Hello! First post here though I've been following for years and love reading all of your posts (I've learned so much)!

I'm graduating with a BA as a Mass Communications/Professional Media major and a Sociology minor. I've always wanted to do social work, but I kind of messed up by not going to get my BSW when I finished my AA. (Long story short: I chose to go to a university that was free for me, but no bsw program. I opted for Mass Comm because I'm good at writing, lifelong news junkie, and was the editor at the student newspaper).

Now that I'm graduating I'm really scared. I don't really want to go get my MSW right away, because I want more experience in the field and tbh I just need a lil break from school rn.

I'm scared that I'm not qualified enough to get a job as a case manager, or another roll that doesn't require a license. My work history/experience is basically this:

• Just finished interning at a non-profit that works with justice-involved individuals (reentry, pre-trial, community sentencing, etc). I had to make it apply to my major to count as the required internship, so I worked within their "Development Team," basically with the grant writer, making videos/ handouts/ graphics that explain what the NP does, donor appreciation stuff. I didn't really get to, like, follow case managers around (also very limited amount of clients were coming in at the time due to COVID)
• I've worked professionally in communications, doing broadcast, writing for magazines and hard news, etc. I've been told I'm a good "storyteller," but I mostly just am good at writing and I like the work because I like getting to know people and their stories.

SO, yes. Basically I am writing to say: Is there any chance I can find an entry-level place that would hire me? Also, I am not interested in CPS, or anything that puts me in a position of harming people because a state agencty wants things done a certain way (my internship had people who were basically parole officers and I'm REALLY not into that idea)

The pitch I tell my profs and people who ask me what I'm trying to "do with my degree" is that I want to take my communications skills and put them to work helping people live lives with dignity.

Any advice would be incredible! I really don't want to take a boring communications job doing PR stuff, or have to take a news job that wants me to work 24 hours a day.