Social Work to Wealth Podcast

Taylor & Faith
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The Social Work to Wealth Podcast is a social work podcast created to challenge the narrative that social workers shouldn’t care about money. Hosted by Taylor and Faith, two licensed clinical social workers, this podcast for social workers shares practical tips on managing finances, navigating career growth, and achieving financial wellness, because you deserve more than just getting by.

  1. Sep 14

    49. Our New Job Board for Social Workers is Live!

    We've got big news to share!!! Your Social Work Job, our new job board built just for social workers, is officially live! In this episode, we get into how it came together, why we built it, and what makes it different from just scrolling Indeed or LinkedIn for the hundredth time. So many social work jobs don't have "social worker" anywhere in the title, which means a basic keyword search misses most of them. We built this board to address that, using job titles we have been collecting from social workers across different industries. We also chat about how to use the board and the various features, and what's next, including a newsletter and more resources on the way. We are so excited to finally share it with you! We chat about: Why searching "social worker" alone makes you miss good job opportunitiesHow years of researching job titles for social workers turned into this boardWhat filters are built in: education level, location, job type, and remote optionsHow to read a job posting without talking yourself out of applyingWhat's next, including a career-focused newsletter and more resources Resources mentioned: Your Social Work JobYour Social Work Job newsletterSocial Work Job Titles & Resources PDFVideo: How to Set Up Your Candidate Profile Connect with us! Find Social Work to Wealth on: TikTok, Instagram, & YouTube. Disclaimer: The information presented in this podcast & on any affiliated platforms is for educational, informational, & entertainment purposes only and should not be construed as legal, financial, or professional advice. Consuming this content does not create an attorney-client relationship. If you need legal advice pertaining to your particular situation, consult one-on-one with an attorney.

    49. Our New Job Board for Social Workers is Live!

  2. Aug 31

    48. Justice-Centered Social Work with Shimon Cohen, LCSW

    In this episode, we are joined by Shimon Cohen, founder of Doin’ The Work, a podcast, continuing education platform, and practitioner community for justice-centered social workers. Shimon shares his path from street outreach and community organizing into clinical social work, faculty life, and eventually building Doin’ The Work. He shares how he sees anti-oppressive practice and what it actually means using Donna Baines’ framework. We get into how oppression shows up at both the structural and interpersonal level, and how social work is never really neutral. We chat about: Shimon’s path from community organizing to street outreach to clinical social workWhy social work is always political, even when it doesn’t feel that wayBalancing immediate client needs with the push for systemic changeHow to tell the difference between a diagnosis and a response to oppressionWhy naming white supremacy in social work mattersWhat keeps Shimon hopeful and has shaped his outlook on the field Resources mentioned: Doin’ The WorkCE: White Supremacy, White Privilege, Racism & Oppression in Social WorkDoing Anti-Oppressive Practice by Donna BainesRacism Without Racists by Eduardo Bonilla-Silva Connect with us! Social Work to Wealth Newsletter — a money & career newsletter for social workersFind Social Work to Wealth on: TikTok, Instagram, & YouTube. Disclaimer: The information presented in this podcast & on any affiliated platforms is for educational, informational, & entertainment purposes only and should not be construed as legal, financial, or professional advice. Consuming this content does not create an attorney-client relationship. If you need legal advice pertaining to your particular situation, consult one-on-one with an attorney.

  3. Aug 17

    47. From Clinical Social Work to Philanthropy with Monae Dale, LCSW

    Monae Dale is a program officer at a community foundation in LA, and in this episode she talks about how she moved from direct practice into philanthropy. She started her MSW at USC already wanting to work in macro social work, but found that her program mostly pointed students toward clinical roles. She ended up spending years in a micro/macro hybrid role at a drop-in center for unhoused young adults, then moved into management, before finally making the leap into philanthropy! We talk about the specifics of that transition, including working with a career coach to get clarity on her interests, learning to translate her clinical experience into language macro employers actually look for, and rewriting her resume and cover letter. We also get into the details about what she does day to day as a program officer. This episode is for anyone who has been curious about philanthropy or how to transition from clinical to macro! We chat about: Why a macro concentration in grad school didn't automatically translate to macro job opportunitiesMonae's take on why management roles often get mislabeled as macro workHow to translate clinical experience into language macro employers are actually searching forThe value of tailoring your resume and cover letter to every single jobWhat the job looks like as a program officer at a community foundationWhy looking at who funds an organization you admire can open up job leads you wouldn't find otherwiseWorking through the confidence shift that comes with stepping away from clinical work Resources mentioned: Follow Monae on TikTok270+ Job Titles for Social Workers PDFGreenhouse – job board mentioned as a resource for job searchingSocial Workers in Policy – YouTube channel featuring real social workers who have successfully transitioned from clinical practice into policy, advocacy, and systems-level leadershipEpisode 46: How to Find Quality Jobs as a Social Worker with Marthea Pitts, MSW Connect with us! Social Work to Wealth Newsletter — a newsletter for the social worker wanting to level up their career and money.Find Social Work to Wealth on: TikTok, Instagram, & YouTube. Disclaimer: The information presented in this podcast & on any affiliated platforms is for educational, informational, & entertainment purposes only and should not be construed as legal, financial, or professional advice. Consuming this content does not create an attorney-client relationship. If you need legal advice pertaining to your particular situation, consult one-on-one with an attorney.

