The payment period of the COVID-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment is Friday to Thursday. We base your retirement benefit on your highest 35 years of earnings and the age you start receiving benefits. Of course, that didn’t stop me from throwing her a couple of hardballs related to her career change. I need to take care of myself and make sure I am in a place where I am healthy enough to make a big decision like this. The social work degree is really tough and its made all the more challenging for you with ds. Getting through it takes alot of hard work and to get through it you really need to want … I said goodby without incident and left. You need to work at least 35 years, but you may want to work longer if your income is higher at the end of your career or if you need to work longer to delay claiming Social Security until age 70. The people you work with can feel like family even if your career has nothing to do with anything you enjoy doing. The key to higher pay in Social Work is for us degreed Social Workers (BSW or MSW), to stop accepting the low pay. Social Security gives you only a limited ability to change your mind. Once you claim your benefits, you have only 12 months to withdraw your application for Social Security. It's purely financial. We assume that this is also the month for which you want benefits to begin. So if you’ve read this and in any way relate to the struggle of asking if you should quit social work, and if so what’s next for you, I would GREATLY benefit from your stories and advixe. ... and she said that I should really think about that because social work isn’t just ERs or clinics, that there are a lot of ways you can help folks out. However, if you enter a date before you are eligible for benefits, we will assume you want to start receiving benefits at … I told her I would remember that and thanked her for the advice. You are unchallenged, need more responsibility, and want to seek opportunities that just don't exist for you in your current organization. If You Stop Work … I Quit Social Media for 65 Weeks. State what you need and if the business can't match or at least get in the ballpark, don't accept it. By "retirement date," we mean the month in which you intend to stop working. This Is What I Learned ... “I would just come home from work, get on Facebook, and see what all my friends were doing. For many people, this is not the same age you’ll stop working. It's really hard for me to say no to jobs in my previous field when the pay is almost triple what I have been offered in social work jobs (and I've had some decent salary offers in social work). The age you stop working can affect the amount of your Social Security retirement benefits. I enjoy social work, generally want to stay in it, but given my personal life situation have to step away for a few years. You've explored the current and potential options, and they are limited. You may be ready to quit your job when there are no opportunities waiting. Already want to quit. If you close your claim to return to work and have at least one qualifying day in that period - you will receive full payment for that week. Her self-awareness didn’t surprise me—after all, she does possess a masters’ degree in social work, and she did cope in an incredibly stressful environment for a period of time—but I still found it refreshing.