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Social workers and CF
March is National Social Work month in the United States, so it seems like an appropriate time to give a shoutout to our CF social workers!
I’ll admit, there was a time when I didn’t know what the point was of having a social worker in clinic. I’d talk with them and they seemed friendly enough, but I never understood the need for them.
As both my health and my life became more complicated, I began to lean on my clinic social worker a bit more. I can distinctly remember a time when I was hospitalized and was facing problems at my place of employment. My social worker sat with me, helped me brainstorm, and together we came up with a plan to address my work issues. Turns out, it helped tremendously and my work situation was much better moving forward.
Now, years later, my current CF social worker is one of my favorite people! She has helped me address so many issues related to both my health and life in general. She is full of resources and advice. She regularly helps me find the tools I already have within me to tackle and cope with the mental and emotional aspects of this disease. I have greatly benefited from having a social worker as part of my multidisciplinary care team (which seems like a tremendous understatement).
Can you relate? Do you have a CF social worker? Have you benefited from their care? I’ve had conversations with people who’ve had miserable experiences with their social workers, and while those stories are sad to me, they are definitely welcome here as well! I am genuinely curious to know what your experience with CF social workers has been.
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