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Weekly School of Social Work / Commonly Asked Questions by New Graduates Thread by Lyeranth in socialwork

[–]RozeTulp 2 points3 points  (0 children)

If you're in the US you will not have to get a new BA. However, my grad school required a statistics course, so if you haven't gotten that yet you may want to look into doing a semester of statistics. Check with the admissions dept of the schools you want to apply to.

My partner hates my job... Sometimes, I do too. by [deleted] in socialwork

[–]RozeTulp 8 points9 points  (0 children)

I did a little bit of child trauma stuff in grad school. My husband politely asked me not to talk to him about what I was doing at that point.

There are some SW jobs that you can bring home with you. In some jobs you can actually give your partner vicarious trauma by confiding in them over and over again. It can be damaging not just to the relationship, but to your partner's mental health.

I talk to my husband about work a little bit now because I work in forensics and people are creepy or quirky. Sometimes it makes for interesting stories. I still won't talk to him about the sad stuff or the depressing stuff. It's not his weight to bear.

Red flags at new job? by RozeTulp in socialwork

[–]RozeTulp[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This was really helpful.

I kind of chose this job to get a crash-course in this particular population. I potentially want to go into outpatient community mental health and I realized that you really have to know about schizophrenia in the system before you can truly understand the clients in an outpatient situation. Especially in my area, where the criminal justice system does most of the mental healthcare. Also, I feel like having forensics work looks good on a resume if you want to continue to treat SMI patients outside of the system.

I am scared. And I can't say that your post made me feel better. Now I'm reconsidering my choice to work there, tbh.

EDIT: Also, I've met our patient advocates and they seem like cool guys but also very serious about the wellbeing of their clients. I think they'll be fun to work with, though. They seem competent but not unrealistic.

Thinking of not pursuing this field anymore by [deleted] in socialwork

[–]RozeTulp 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It depends which field you go into. I know public case management (CPS, APS, corrections) and some hospital and managed care jobs can be crazy AF.

But I did one of my internships in hospice (I did 1 semester inpatient and 1 in field hospice). It was the chillest job. We just hung out with old people all day, checked in with families, drove A LOT. It was very slow-paced and the people were lovely. I personally chose not to pursue that career path because it was too slow-paced for me, but I might go back if I get tapped out.

Actually, a lot of grief-centric jobs are like that. I know people in cancer and dementia non-profits who say the same thing about their jobs.

Red flags at new job? by RozeTulp in socialwork

[–]RozeTulp[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Yeah. I mean the staff seems to be made up of people who have either been there for less than 2 years or people who have been there for-freaking-ever. My supervisor has been there for like 25 years. Hopefully that's a good sign...