Social Worker

I arrive early to review my caseload before the phone starts ringing. My first client, Maria, sits across from me for our weekly check-in—she's been in her new apartment two months and her anxiety about employment is easing. By mid-morning, I'm on a three-way call with a school counselor and a parent, negotiating services for a teenager struggling with attendance. Lunch is eaten at my desk while I complete incident reports and update case notes in the system. The afternoon pulls me between a home visit to assess safety concerns, a team meeting about a client's medication changes, and emails to three different benefit offices requesting status updates. By 5 p.m., I've documented progress, flagged red flags, and helped one person see a future that felt impossible when they walked in. The work is relentless and the victories are often small, but they're real.