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This week we are joined by Leslie Powers and we are going to be discussing the aspects of what a social worker does, the issues with interference from state run institutions, how it holds the work back in regard to actually helping people, and perhaps even some possible solutions. -- Leslie also has a website where people can go to check her out; Alive and Thriving (alivethrive.life), she is on the Leslie Powers One Great Work Network, as well is a part of The Girls Club with myself and two other amazing ladies.

And you don’t want to miss the next Girls Club because we are going to be going into some Germanic History with someone who has put some study into it, so stay tuned. You will be able to find the episodes of The Girls Club on any of the channels from either myself or Leslie and which always ends sometimes towards the end of the month.

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So, let's get started and move into our main topic today.

Let's talk about how the institutions have made things difficult for practitioners to practice medicine due to administration policies that are taking over the healthcare process, as far as the social work side of things go.

Even though social workers and doctors need to be able to work with each other and are primarily behind the scenes they are not as often appreciated as they should be. They do a lot for the patients who walk into a doctor's office. They often do a lot of the paperwork that doctors can't or don't do and I have seen this task foisted onto them.

Nurses do similar work to this as well sometimes, even if it is just picking up some of the work that does go on behind the scenes. People don't realize that there is so much to paperwork, red tape and … stuff … that needs to happen in order to get a patient the care they need. Even when it is down to doing all the annoying forms and medical red tape to push for funding or medical equipment.

How does this relate to the various barriers and dynamics of the profession?

How is it considered as a profession that is placed low on the totem pole in comparison to other positions in the medical industry?

The issue with high caseloads so they can't really do justice for everyone.