Although some schools employ their own social worker, it is not uncommon for schools to contract with community resources for social work services. That often means a social worker spends only part of their workday or workweek in a particular school. More often than not, they are the only social worker at that location.
In this Discussion, you describe the challenges that a social worker may face when providing services in a non-social-work setting and suggest ways to maintain a social work identity while in that environment.
Assignment:
1. Describe the special challenges related to working in a host setting such as a school in a school-home-community partnership.
2. How can a social worker maintain a strong sense of professional identity when working with professionals from so many different professions?
References:
1. Webb, N. B. (2019). Social work practice with children (4th ed.). New York, NY: The Guilford Press.
Chapter 9, School-Based Interventions
2. D’Agostino, C. (2013). Collaboration as an essential school social work skill. Children & Schools, 35(4), 248251.
Grading Rubic:
1. Discussion posting fully addresses all instruction prompts, including responding to the required number of peer posts.
2. Discussion posting demonstrates an excellent understanding of all of the concepts and key points presented in the text(s) and Learning Resources. Posting provides significant detail including multiple relevant examples, evidence from the readings and other scholarly sources, and discerning ideas.
3. Postings are well organized, use scholarly tone, contain original writing and proper paraphrasing, follow APA style, contain very few or no writing and/or spelling errors
