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Basically, if you store or process any type of protected health information or any information about your clients in general, you need cyber insurance. Why? Because as a social worker in private practice if you happen to experience a data breach, meaning if you're hacked, you will be protected.

Protecting yourself, your license, your assets, and your future should be a priority when deciding to venture into private practice as a social worker. Today I'm sharing five ways you can protect your startup social work private practice on a budget. So let's dig right in and get this business party started.

If you are a social worker with a unique area of expertise, consulting might be the answer for you. It could also add another stream of income to increase your revenue. Instead of adding more hours to the workday, add consulting to your private practice repertoire.

SMART goals have been all the rage for some years now. As social workers, we dole out the advice of using SMART goals. However, this quest for specific, measurable, attainable, relevant, and time-bound goals is stifling people's ability to dream big.

People ask, "Michelle, how do you put yourself out into the world the way that you do? Aren't you afraid you'll fail, and everybody will say, 'I told you not to do it?' My response is always the same, "It was a process." LOL! And that is no lie. It was a process. Therefore, today I am going to share the three things I did that had the most influence in helping me push past my limiting beliefs, and they can help you too.

Oftentimes social workers don't think about malpractice insurance until they go into private practice or it's too late and they need it. A social worker should be protected regardless of where they are in their career. Especially when protection is not as expensive as you think.

There can be confusion about what business structure you should use to start your private practice. Do I go with an LLC, a DBA, or some other structure? Well, today we are going to talk about safely starting as a sole proprietor.

When I speak with social workers about their barriers to opening private practice there are a few topics that come up regularly. In today's episode, I'm going to share the five reasons I hear most often on why social workers have not started their private practice.

Welcome to the Social Work Entrepreneur Learning Lab A.K.A. SWELL. The 10 minutes or less weekly podcast for social workers that takes the confusion out of starting and growing a private practice.