  4. Aug 3

    46. How to Find Quality Jobs as a Social Worker with Marthea Pitts, MSW

    In this episode, I chat with Marthea Pitts, macro social worker and founder of Macro and Paid, to talk about finding quality jobs as a social worker. Marthea has spent over a decade moving from case management into macro-level roles, including co-leading a $2.5 million workforce development initiative in Washington, DC. She shares how one good quality job changed her life financially and how she’s seen the same shift happen for hundreds of coaching clients. We get into what actually separates a low-quality job from a high-quality one, and it’s not just salary. Marthea breaks down the role of benefits, professional development, and workplace support systems, and why so many social workers mistake burnout symptoms for personal failure. We also talk about why the job market feels so hard right now and what’s actually going on. We chat about: Why one good job can change your entire lifeLow-quality vs. high-quality jobs and how it’s more than just salaryHow to reframe your relationship with money as a social worker without feeling like it conflicts with your valuesWhy work-life balance is impossible in a low-quality jobWhat’s real and what’s fear-based content about the current job marketThe shift employers are making toward skills-based hiringWhy career clarity, not more job applications, is usually the missing piece for people who feel stuck Resources mentioned: Macro and PaidMacro Social Work Your WayConnect with Marthea on LinkedInFollow her on Instagram Connect with us! Social Work to Wealth Newsletter — a newsletter for the social worker wanting to level up their career and money.Find Social Work to Wealth on: TikTok, Instagram, & YouTube. Disclaimer: The information presented in this podcast & on any affiliated platforms is for educational, informational, & entertainment purposes only and should not be construed as legal, financial, or professional advice. Consuming this content does not create an attorney-client relationship. If you need legal advice pertaining to your particular situation, consult one-on-one with an attorney.

  5. Jul 20

    45. [CE] The Micro Pipeline in Social Work with Patrick Taylor, LCSW

    CE Info: This episode is approved for 1 CE credit through the Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB) ACE Program (#2807). To receive CE credit, you must pay, register, and complete the required post-test and evaluation. Listening alone does not guarantee credit. It is your responsibility to verify that this course meets your licensing board's requirements. Click here to purchase the course! Patrick Taylor, LCSW, joins us to talk about something he has studied and calls the "micro pipeline in social work". He states it's the way our profession funnels people toward clinical, client-centered work while macro practice gets treated as an afterthought. Patrick coined the term as part of his doctoral research at USC and walks us through how education, licensure, and the job market all reinforce this pattern. We chat about: What the "micro pipeline in social work" is and why Patrick Taylor coined the term to describe itHow Patrick's own path from military service to clinical social work to a DSW program shaped his research on the micro-macro divideWhy calling macro work "non-traditional" reinforces the exact problem it's namingWhat Patrick's national survey revealed about how many social workers want macro work versus how many can actually find itHow licensure and practicum supervision requirements quietly steer social workers toward clinical practice for years before they ever explore macro optionsWhy Patrick believes social work has a complicated relationship with power Resources mentioned: Connect with Patrick on LinkedInCheck out the expanded show notes for resources mentioned Connect with us! Social Work to Wealth CE Updates — CE only updatesSocial Work to Wealth Newsletter — Get updates on money resources, events, salaries, and more straight to your inboxSubmit your podcast episode idea!Find Social Work to Wealth on: TikTok, Instagram, & YouTube. Disclaimer: The information presented in this podcast & on any affiliated platforms is for educational, informational, & entertainment purposes only and should not be construed as legal, financial, or professional advice. Consuming this content does not create an attorney-client relationship. If you need legal advice pertaining to your particular situation, consult one-on-one with an attorney.

