How You Can Become an Invincible Social Worker: The Real Deal on Beating Burnout in Social Work

By Anthony President

Do you want to erase the word burnout from your vocabulary? Do you want to not only survive, but thrive in the field of Social Work? Are you ready to rekindle the love you once had for Social Work? This powerful book will show you the secrets to successfully beating burnout in Social Work from someone who has successfully done it and has been teaching others how to do it for over 11 years.

Invincible Social Worker is a system, a methodical approach to beating burnout and achieving success in the modern world of social work as well as your personal life. The Invincible Worker system is based on having:

The Right Attitude
The Right Strategy
The Right Stewardship
The Right Communication
The Right Balance
The Right Allegiance

If you commit to these six steps all day, every day, you too can become an Invincible Social Worker.

• Language: English
• Publisher: AuthorHouse
• Release date: Jan 6, 2012
• ISBN: 9781452010595

Anthony President

Anthony President, the “Ultimate Public Speaker ”impacts thousands of Social Workers a year by presenting professional development workshops, keynote and conference talks for Human Service Associations. This former, award winning Social Worker knows what it takes to beat burnout as having worked in the nation's toughest  county as a Child Welfare Social Worker. He shares real world strategies that have worked for him and thousands of other Social Workers just like you. 

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Contents

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

WHY YOU NEED TO STUDY THIS BOOK…

AN OPEN LETTER TO THE SOCIAL WORKER…

INVINCIBLE QUOTES

THE MISEDUCATION OF THE SOCIAL WORKER

BECOMING INVINCIBLE

UNDERSTANDING BURNOUT

STEP #1 – THE RIGHT ATTITUDE

STEP #2 – THE RIGHT STRATEGY

STEP #3 – THE RIGHT STEWARDSHIP

STEP #4 – THE RIGHT COMMUNICATION

STEP #5 – THE RIGHT BALANCE

STEP #6 – THE RIGHT ALLEGIANCE

To Maude Smith Galloway, the Matriarch of our family, thank you for helping me become an Invincible Social worker.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Anthony President, the Ultimate Professional Speaker, impacts thousands of individuals a year by presenting workshops for human service professionals, keynote and conference speaking for child welfare associations and motivational talks for at-risk youth.

Anthony brings a wealth of information and high energy presentation style that captivates audiences. With a background in social work, industrial sales, and business management, he brings unique skills and universal appeal.

This book was written with that same passion, energy, and the power of Anthony’s presentations. The goal in reading this book is for you to feel empowered. If you are new to the field of social work, this book will help you establish a proactive system to combat burnout. If you are a seasoned social worker, you will learn to love social work again and turn out your burnout.

Happy reading and remember: YOU are the greatest YOU the world will ever know. Make yourself the happiest YOU, YOU will ever know!

WHY YOU NEED TO STUDY THIS BOOK…

According to the National Association of Social workers, Workforce Members Study, the top 5 stressors for social workers working in child welfare/ family, mental health and healthcare are;

#1 Lack of time to do the job

#2 Heavy workload

#3 Salaries not commensurate with colleagues with similar education

# 4 Difficult, challenging clients

# 5 Overall inadequate compensation

Excerpted from Stress at Work, How do Social workers Cope - http://workforce.socialworkers.org/whatsnew/stress.pdf

You have no control over the potential job stressors on any given day, however you have total power and control on how you respond to those stressors. Learn the secrets to invincibility and enjoy your life and career in Social Work.

AN OPEN LETTER TO THE SOCIAL WORKER…

You are an awesome individual who truly cares for other people.

You have the ability to overcome any internal or external obstacles that dare come in your way.

You can become INVINCIBLE!

INVINCIBLE QUOTES

99% of the failures come from people who have the habit of making excuses. - George Washington Carver

Success, stated Winston Churchill, is the ability to go from failure to failure without losing your enthusiasm.

We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence is, therefore, not an act but a habit. - Aristotle

You are a creature of habit. How you do anything is how you will do everything. Master the small things first and your territory will increase. - Author Unknown

Enthusiasm is one of the most powerful engines of success. When you do a thing, do it with your might. Put your whole soul into it. Stamp it with your own personality. Be active, be energetic, be enthusiastic and faithful, and you will accomplish your objective. Nothing great was ever achieved without enthusiasm. ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson

THE MISEDUCATION OF THE SOCIAL WORKER

Looking back at our undergraduate course work, 99% of our major course work dealt with teaching us how to make society better. Teaching us how to care for other individuals, how to communicate better to them, and to assess their needs. I would also wager your social work does not stop when the workday ends, as friends and family seek you out for counsel, advice, and mediation.

Throughout your life, you have probably always had a heart for the other person. So then, the Social worker from education and experience has learned to place others in the front and themselves last. Well today is different. This book is all about YOU! Let’s shift the focus from clients, friends and family to you for a moment. Use this book to uncover what you want to achieve in the field of Social Work, and in your personal life. We must embrace our own dreams, desires, wants and needs as well as those of others.

There is nothing wrong with making society and other individuals better. It is in the heart and soul of the social worker to care for everyone. The question is however, who cares for the social worker? Who works to make the social worker a better, happier, and healthier person?

The responsibility of our well-being as social workers is all on us. We must take the steps necessary to maintain a positive attitude, perspective, sense of humor, and good physical and mental health. As much energy and effort that we pour into others, we must also take the time and pour this same energy and effort into ourselves. If we do not take care of ourselves, we cannot take care of others.

The concept of putting yourself first as a Social worker may be foreign and strange to you. I believe that if you give the concepts in this book a chance you well gain a value far greater than its price. You will learn strategies that will help you daily to succeed at work & home, and help you get to the next level of your personal achievement.

BECOMING INVINCIBLE

Those of you reading this book probably fall into one of two categories. One, you