Being effective in social services necessitates excellent time management abilities. Social workers have witnessed tremendous change over the years, including changes in the frequency of work and the nature of the tasks. The number of social workers and clients has increased in recent years, as has the amount of documentation and client coordination.

One aspect that hasn't changed is the amount of time required to complete a large number of tasks. As a result, time management is essential for any social service worker. Continue reading to learn a few tips on managing your time as a social worker.

Start the Day by Completing At Least One Fast Victory

Any task is manageable if it can be completed in a few minutes or less than an hour. The goal is to make you feel accomplished, to inspire you, and to free up some brain space so you can focus on other tasks. This will allow you to eliminate one more task from your checklist.

Utilize Technology

With the help of case management software, you can automate your scheduling, planning, task notification, and event reminders. Your phone can easily sync with your Google and Outlook calendars, allowing you to receive reminders while you are out and about or working on other projects.

FAMCare Rapid Case Management offers social workers featured tools to help social service organizations better serve and manage their customers. There advanced features and powerful modules are designed to optimize a social workers effectiveness. 

Create a Timetable of Your Day's Activities in Advance

It's probably a good idea to have a rough plan and strategy in place. Make a to-do list template and list the daily tasks you've planned. These templates are frequently free and easy to obtain.

Your day will not go exactly as planned, but you will have a framework from which to work. Priority work can also be color coded. As an example, red indicates high priority, yellow indicates medium priority, and green indicates completed tasks.

Utilize Your Strengths

Schedule difficult or large tasks to be completed when there will be few interruptions and when you will be most productive.  This may involve working from home, arriving early, or staying late if you know you'll have the peace and quiet you need to concentrate with fewer outside distractions.

Case Management 

Global Vision Technologies, the developers of FAMCare, is an industry leader for social service case management software. For over 20 years we have been helping agencies integrate best practice data collection and workflow processes.  

Our goal is to support your mission of providing superior outcomes for those your serve. With the provision of high-quality rapid case management software for human services, you can run your agency more efficiently, boost productivity, gain control of your data, manage caseloads faster, protect your data, and secure new funding -- all with significant savings of both time and money.

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