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    The Social Worker Survival Guide
    The Social Worker Survival Guide
    The Social Worker Survival Guide
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    The Social Worker Survival Guide

    By Jane Dode

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    In this volume I discuss the four biggest unpleasant surprises that recent graduates and newly employed social workers are confronted with in their career. These four surprises are also the biggest causes of burnout, bitterness, and early retirement (including getting fired and changing careers). However, this can be avoided. Most postgraduate college courses for this profession will not teach you these lessons; why, I don’t know. But you will learn what many social workers, and causalities of the field, had wished someone taught them before they were blindsided and left for dead—numb and useless to help anyone—including their self.
    The lessons I teach in this volume are based on the knowledge I attained from the Life of Hard-Knocks University; they also come from over 20 years of experience in the counseling field—in several settings; from working with over one hundred counselors or social workers; from supervising close to fifty counselors; from teaching college courses to hundreds of psychology students who desire to be social workers; and from watching countless counseling comrades fall and not get up.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherJane Dode
    Release dateApr 22, 2013
    ISBN9781300955337
    The Social Worker Survival Guide
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    Jane Dode

    Jane Dode is passionate about helping individuals suffering from mental illness. Due to her personal experience of having a family member who was diagnosed with Bipolar Disorder, but died before he could be treated properly, she has made it her mission to never let this happen to others. Jane has worked in the mental health system for over 25 years. She has worked in many positions and settings in this field. Her experience includes that of Physicians Assistant (Psychiatrist in particular), Licensed Professional Counselor (Individual, Home-based, Acute Psychiatric Inpatient, Day Program, and Group Home Counselor). She is also currently a psychology instructor for a University renowned for its Psychology Department and programs. The true stories chosen for her book series, True Stories of Life in a Psychiatric Hospital, are based on her personal experience working as the clinical director of a mental health hospital. She has also worked in many other positions at this hospital, as well as another psychiatric hospital, which supplements the views and perspectives of this author. These stories are based on true accounts and the actual individuals who experienced them. You may contact Jane with questions or your own stories by email: janedode2013@yahoo.com

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      The Social Worker Survival Guide - Jane Dode

      The Social Worker Survival Guide

      The Social Worker Survival Guide

      True Stories of Life in a Psychiatric Hospital—Volume Eight

      By

      Jane Dode

      BOOKS BY JANE DODE

      Bipolar Disorder: The Secret

      Bipolar Disorder: The Secret--Part Two

      The Psychiatric Staff: Social Workers and Nurses

      Mental Health Workers in a Psychiatric Hospital

      True Stories of Life in a Psychiatric Hospital—Substance Induced Psychosis

      Suicide & Social Workers

      A Bipolar Success Story

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      The Social Worker Survival Guide

      True Stories of Life in a Psychiatric Hospital—Volume Eight

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      Copyright © 2013 Jane Dode. All rights reserved, including the right to reproduce this book, or portions thereof, in any form. No part of this text may be reproduced, transmitted, downloaded, decompiled, reverse engineered, or stored in or introduced into any information storage and retrieval system, in any form or by any means, whether electronic or mechanical without the express written permission of the author. The scanning, uploading, and distribution of this book via the Internet or via any other means without permission of the publisher is illegal and punishable by law. Please purchase only authorized electronic editions, and do not participate in or encourage electronic piracy of copyrighted materials.

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