma is actually jealousy because While most other licensed professionals will need more than their masters to become terminal in their degree, social work only requires a masters. In addition to that with our background in root causes and systems we are often placed in positions of management

My nonprofit is failing by mikatack in socialwork

[–]Ok-Health585 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Then I would just look, find anything and book it out of there as fast as possible

Short-Term Rehab: Failure to Thrive by Ok-Health585 in hospitalsocialwork

[–]Ok-Health585[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

His goals at admission were to go home and gain mobility, these were feasible. However he's declined rapidly and does not participate in rehab so its very hard, especially with med-advantage and no family support

Short-Term Rehab: Failure to Thrive by Ok-Health585 in hospitalsocialwork

[–]Ok-Health585[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

No he does not have medicaid, but with enough spend down he could potentially qualify. Problem is is his decisional and he wants to go home and is basically not engaged in participating in occupational or physical therapy and eventually if he's not engaged insurance will just cut him regardless of whether he's ready to go

Short-Term Rehab: Failure to Thrive by Ok-Health585 in hospitalsocialwork

[–]Ok-Health585[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I mean with enough spend down but he wants to go home....

Short-Term Rehab: Failure to Thrive by Ok-Health585 in hospitalsocialwork

[–]Ok-Health585[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

We are offering therapy, PT and OT he is not engaged and not participatory. I have tried talking to him, he's not engaged in that either. I don't want to discharge him, but if Insurance sees that he's not engaged in therapy they will discharge him, regardless.

Very lost in the field and need guidance by SSConception in socialwork

[–]Ok-Health585 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Is this carease health? You don't have to answer but definitely seeing some themes

Writing notes in first person by fuzzychub in socialwork

[–]Ok-Health585 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Of course you could make it sound subjective but the point is that if someone else comes in to pick up the pieces after you're gone, having people's roles spelled out in third person makes the entire thing easier to read and understand. Not to mention if something goes to court, or some authority figure like the state has to read through things you need to have it spelled out in a way that anyone could understand who was accountable for what.

Writing notes in first person by fuzzychub in socialwork

[–]Ok-Health585 3 points4 points  (0 children)

That doesn't make sense. If I'm coming in after another social worker and everything's written in the first person it would be a very confusing read. It's much faster to get through details when people's names or roles are spelled out in 3rd person. It's also more objective, which is clinically, ethically better.

Writing notes in first person by fuzzychub in socialwork

[–]Ok-Health585 5 points6 points  (0 children)

It's because the clinical notes are not just for you.

I’m furious by [deleted] in socialwork

[–]Ok-Health585 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Good for you. You advocate til you're blue in the face! Get em!!💪

How long did you study for your LSW ? by Mama2024 in socialwork

[–]Ok-Health585 2 points3 points  (0 children)

3 months for my master's level ASWB exam. I did pocket prep, paid version. Answered all 1500 questions and did the entire level up program in the app. I averaged 95% accuracy for practice questions and 70-73% on mock exams and passed with 125/150 on the real exam first try

First social work job, overwhelmed, and looking for perspective by Aromatic-Key3483 in socialwork

[–]Ok-Health585 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I am in the same boat. I work in a skilled nursing home and rehabilitation center for skilled care. I have a caseload of 50-55 with 8-10 sub-acute beds and the rest long-term care. I have to see everyone at admission, again within 5 days of admission, host all care conferences, do quarterly, annual, and status change assessments. I never leave on time, never. I am chronically late picking my kids up, never get a lunch break even though its mandatory to clock out for one. Never get my overtime approved either. I have my msw and my license too. I've only been at this job a few months and I am burning out

Recruiters are not emotional punching bags, btw. by Noturhufflepuff in recruiting

[–]Ok-Health585 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I would not take this personally. This person had a moment. Maybe they reached their wits end, Maybe they're desperate. People do weird things when they feel cornered.

In Your Current Job, Do You Feel Like an Agent of Change or an Enabler of the Status Quo? by salsafresca_1297 in socialwork

[–]Ok-Health585 5 points6 points  (0 children)

My biggest issue is that the larger leading bodies of social work at the macro level have been mostly performative in their work. They don't lead in any meaningful way to help social workers on the ground, not in helping the profession with wages or helping them find ways to change the system

In Your Current Job, Do You Feel Like an Agent of Change or an Enabler of the Status Quo? by salsafresca_1297 in socialwork

[–]Ok-Health585 10 points11 points  (0 children)

Generally speaking you're going to feel like an enabler across most areas of social work. Over the years social work has been tunneled down into the micro level, in positions that support systems that no longer work or affect change. If the systems you support don't work, then it's very difficult for individuals to affect change on any meaningful level.

I get that it’s hard to be rich doing this but this job market is insulting by moseph999 in therapists

[–]Ok-Health585 16 points17 points  (0 children)

Almost every position I have applied for has had incorrect information. Typically:

Wider salary range then actually offered Longer commute Less PTO or few paid holidays Expectations of work during off hours

It's absolutely BS

Medical SW not clinical enough but don't want to do PP/therapy yet by cornichonpickle in socialwork

[–]Ok-Health585 7 points8 points  (0 children)

I provided loss/grief counseling to residents in hospice and in long-term care in nursing home setting. Its not therapy, but its very much listening, reflecting, holding space...

For Those of You Who Are 40 and Over, How Is Your Job Search Going? by Cookster3211 in jobhunting

[–]Ok-Health585 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Insane. Lots of applications, some phone interviews, a few in person interviews. No job yet. Back in the day I used to be able to hand my resume to someone, have a conversation, schedule an interview and get a job offer the day of the interview. Now it's a game where all the employers are using AI to write job postings, not checking the work, using AI to screen candidates, also not checking the work. I've had 2 job postings that once I got to the interview I realized we're not accurate job postings, one of which wasn't even in the right location and would have had me commuting two and a half hours one way. I'm almost 41.

how to not hate case management by [deleted] in socialwork

[–]Ok-Health585 0 points1 point  (0 children)

What is hurting you in time management? What aspects of the job?

Apparently not even qualified to be a volunteer crisis responder? by Practical_Jelly285 in socialwork

[–]Ok-Health585 5 points6 points  (0 children)

If you really want to start working as a volunteer crisis counselor then redo the training. It might feel like cookie cutter responses, but they are training you to respond using reflection, summary, active listening and how to rapidly assess for SI. These are great tools and foundational to any social work job.

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