School Social Workers

The Social Workers help students and families make the best use of available opportunities and resources to develop their full potential by providing:

¨ Family/student needs assessments

¨ Encourage school attendance and parental involvement

¨ Home visits

¨ Safe, caring and drug-free schools/drug-free home promotion

¨ Culturally competent services

¨ Services for homeless students/families

¨ Individual and group counseling

¨ Crisis intervention services

¨ Participation in the development of behavioral modification plans

¨ Provide short/long-term case management services to individual students/short-term management for families

¨ Referrals to community agencies/coordination of services with community agencies

¨ Report suspected child abuse/neglect

¨ Provide support/training to teachers

¨ Assist families with interpretation of school policies/procedures