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May 6, 2018 Part 3: Maintaining your job and yourself / Stay resilient and avoid burning out

First aid for burnout

An immediate step to take if you are a burnt out social worker. The internal action to take to help you recover so you can return to a state of well-being.

March 6, 2018 Part 3: Maintaining your job and yourself / Stay resilient and avoid burning out

You can be a resilient hospice social worker

My spouse’s back has been hurting her. My two youngest kids are down in the dumps with colds. It’s a

October 12, 2017 Hospice social work documentation / Part 1: Beginning hospice social work

5 tricks to getting hospice documentation done in less time

Documentation is important, but I don’t love doing it. I love doing other things. So do you. Here’s how you can get your documentation done in less time.

You are successful in hospice social work when you wake up most mornings looking forward to serving in your role. The thought of interacting with patients, their family members, your colleagues in your agency, residential care facility staff members and your community-resource network makes you feel good…