In the first two posts in this series, we explored why financial stress in social work goes deeper than low pay, and how the money beliefs we developed in childhood shape our financial behavior through the Relationship → Behavior → Circumstances chain. Today, I want to focus on one of the most common behavioral expressions […]
Financial Stress Social Workers Face: Why Low Pay Isn’t the Whole Story
You chose social work to help people. You knew the salary wouldn’t be impressive. But somewhere along the way, the financial stress became unbearable, and it’s not just about the paycheck. Here’s what most people get wrong about financial stress in social work: it’s not just about the salary. It’s about your relationship with money, formed long before you became a social worker.
What Every Social Worker Needs to Know About Financial Self-Care
What is financial self-care? Have you heard of the term Financial Social Work and wondered what it was referring to? Today’s interview is with Reeta Wolfsohn, CMSW, the developer of Financial Social Work and founder of the Center of Financial Social Work. In essence, Financial Social Work is an innovative financial self-care toolkit that could enable both you and […]
