Services

What does a School Social Worker do?

Services to Students

• Counseling (group and individual)

• Mobilizing family, school, and community resources to enable the child to learn as effectively as possible in his or her educational program

• Providing crisis intervention.

• Developing intervention strategies to increase academic success.

School-Community Liaison

• Obtaining and coordinating community resources to meet students' needs.

• Helping school districts receive adequate support from social and mental health agencies.

• Advocating for new and improved community/school service to meet the needs of students and families.

• Helping the system respond effectively to each child's needs.

Services to Families

• Working with parents/guardians to facilitate their support in their children's school adjustment.

• Alleviating family stress to enable the child to function more effectively in school &community.

• Assisting parents to access programs available to students.

• Assisting parents in accessing and utilizing school and community resources.