#social work

[ex-foster]

Girls from foster care are some of the most vulnerable members of society.

When girls run away from foster homes or when they age out of the system, they are at an increased risk of being exploited into the sex industry.

It is crucial to understand that the sex industry preys on girls and women from foster care because they are isolated from their families which makes them easy to exploit. When you grow up in foster care, you can also be dangerously lonely and in need of human connection and support. Human traffickers exploit foster girl's need for family and love.

Sex trafficking has a low rate of conviction but is highly profitable (a drug can be sold once, but a human being can be sold numerous times for sex).

It's also important to understand that recruitment into the sex industry is often done online. Be wary of people who suggest that "sex work is work" - they are recruiters. Be wary of people who use "swerf" (sex worker exclusive radical feminist) in order to demonize anyone who exposes the harm of the sex industry - they are recruiters. Real feminists protect the most vulnerable women and girls.

#foster care #social work #aging out #feminism #Radfem #Radical feminist #Radical feminism #foster kids #Swerf #Swerf is a slur against sex trafficking victims #Swerf is a misogynistic slur #crown wards #liberal feminism #Anti liberal feminists

[she-is-ovarit]

I am on government insurance (Medicaid). Out of pocket, my psychologist's rate is $225 an hour. He went through a decade or more of school, obtained a PhD, and graduated with student loan debt. He didn't state how much, but I can imagine it's likely in the hundreds of thousands considering he still has this debt and graduated with his PhD in the early 2000s.

He shared with me that out of that $225 rate, he obtains about $25 from one Medicaid client's insurance company. The insurance company pockets the rest. My friend, another therapist, has a similar story. She makes $75 off of Medicaid clients usually when her rate out of pocket is $200.

Most therapists, psychologists, and psychiatrists are no longer accepting Medicaid/Medicare insurances because of this reason, which people who are poor are on. Over half of mental health professionals are no longer accepting insurance, period. I think we all understand that low-income people and low-income communities struggle the most with mental health issues, and if you are a person of color in the US you are more likely to be low-income. If you are a domestic violence survivor turned homeless because you left your significant other, you are also more likely to be on Medicaid. If you are a first generation student, you are most likely on Medicaid. If you are formerly incarcerated, you are most likely on Medicaid. And so on.

Additionally, if you are a human being of the female sex, you are far more likely to seek out therapy than someone of the male sex. Overwhelmingly men don't seek out therapy unless their female significant partner pleads with them, pressures them, or gives them an ultimatum which influences them to make an appointment. What does this mean when the vast majority of mass shooters, rapists, pedophiles, and domestic violence abusers are male?

Figure 2. Percentage of adults aged 18 and over who had received any mental health treatment, taken medication for their mental health, or received counseling or therapy from a mental health professional in the past 12 months, by sex: United States, 2019

Pair all of these details with the fact that mental health professionals are in such high demand right now, that even with private insurance the wait list is anywhere from three to six months out. Insurance agencies are business, and the corruption inherent. Many focus on prioritizing coverage for acute crisis rather than treating long term underlying conditions (which in turn prevents acute crises), don't provide coverage for co-occurring conditions, are advertising that more providers are accepting their insurance than there actually are, and are solely driven by financial interest.

I wonder how much domestic violence, sexual violence, child abuse, poverty, hate crimes, generational trauma, and overall suffering within individuals and in their societies can be reduced by valuing mental health and holding insurance companies accountable for their financial exploitation.

We talk about the US healthcare crisis without talking about the US mental health crisis.

#mental health #therapy #psychology #behavioral health #social work #capitalism #late stage capitalism #poverty #inequality #healthcare #United States healthcare

[socialworkerbee]

diagnostics is such a challenge already. i never even considered how symptoms present in neurodivergent individuals.

#studyblr #studyspo #social work student #college student #social work #msw #college #college life #study #graduate student #gradblr #grad student #grad school #graduate school #grunge academia #dark acadamia aesthetic #dark academia

[queerism1969]

#social workers #lgbtqia #lgbt pride #de escalation #police #social work #police brutality #nonbinary lesbian #social justice #fuck the police #police state #police violence #therapy #mental health #mental wellbeing #trauma #boundaries #coping

[i-yeeteth-and-i-yoinketh]

“I can fix him” “I can make him worse” yeah well I can write and implement a comprehensive support plan for him, we are not the same

#genshin impact #genshin #childe #tartagalia genshin impact #ajax tartaglia #blade hsr #blade honkai #hsr #honkai: star rail #fandom #social work #tag whatever characters you want

[harleyklawz]

Being a social worker is by far the best and most rewarding job I've ever had, but HOLY FUCK is it crazy that I just like, listen to people's worst moment and then basically havw to be like "I hear you, I see you, you are valid. Let's get through this and then like, go eat a sandwhich, okay?"

