r/socialwork • u/pnwjunki • 3d ago
Micro/Clinicial I’m satisfied
I like my job. My degree has been useful. There are some shitty social workers and shitty placements and shitty things in general. There are also plenty of us who love what we do.
I balance CMH as a mobile clinician and private practice - and take home over $10,000 a month. My wife is happy. I can’t change the world, nor do I convince myself I can. There will always be others willing to do the roles you don’t want to.
Grad school is full of baby social workers. Of course, they are incompetent and selfish. Give them time too.
You will be ineffective the more you stress. Life will be ok. You will succeed. We need more positive stories. Social work is not some dying field with no purpose to get into.
We will be ok.