-: My name is Robyn Georgius and I am a social worker.
Currently I'm working as a mental health therapist
so I see individuals, families, and couples for therapy.
But a social worker can be involved
in a lot of areas in life.
They're in our hospitals, they're in nursing homes
they're in private practices,
they're in our community mental health centers.
And they also teach.
I also teach here at the University of Toledo,
so there's a big diverse population
of things social workers can do.
Currently where I see clients, I see anywhere
from six to 10 clients a day.
Generally for hour-long sessions.
Clients will come in by themselves.
They might come is as a couple for marriage counseling
or couples therapy or I work with families.
I help clients identify what's causing them problems
in their life currently.
Work together to develop some goals.
And then I help them work on objectives.
What are the things that can can do to achieve their goals
and what are the barriers in their life?
Documentation, you have to make sure you're documenting
the things your doing with clients.
What interventions are we using with our clients.
How are we helping them?
So I'll be doing case notes on clients.
We do assessments the first time you meet a client
you do an assessment so you're gonna have to document that.
And then if I'm working with a client on a specific type
of therapy like cognitive processing therapy
or cognitive behavioral therapy,
it's always good to reread your last note,
know who's coming in, and know what type of intervention
you're planning to try to use during session that day.
Yeah, when I client comes in, first and foremost,
the most important thing is to try
to make clients feel very comfortable
and let them know that the things that we talking
about are confidential, that they don't leave the room.
And explain if there is a time you'd have
to share information, make sure the clients understand
that this is a confidential setting.
And then we do an assessment.
You get background information.
Who is the person that your talking to.
What do they do?
What are their likes, dislikes, and what are the things
that are causing them distress and problems in their life?
What are the things that made them reach out
to engage in therapy?