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School Social Workers

Job Description:

School Social Workers facilitate communication and connection between home and school, working to remove barriers to educational success. Within the community, they help families obtain needed services. In the school setting, they provide individual and group intervention to children who are experiencing social, emotional and/or behavioral issues which interfere with academic progress. They collaborate with truancy workers, teachers, parents and school staff to address attendance problems as well.

What School Social Workers do for the school

School Social Workers participate in problem solving throughout the prevention and intervention process.  When the Children at Risk in Education (C.A.R.E.) Team recommends evaluations and the parent consents, the School Social Worker may complete any or all of the following assessments to assist in identifying needed services in the school, home and community

    · Social and Developmental History: Presents information on a student’s birth, developmental and medical history and behavioral and emotional characteristics over time and across settings.
    · Behavioral Profile in the Home and Community: Utilized to assess a student’s behavioral, emotional and personality characteristics as they appear in the home and community setting.
    · Adaptive Measure: Utilized to assess a student’s self-help and independent functioning skills.

       All information is maintained in confidential files