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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Hey Pp, actually my spouse is the one motivating me to do this change, he's actually more excited about it than I am. He believes that I should pursue my passion and quit Banking since that is not making me happy. He is scared of course about the loss of income especially in the 2 years I'd be in school full time, but said he could manage. Im the one stressing about it, but he  keeps telling me everything will be fine and he will find a way to make it work and will adjust his schedule if need be. I guess whats making me guilty is puting all of my family on hold, cutting our finances and going through all of this, just because I feel this would be a better career for me. I'd hate to put them all through it and end up failing. If you're fone with the program, and dont mind me asking, what salary ranges are you seeing for new MSW grads? Is there something i canstart doing now to better position myself for better jobs once im done with school? And do you think my experience in business/finance will help once im ready to apply to jobs? [/quote]

That's great! That's actually how my spouse is too, but it took me a while to truly believe him :)

I'm not done with the program yet, but the jobs my friends who are done have taken are a pretty big range. DC government pays a lot more than nonprofit case management organizations. I have a friend who started with a DC govt agency with a general license. They are sponsoring her clinical license, and she makes like $70k. The job that I turned down was offering $45k, but that's with no MSW. It would probably have been a little higher with the MSW. The best thing that you can do is get a feel for what jobs are available in the area where you live and watch them. I generally know what the government jobs look like and what the nonprofit ones look like. I haven't looked at hospital jobs as much but it's on my list of stuff to start paying attention to. It can be hard to figure out salary information. The numbers I mentioned above are things that I was told directly by the organization or are publicly available.

I personally think that a background in business and finance will be good for you, particularly when you get to a point where you are moving to private practice and may be establishing your own business. Not sure what particular flavor of finance you're in, but knowledge about operating a business (vs. a touchy feely clinic where people come to feel better) will serve you well later. It can also open doors to other kinds of work within the field. I know a woman who works as a program analyst whose job is to look at how effective services provided are from a financial AND clinical standpoint. She has a MSW and some kind of finance background.[/quote]

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