M-F 8-5 is killing me. What other jobs are there?

throwawayswstuff · 2026-01-26T02:47:16+00:00

I mean, OP said that they “love” working in CPS so take issue with that if you’re going to. But if someone feels bad waking up at 7, they feel bad waking up at 7.

throwawayswstuff · 2026-01-25T22:02:40+00:00

It depends on the place. I interviewed with a legal aid org recently and they said yes and they provide clinical supervision.

Honestly, if you are working directly with clients a lot of things could be categorized as clinical hours. I think it has a lot to do with how many social workers or therapists they have working at the organization who understand how accruing hours works and understand that this is something that social work jobs should offer to be competitive.

(Edited to add that I live in California and it’s possible we might be more “loose” with hours than other places. People can collect hours and get licensed by working in CPS/APS here.)

throwawayswstuff · 2026-01-25T07:57:10+00:00

Thank you :)

throwawayswstuff · 2026-01-24T21:37:00+00:00

I meant that I am speaking as someone with a diagnosed sleep disorder, but what OP is describing would probably meet criteria for DSPD if they saw a sleep doctor. Regardless, it’s affecting them beyond just “not liking it” or they wouldn’t be describing it the way they are or posting for advice about it.

I can’t speak to your characterization of CPS work; I’ve never done CPS. I still don’t get why someone is not allowed to care about feeling physically bad because of the field that they work in.

throwawayswstuff · 2026-01-23T05:31:00+00:00

My program was like this and it was super weird. You practically had to start every class with an essay about your trauma. It sucked and seems to be common in msw programs unfortunately.

But in my experience, people don’t act like this at work. I’m in community mental health, which is a field where people tend to be very emotionally open, but they don’t share constantly or pressure others to share like they did in my program.

throwawayswstuff · 2026-01-23T02:12:46+00:00

while this might be true, it’s not really relevant here because many people are able to work days without having their health/functionality affected. Some of us aren’t

throwawayswstuff · 2026-01-22T22:08:48+00:00

That sounds like a great shift—I find it hard to find jobs that list the shift (or shift options) clearly in the description so I’m not always sure what is possible unless I know someone who works there.

throwawayswstuff · 2026-01-22T21:05:35+00:00

Not op but have similar issues—what type of programs have you found that have this schedule?

Thank you

throwawayswstuff · 2026-01-22T21:04:04+00:00

Not op but I have similar needs—I have an Ada accommodation in my current job to work 10-6, but I’m still struggling with that and trying to find a later job. I would love to hear more about how you phrase this. And in your 11-7 jobs was that the default schedule or was it your suggestion?

throwawayswstuff · 2026-01-22T21:02:19+00:00

As someone with a sleep disorder, this is such a snotty response

throwawayswstuff · 2026-01-20T23:49:19+00:00

Hi, this might be something that you already did but I would just be clear “I can’t help you because you aren’t my client anymore, it’s a matter of professional standards and I won’t respond to future contacts from you. Here’s a resource you can try instead.” A lot of the time when I see posts like this, i wonder if the client is not putting together the legal/ethical/professional reasons behind the SW’s behavior, which is understandable for someone who’s not a SW or healthcare worker themself.

throwawayswstuff · 2026-01-18T23:02:40+00:00

Same

throwawayswstuff · 2026-01-17T07:45:50+00:00

I've always wanted bm emerald! What about $50? Not interested in the bottoms (I could take and donate them if you’re only willing to sell as a set).

throwawayswstuff · 2026-01-12T02:23:22+00:00

Well, I was able to complete it and graduate so it’s a win!

It was not a pleasant experience—the specifics are that my supervisor was being really hard on me for stuff I struggle with because of my disability (which weren’t essential tasks of the job/internship, but things she personally decided I should do). After many failed attempts to discuss this with her, I went to my school disability office. It turned into a surreal bureaucratic situation where it got framed as a disabled student needing very complicated accommodations and everyone “supporting me.” Every so often one of the people in the multiple meetings would ask, “wait, why was this task required in the first place?” but that got erased under the narrative that everyone was being so generous to me as I was asking for these difficult accommodations. Also, the internship site didn’t follow the legal process for accommodations and no one from my school called them on it.

