If your organisation provides a group benefits plan, become familiar with the nature and amount of coverage for each benefit. If psychosocial counselling provided by a registered social worker is not covered, request your union representative or, in non-unionized settings, your HR department or employer to add coverage when contract negotiations occur or when the plan comes up for renewal. Encourage your colleagues in organisation to support your request. Attend union meetings to ensure that this benefit is on the table when the contract negotiations take place. Private practitioners offer social work services that are billed on an hourly rate. One can claim coverage under a private health plan or employee group benefits plans. More and more insurance companies will cover social work services in individual policies or group health plans if asked to do so. If social work is not presently on the list of professional services covered in your insurance plan, you can ask for it to be added.