social worker
social worker
Job description of a social worker.
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Transcript
My name is Robyn Georgius and I am a social worker.
Currently I'm working as a mental health therapist so I see individuals, families, and couples for therapy.
But a social worker can be involved in a lot of areas in life.
They're in our hospitals, they're in nursing homes they're in private practices, they're in our community mental health centers.
And they also teach.
I also teach here at the University of Toledo, so there's a big diverse population of things social workers can do.
Currently where I see clients, I see anywhere from six to 10 clients a day.
Generally for hour-long sessions.
Clients will come in by themselves.
They might come is as a couple for marriage counseling or couples therapy or I work with families.
I help clients identify what's causing them problems in their life currently.
Work together to develop some goals.
And then I help them work on objectives.
What are the things that can can do to achieve their goals and what are the barriers in their life?
Documentation, you have to make sure you're documenting the things your doing with clients.
What interventions are we using with our clients.
How are we helping them?
So I'll be doing case notes on clients.
We do assessments the first time you meet a client you do an assessment so you're gonna have to document that.
And then if I'm working with a client on a specific type of therapy like cognitive processing therapy or cognitive behavioral therapy, it's always good to reread your last note, know who's coming in, and know what type of intervention you're planning to try to use during session that day.
Yeah, when I client comes in, first and foremost, the most important thing is to try to make clients feel very comfortable and let them know that the things that we talking about are confidential, that they don't leave the room.
And explain if there is a time you'd have to share information, make sure the clients understand that this is a confidential setting.
And then we do an assessment.
You get background information.
Who is the person that your talking to.
What do they do?
What are their likes, dislikes, and what are the things that are causing them distress and problems in their life?
What are the things that made them reach out to engage in therapy?
Currently I'm working as a mental health therapist so I see individuals, families, and couples for therapy.
But a social worker can be involved in a lot of areas in life.
They're in our hospitals, they're in nursing homes they're in private practices, they're in our community mental health centers.
And they also teach.
I also teach here at the University of Toledo, so there's a big diverse population of things social workers can do.
Currently where I see clients, I see anywhere from six to 10 clients a day.
Generally for hour-long sessions.
Clients will come in by themselves.
They might come is as a couple for marriage counseling or couples therapy or I work with families.
I help clients identify what's causing them problems in their life currently.
Work together to develop some goals.
And then I help them work on objectives.
What are the things that can can do to achieve their goals and what are the barriers in their life?
Documentation, you have to make sure you're documenting the things your doing with clients.
What interventions are we using with our clients.
How are we helping them?
So I'll be doing case notes on clients.
We do assessments the first time you meet a client you do an assessment so you're gonna have to document that.
And then if I'm working with a client on a specific type of therapy like cognitive processing therapy or cognitive behavioral therapy, it's always good to reread your last note, know who's coming in, and know what type of intervention you're planning to try to use during session that day.
Yeah, when I client comes in, first and foremost, the most important thing is to try to make clients feel very comfortable and let them know that the things that we talking about are confidential, that they don't leave the room.
And explain if there is a time you'd have to share information, make sure the clients understand that this is a confidential setting.
And then we do an assessment.
You get background information.
Who is the person that your talking to.
What do they do?
What are their likes, dislikes, and what are the things that are causing them distress and problems in their life?
What are the things that made them reach out to engage in therapy?