Ask a Social Worker! Mettle Health's Bridget Sumser

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Written By Fei Wu

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Mettle Health is lucky enough to work with the wonderful Bridget Sumser, a Licensed Clinical Social Worker. In this video, Bridget answers some questions about caregiving and working, paid caregiving, and how to find a social worker.

Show Notes:

0:00 Introduction

0:16 Are there any efforts being made to pay informal caregivers?

0:39 Caregiver policy updates and ways to get involved: Caring Across Generations - https://caringacross.org/

1:03 How does Family Medical Leave (FMLA) work?

2:40 What’s something I can ask for as a concession at work?

5:29 Do you have any suggestions for bringing up caregiver duties with a supervisor?

6:57 How can someone find a social worker?

 

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Fei Wu

Fei Wu is the creator and host for Feisworld Podcast. She earned her 3rd-Degree Black Belt in Tae Kwon Do, persisting when the other 8 year-olds quit the hobby. Now she teaches kids how to kick and punch, and how to be better humans.

She hosts a podcast called Feisworld which attracts 100,000 downloads and listeners from 40 different countries. In 2016, Fei left her lucrative job in advertising to build a company of her own. She now has the freedom to help small businesses and people reach their goals by telling better stories, finding more customers and creating new revenue streams.

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