And like, that actually fixes the imeddiate horros. Like, someone giving you kind words and reminding you to maintain yourself. Crazy shit.

#werewolf howling #social worker #social work

[neuroticboyfriend]

i just spent the past 3 years getting an A.A in human services, and i finished it. despite neglecting my health to do so. despite my ethical concerns with dominant models of social work. i got a degree in a field that now, i dont really want to pursue - not how i intented, at least.

and that's okay. cause you know what i do want to do? be an artist, like i wanted to in the first place. i want to do what would make me happiest - to do what i love, and give myself time to take care of myself. and you know what? you should do that too.

go to school. dont go to school. change majors. drop out. get that job. quit your job. move out. stay home. monetize your hobbies, or refuse to. focus on your wellbeing. don't force yourself to do what's most "acceptable" or "productive." that's no way to live. that's a one way ticket to burnout.

and if you, like me, really want to enact positive change in this world: you don't need to be in an "official" field to do that. and lets be real: those fields won't let you make a lot of the change you want to. plus? you will make the most positive change by doing what makes you happiest - even if it's not a job. joy brings joy.

#softspoonie #disabled #disability #mental health #social work #art #artist #artists on tumblr #mental health positivity #positivity #anti capitalism #anti psych #anti psychiatry #antipsych #antipsychiatry #anti capitalist #capitalism #school #college #education #university #chronically ill #spoonie #chronic illness

[brunchbitch]

Hospital social worker interview today!!

#first one I’ve been offered so far #working in a hospital is so gd competitive it’s crazy #the interview is for a per diem SW position in the ED #but at least it’ll get my foot in the door #social work #medical social work #personal #interview

[ilikecarsandlike4people]

Today sure didn't go as planned. Woke up at like 6, got denied help at the disability help center, missed my bus, wasted an hour and all my bus card credits and got an emergency call about my support kid and ended up driving 80km and housing them the whole day.

So, a day that was supposed to be a quiet workday turned into absolute chaos... all before 12pm

But... while we we're watching a movie, kiddo snuggled up close and told me I'm their "best friend". Aaaand then proceeded to fall asleep on me for about 2 hours.

Totally worth it.

#oh yeah and my meeting was late #because of course #social work #personal #i'll get to those comms tomorrow I promise🙇🏻‍♂️

[woundgallery]

#social work #therapy #text

[fight-4-my-life]

29 resources in 29 days. Black History 365/6 Days of the Year!

I wanted to make this post sooner and I don’t really have a good reason for why I didn’t. But today is the final day of Black History Month, so I figured I’d better do it now. I want to start off by saying that as a white person who has never been black a day in their life, I don’t know what its like to live life as a black person. Even though I have friends and family who are black and I’ve…

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#black history #black history month #black lives matter #Blog #influential people #Life lessons #mental health #Mental Wellness #social work

[ex-foster]

#foster care #foster kids #feminism #aging out #liberal feminism #radical feminism #social work #radical feminist safe #Anti prostitution #Anti sex trafficking #Anti sex work

[small-titty-alchemy]

social workers should make $30 an hour and have 2 months paid vacation per year. this is going to fix society

#not even joking #anyways imagine if social services was a lucrative career that took care of its employees #social work #case management

[to-the-waterfalls-of-the-sun]

“It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood; who strives valiantly; who errs, who comes up short again and again, because there is no effort without error and shortcoming; but who does actually strive to do the deeds; who knows great enthusiasms, the great devotions; who spends themselves in a worthy cause; who at the best knows in the end the triumph of high achievement, and who at the worst, if he fails, at least fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who neither know victory nor defeat.”

-Theodore Roosevelt

#quotes #quote #life #theodore roosevelt #daring greatly #brene brown #social work #life quotes #being alive #do your best #triumph #failure #critical thinking #life lessons

[oldpostcardarchive]

the feminine urge to drop out of grad school and start selling greeting cards on etsy

#i haven't even touched my blog this semester because everything has been So Much #i am sick and tired of being An Intern #grad school #msw #social work #study break #ok to interact

[actuallyinvisibleninjah]

Hey, looking for recommendations on books, articles, blogs, threads, or videos to read or watch about disability, ableism, and disability activism. Today January 25th, would be best, but if you think of anything between now and March it would help me out. This is for a college class but the articles do not need to be academic in nature.

#ableism #disability #activism #social work