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Any hospital social workers/case mgmt?
I'm just curious if you like your job. Is it rewarding, or more frustrating than rewarding?
Re: Any hospital social workers/case mgmt?
I don't do that exactly, but I work as an attorney who pretty much does case management for homeless and low-income people where I live.
Some days, I love it. Being able to get someone on food stamps or our state health care makes a big difference for some people/families, and they really let you know it. I've had old clients come back to show me leases they just signed for an apartment and tell me that me helping them with one or two small things (getting food stamps/a copy of their birth certificate) motivated them to do more for themselves and turn their lives around.
Other people, especially those with mental illness (who tend to be the majority of who a social worker sees), can feel entitled/be totally thankless/blame you if you can't help them get EXACTLY what they were looking for. Despite working solely to help people straighten out their lives, I've been called every name in the book. Those days really suck, but then a good day will come along and I'll love my job again.
I've been doing this for just over a year (though I typically take on cases case managers can't handle anymore), and I already feel like I'm burned out. I considered doing this longer (I applied for a social work position), but I just don't know how much longer I'd be able to stay in this area. I don't have the patience or the thick skin to help everyone, even when their mental illness causes them to be really mean to me.
I'm a hospital social worker. I absolutely LOVE my job and the work. It is fast paced and completely different every day. I never know what my days will look like and am constantly reassessing what I need to do and prioritizing my tasks. It is busy, and quick and can be emotionally hard, but is really interesting and rewarding.
Hospital social workers do a little bit of everything because people come to the hospital for their medical needs and bring their lives with them. I do psychosocial assessments, counseling, grief support, end of life issues, crisis intervention, substance abuse and domestic violence interventions, APS and CPS reporting, and a lot of family work. I also help people adjust to being in a medical setting and working with a medical team. I provide resource assistance to help people travel to treatment and stay locally when needed.
I think it is a huge privilege that people let me into their lives usually during really tough or horrible times.
In the hospitals I've worked in, the Case Managers are RNs who assist with home care/hospice/insurance/placements and discharges.
They are very different jobs with very different educational backgrounds.
I'd be happy to answer any specific questions that you may have.
I am a LMSW and generally I like my job. Honestly I am at a point in my life where I don't want to work at all I just want to stay home and parent my child and future children.
But I have to work a little while longer to pay down debts. So I do like my job I think I 'm good at it. I work in an ER and I have all the right qualities. I am patient resourceful, and very dedicated to the people I serve. I also no how to turn it off when I leave. So I have managed not to get burnt out from my jobs. I have been a MSW 7 years. I work 4, 10 hour days, no weekends and for a social worker I think I get paid well. I also have a lot of autonomy.
So it is a great job. but right now there is no such thing as a dream career for me. I think I have mommy fever. I just love being a mommy more than I ever thought I would : ). Sorry for going off into a tangent.