How to cope with Stress as a Social Worker?

Social work as known to everyone is a noble job where people are eagerly concerned with helping other people, families, individuals, communities and different groups in order to enhance the well-being on individual as well as on a collective basis. So, round the clock you have to work amidst bunch of people; hearing to their problems, solving their issues and sometimes some kind of field work may cause you extreme pressure and thus leading to stress.

The possible causes of stress for a social worker are listed below:

• Excessive amount of workload

• Finding oneself unable to manage or control the work flow

• Establishing relationships with different kind of people and thus managing a complex web of relationships with each of them

• Social workers always find lack of shared understanding between them and other ends of the world

Though it comes under the legal duty of your employer to ensure your safety, welfare and health but that doesn't mean you will get lucky all the time. So, in that case you have to cope with the stress in your way.

Stress symptoms can be varied from sleeplessness, tearfulness and headaches to memory problems, anxiety and most importantly reduced performance in work area. These can be really problematic for your career as in the present time no one care about individual health but grade individuals on their capability of work.

Some of the stress management ways are listed below:

It is extremely important to take time off and vacations because this will allow you to spend some time dedicated to yourself only. You should take care of yourself first in order to serve others and their problems

• Indulge yourself in healthy conversations with people whom you consider sorted and intelligent. These people could be social workers or other professionals. It is really relaxing when you share your frustrations and feelings with others who actually understand you and advice you in such a way that will give you immense relief

• This is an invisible and mostly unknown fact to people that 'denial' of problems is one of the prime cause what gets many social workers in trouble! The social workers should remain honest about the stress they are encountering, this will rescue them from ending up with physical illness and other ruptured conditions. It is a complete myth which social workers live in that they can handle any kind of stress just because they possess the art of treating stress but it may cause adverse effects many-a-times

• Work management is the smartest way to deal with any hurdles that comes your way. You should manage your work diligently and efficiently even if you're overloaded with issues/ cases. Don't lose your focus and stay calm, composed and most importantly organised

• Last but not the least "Heal thyself" is considered as a subtle doctrine way that the social workers should follow. Use the tool and healing steps/ styles that you adapt while dealing with clients; to face your own stress.

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