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How to Stay Motivated When Systems Make Your Good Work Feel Futile

I love my job as a social worker but the system is so broken that I feel like I'm putting bandaids on problems that require surgery and I'm starting to wonder if I'm part of the problem.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

The gap between one's desire to help and the structural limitations of how help is allowed can create a devastating sense of complicity in harm.

Ideas that help explain it
Worth thinking about

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If this sounds familiar, the Library can help you find the bigger picture.