1110: What It’s Like to Be a Licensed Social Worker With Shara Ruffin, Journey to Licensure [Main T4C Episode]

Shara Ruffin is the founder of Journey To Licensure, a coaching company that helps social workers become licensed in record time.   She is also an independently licensed clinical social worker and a former psychotherapist who specializes in grief, personality disorders, family trauma, compassion fatigue, among many other psychological challenges. Shara is a five time Amazon bestselling author, with books such as 90 Day Prayer Journal: A Journal for Social Workers and 90 Days of Inspiration: Study Companion for Social Workers Taking Their Licensing Exams. She also hosts a new podcast, Journey to Licensure and is a LinkedIn advisor and was awarded top 15 LinkedIn experts in Philadelphia in 2023. Shara graduated from Lock Haven University with a degree in social work and received a masters of social work from Howard University. WHAT YOU’LL LEARN ABOUT IN THIS EPISODE:  What a social worker actually does (4:50) What the difference is between a licensed vs unlicensed social worker (7:11) How to use your social work degree (10:55) What’s the best advice for people taking the licensing exam (27:41) Why is the licensing exam so hard to pass (31:30)