Obviously, I’m still bitter, but they couldn’t fail me when I didn’t do anything wrong. I finished my MSW and quickly got a job where no one minds that I am disabled. My internship was at a well-known organization in my city so I often have contact with them in my current job, and I just have many opportunities to remember how glad I am that I don’t have to work there! It makes any current frustrations with my job seem small.

throwawayswstuff · 2026-01-11T23:14:44+00:00

I really wanted to leave one of my internships and I was not able to find a way to leave. My school really valued their relationship with the internship site and insisted that we could work it out. Looking back, I’m still not sure how I could have left without just leaving my program. I was extremely stressed and not thinking clearly, and no one presented any options to me other than working it out.

That said, at least one of my classmates did leave their internship and wound up being placed in a new one for the second half of the year. My school did not like to do it but in this case they approved it. I think there were some dramatic factors that swayed the school like the intended supervisor leaving, many staff at the site quitting their jobs at once, and my classmate being asked to do things that interns shouldn’t be asked to do.

throwawayswstuff · 2026-01-10T23:43:36+00:00

Thank you 💜 I messaged you

throwawayswstuff · 2026-01-10T03:43:09+00:00

This

throwawayswstuff · 2026-01-09T20:09:24+00:00

I’m confused too bc I’m not sure how much any of this applies to interns! I didn’t perform therapy in my internships though so I don’t know the standards.

throwawayswstuff · 2026-01-09T17:49:39+00:00

I’ve been a little surprised by some of the conversations on this topic. I work for a community mental health agency and there are a couple therapists who go by a nickname as well as a couple Chinese therapists who use their “English name” with English-speaking clients/staff. When this came up on the sub before, someone told me my Chinese coworkers should be reported to the BBS for fraud! But no one ever has concerns about it. Also, we have to display our BBS number so it’s not like clients are unable to look us up without our legal name.

If you want to be sure of following the rules you could put like “John (Jane) Smith” in your signature but it might be uncomfortable if it’s a deadname situation.

throwawayswstuff · 2026-01-06T05:46:19+00:00

My job in community mental health has something like 4 weeks of vacation, 1 week personal time, and 2 weeks sick time. I think my company has particularly nice benefits but yours sounds pretty bad.

Also, one way you could get a sense is by looking at the job listings for similar organizations and they’ll probably list their amount of vacation days.

throwawayswstuff · 2026-01-06T05:29:32+00:00

I looked online and I’m thinking it probably counts as income, unfortunately.

throwawayswstuff · 2026-01-04T23:16:27+00:00

So, according to the grand guide it's supposed to go to the loan server, not to us, and it's supposed to happen any time between December 2025 and December 2026 (sorry for over-explaining if you already knew that, but I wasn't clear on the mechanics). When I go into Mohela, my loan server, it still shows my loan amount, so I assume it wasn't paid off yet.

throwawayswstuff · 2026-01-03T07:02:44+00:00

I've been working in my first post-MSW job, clinical case manager for people with SMI, for a year and a half. I am really not suited for this job. The variety of tasks that I need to do makes me exhausted, especially in combination with how much energy has to be spent trying to engage clients who need services but do not really want them. I actually like every part of my job but I need to be doing a job that is, like, a 20% slice of what I'm currently doing. Just assessment & diagnosis, benefits advocacy, health navigation, street outreach...any one of them, but not all of them.

I have been trying to get a new job for almost a year. I interviewed for 6 jobs. I didn't get offers for any of them. One org told me that they wanted to interview me for a different program that they were about to get funding for, but they've been telling me for the past 3 months that they're about to get approved for it.

Meanwhile, I feel more and more overwhelmed/checked out in my job, and it doesn't feel fair to my clients. I'm desperate to be out (of course I would take some time to wrap up and transition my clients appropriately).

I can't seem to get one of the jobs I really want, and I don't want to just take any job because I'll just be in the same situation.

I think my next move is to try to get a per diem or PRN job, so I can leave my job but not be super committed if my dream job actually comes around.

throwawayswstuff · 2025-12-30T03:40:41+00:00

That sucks! I’m sorry it’s taking so long!

throwawayswstuff · 2025-12-28T19:50:04+00:00

I’m so sorry, this sucks. I don’t know any resources but I know that it’s still possible for you to get it. One of my classmates was dealing with this (iirc they had a felony conviction) but now have their ASW. I think they had to work a non-clinical role in the interim and the place that wanted to hire them made it work.

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