  6. Jul 6

    44. Salary Series: Making $75k as a School Social Worker with Lillie, LCSW

    Welcome to our Salary Series, where we bring social workers on to specifically give us all the tea about their income. Salary transparency matters because it gives us real data to advocate for ourselves and each other. In this episode, I talked with Lillie, a school social worker in Florida. Lillie shares her path into school social work, which started with a few years working as an investigator on death row cases before she went back for her MSW. We get into what her job actually looks like day to day, how she's negotiated her way from a $65,000 starting offer to $75,000 today, and the mindset shift that's helped her ask for more. I also pull from our salary database of over 1,500 social worker submissions to talk about what some school social workers are actually making by region, degree, and years of experience. Resources mentioned: Follow Lillie on Instagram1,600+ Social Work Salary List Connect with us! Social Work to Wealth Newsletter — a newsletter for the social worker wanting to level up their career and money.Find Social Work to Wealth on: TikTok, Instagram, & YouTube. Disclaimer: The information presented in this podcast & on any affiliated platforms is for educational, informational, & entertainment purposes only and should not be construed as legal, financial, or professional advice. Consuming this content does not create an attorney-client relationship. If you need legal advice pertaining to your particular situation, consult one-on-one with an attorney.

    44. Salary Series: Making $75k as a School Social Worker with Lillie, LCSW

  7. Jun 22

    43. How to Network Your Way Into a Non-Clinical Social Work Career with Niteesa Brooks, MS, PMP

    In this episode, I chat with Niteesa Brooks, MSW, a program manager who took her social work degree into health tech, pharmaceutical research, and financial technology. Niteesa graduated from Columbia University in 2018 and has spent her career building out programs and processes at the intersection of healthcare and technology. Niteesa gets specific about how she navigated the job search, how she networked her way into roles, and why she stopped marketing herself as a social worker and started marketing herself as someone who "solves problems". This is a great episode for those who are interested in practicing social work in a non-clinical setting, but are not sure how to get started down that path. We chat about: How Niteesa went from wanting to be a sports psychologist to working in health tech and pharmaceutical researchWhat program management actually is and how social work skills translate directly into itWhy she didn't market herself as a social worker on her resume and what she did insteadHow to use LinkedIn to find social workers working in non-clinical spaces and learn from their career pathsWhat she witnessed while working inside pharmaceutical research Resources mentioned: 270+ Job Titles for Social Workers PDF Connect with us! Social Work to Wealth Newsletter — a newsletter for the social worker wanting to level up their career and money.Find Social Work to Wealth on: TikTok, Instagram, & YouTube. Disclaimer: The information presented in this podcast & on any affiliated platforms is for educational, informational, & entertainment purposes only and should not be construed as legal, financial, or professional advice. Consuming this content does not create an attorney-client relationship. If you need legal advice pertaining to your particular situation, consult one-on-one with an attorney.

  8. Jun 15

    42. Debt Series Part 3: Payoff Strategies + Student Loans

    This is the third and final episode of the practical ways to pay off your debt series! Today we're getting into the actual payoff strategies, avalanche, snowball, and lasso, plus a student loan update that is time-sensitive if you're currently in SAVE forbearance. If you missed episodes one and two, go back and start there. I covered the debt, inventory, budgeting, emergency funds, and investing while in debt. Topics covered in this episode: Various debt payoff strategies Credit card points and when they're actually worth itTracking your debt payoff progressStudent loan updates Resources mentioned: Debt Reset Guide — A free guide to help you reset your relationship with debt and start freshStudent Loan Planner IBR Calculator — Free calculator to estimate your monthly paymentStudent Loan Planner Consult — Work one-on-one with a certified student loan professional, use my link to get $100 offEmployer Certification Form — studentaid.gov — Submit this at least once a year to verify your qualifying employment for PSLFThermometer Debt Tracker — A visual tracker to help you see and celebrate your debt payoff progressWork with Taylor — Book a one-on-one money consult with me! Connect with us! Social Work to Wealth NewsletterContinuing Education Updates Only NewsletterSubmit your podcast episode idea!Find Social Work to Wealth on: TikTok, Instagram, & YouTube. Disclaimer: The information presented in this podcast & on any affiliated platforms is for educational, informational, & entertainment purposes only and should not be construed as legal, financial, or professional advice. Consuming this content does not create an attorney-client relationship. If you need legal advice pertaining to your particular situation, consult one-on-one with an attorney.

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The Social Work to Wealth Podcast is a social work podcast created to challenge the narrative that social workers shouldn’t care about money. Hosted by Taylor and Faith, two licensed clinical social workers, this podcast for social workers shares practical tips on managing finances, navigating career growth, and achieving financial wellness, because you deserve more than just getting by.

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  • Creator
    Taylor & Faith
  • Years Active
    2024 - 2026
  • Episodes
    49
  • Rating
    Explicit
  • Copyright
    © Copyright 2026 Taylor & Faith
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    Social Work to Wealth Podcast

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