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SadPenisMatinee t1_iz1e51t wrote

Just as bad here in the USA. Social Work us brutal atm. Many worked doing COVID including myself. The pay is bad. It's weird watching staff that make the same as the clients/residents they are serving at certain places.

Nobody wants to stay on as the pay is so bad why bother?

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BearJew1991 t1_iz3pqku wrote

Same issue with case management services. I do harm reduction work/research and over the last few years the turnover in case management for my unhoused research participants has been insane. None of them (of those who have a case worker) seem to have the same one for more than a few months. When I check the agencies, I inevitably find out that they quit. Nobody can handle 100+ cases on poverty wages. It's one of the biggest barriers to unhoused folks getting housing. Without consistent case management there's never any follow-up and so only the least "acute" cases end up leaving the streets because they require the least resources and time from stressed case workers.

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futuregovworker t1_iz3pxd7 wrote

I’m curious how much you make for social work.

I just started a little over a month ago for a company that does contractual work for DCS. I get a company car and make like 23$hr with a 1500$ sign on bonus. But my biggest benefit is that I got a company car that they pay for all mechanical problems and gas, I pay like 196$ a month for it, but I figured it was a deal and have been saving more money than I ever have

Edit: company car can be used for personal use

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SadPenisMatinee t1_iz519xu wrote

I make the same as you. My pay is not entry level. Ive been with the company for years. I started around 10 an hour.

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