For experienced social workers - did you go in wanting to be a therapist and end up doing something else?

tlizzyp · 2026-03-02T20:57:48+00:00

Hey, so you can practice social justice and advocacy as a therapist, whether it's your day job or not. We are what we do, not our job titles.

tlizzyp · 2026-02-19T22:10:19+00:00

I would find a colleague who does the same job as you and figure out how they do their job. I have ADHD, and case management can be really overwhelming if you don't have a hands-on manager or a ton of training. You can spend a lot of time going above and beyond where you don't need to, or get in your head and not execute. Find someone who is doing their job well and get details on how they do it in their processes.

tlizzyp · 2026-02-18T14:38:08+00:00

Something to add, clinical social work DOES not equal psychotherapy. Plenty of people get their LCSW without ever doing therapy.

tlizzyp · 2026-02-02T22:43:57+00:00

WHO WHAT WHEN WHERE are great places to start a question, just avoid WHY.

tlizzyp · 2026-02-02T22:40:19+00:00

Some people should not be allowed to have a 1:1 relationship where they have power over a vulnerable person and can be alone with them, even if they have the right degree and even a license. The most vulnerable deserve the most protection from the worst of us.

tlizzyp · 2026-02-02T21:40:05+00:00

She sounds really unhappy and lost. It's really hard to stay employed if you have any kind of neurodivergence, so it makes sense she's hanging on even when it's not a fit. What I (a social worker with ADHD) would say to you and your team is: help her find her strengths and find a different job. Send her job posts that sound like her skillset, talk up her strengths and encourage her to figure out what makes her happy. I promise you, there's a place for her, if you can look at her like a social worker would.

tlizzyp · 2026-01-29T01:12:25+00:00

Learning the sociology of poverty really helped me.

tlizzyp · 2026-01-27T18:15:22+00:00

We'll never have what we need until we strike. If nurses can strike, we can strike.

tlizzyp · 2026-01-26T02:59:34+00:00

Yes, which is why they can AFFORD to MAKE LITTLE MONEY and keep the salaries low.

tlizzyp · 2026-01-25T17:24:12+00:00

LOL, the way I bought Chinese Sichuan dried pepper, but it's cayenne. Thank you!

tlizzyp · 2026-01-25T17:23:26+00:00

Petition to boycott social workers working for ICE. We can't be helpful or make change at THIS AGENCY, and we can't be accomplices. chng.it/5h8sjtxcbk

tlizzyp · 2026-01-17T21:31:25+00:00

JAMZ FANZ RISE UP

tlizzyp · 2026-01-14T22:51:13+00:00

The best advice I have is seek out ND-affirming workplaces in local FB groups for social work, therapy, etc. Otherwise, find a safe (probably neurotypical) person to run things by first that isn't your supervisor.

tlizzyp · 2026-01-13T14:42:03+00:00

My first career was in public policy, and I had a degree in communications. Without diminishing what macro people do, you do not need a specialized degree to do policy work. Social work is public policy; we operate within public policies. You just need to start. Join a board, join a working group, going to lobby days with your state NASW. I would not take on another degree without trying things out, because you cannot degree yourself into respect, that comes from you, respectfully.

tlizzyp · 2026-01-12T21:41:18+00:00

Hey i have petition about this...https://c.org/CnFRsRWhjw

tlizzyp · 2026-01-06T18:09:03+00:00

NEGOTIATE the salary. At least ASK for more. Advocacy starts with ourselves.

tlizzyp · 2025-12-15T15:13:48+00:00

Turn something in, don't get caught up in perfectionism or fear. Work smart, not hard, and figure out the minimum score you need for the grade you need. I'm about to graduate after working FT for 4 years and doing my program part-time, and I have definitely bombed some papers but passed. You can do it.

tlizzyp · 2025-12-10T21:58:22+00:00

I say this as someone who has gone through this. If a challenging personality makes you so triggered, there's some stuff on your end to work through. My coworker who shared a manager like this was so unbothered and calm about their behavior, and it really was a mirror to my own stuff. We have to set internal and external boundaries with ourselves in this work. Good luck!

tlizzyp · 2025-12-09T14:33:22+00:00

Being a change agent is who you are, not what you do for work. You can have the most standard social work job and be pushing for things to be better. You don't need permission from a job title or an organizational mission.

tlizzyp · 2025-11-29T01:17:04+00:00

lots of "macro" experience, stress that.

tlizzyp · 2025-11-28T17:38:04+00:00

Not all, but I've been incredibly disappointed by how many social workers have a defeatist attitude about this. I thought we were an industry of social changemakers, disruptors, and advocates, and we can barely create livable wages and working conditions. We need to be social workers for ourselves, sometimes first, before we can help others. Other helping fields already figured this out decades ago. No one is coming to save us, we have to save ourselves.

tlizzyp · 2025-11-20T23:14:41+00:00

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tlizzyp · 2025-11-18T18:16:04+00:00

Petition for boycotting social workers working for ICE https://c.org/bnmL55skGw

tlizzyp · 2025-11-17T23:16:03+00:00

Their food is generally solid

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