All School Social Workers must hold a degree in social work and be certified by the North Carolina Department of Public Instruction.
National Certification is offered through the National Association of Social Work for school social workers who seek specialization in the area of education.
Requests for social work services may be made by students, parents and family members, teachers, school counselors, administrators, concerned community workers, agency personnel, and other professionals.

Baton Elementary 728-9531
Collettsville 754-6913
Davenport A+ 754-6941
Dudley Shoals 396-3457
Gamewell Elementary 758-1193
Gamewell Middle 754-6204
Gateway School 396-8373
Granite Falls Elementary 396-2222
Granite Falls Middle 396-2341
Happy Valley 754-3496
Hibriten High 758-7376
Horizons Elementary 726-5282
Hudson Elementary 728-3712
Hudson Middle 728-6039
Kings Creek 754-6039
Lower Creek 754-4022
Oak Hill 754-6128
Sawmills Elementary 396-2610
South Caldwell High 396-2188
Valmead 754-9612
West Caldwell High 758-5583
West Lenoir Elementary 754-5161
Whitnel Elementary 728-6423
William Lenoir Middle 758-2500
Career Center High 759-4640
Caldwell Early College High 759-4636

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To Request
School Social Work Services

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Ensuring Student Success

Removing Barriers
to Education

Barriers

To Education

Request For
School Social Work
Services

Who Are School
Social Workers?

How Can School
Social Workers Help?

School Social Workers are professionals who are trained in both social work and education. They work within the student’s home, school and community to resolve problems that interfere with adjustment to school, achievement, or attendance. They also serve as children and family advocates trained to identify gaps in service systems and to negotiate change. They work with individual students, families and groups, as well as in collaboration with other educational and community professionals.

School Social Workers help families and children to solve problems that interfere with school success!

School Social Workers
Help Students...

Increase academic success
Cope with crisis situations
Resolve conflicts without violence
Improve attendance
Develop self-discipline
Build self-esteem
Develop healthy lifestyles
Improve interpersonal relationships
Remain in school and graduate

School Social Workers Help Educators...

Understand better how factors such as
family, culture, socioeconomic status,
physical and mental health can affect a
student’s performance
Develop and implement plans to enhance a student’s performance
Coordinate services for individual families
Identify and report child abuse and neglect
Obtain community resources to meet
student’s needs
Design and implement behavior
management plans

Problems may include:
Mental Health Issues
Poverty
Developmental Disabilities
Health Issues
Substance Abuse
Domestic Violence
Attendance/Truancy
Pregnancy/ Teen Parenting
Delinquency
Homelessness
Abuse and Neglect
Trauma, Grief and Loss
Learning Difficulties
Suicidal Tendencies
Cultural Issues

School Social Workers
Help Families ...

Participate more fully in their children’s education, through parent conferences, school and home visits
Develop realistic expectations and ways of caring for their children which are age and developmentally appropriate
Identify and meet their children’s social and emotional needs
Monitor their child’s homework and
attendance

School Social Workers
Assist the Exceptional
Children’s Program...

Prepare social and developmental histories
Provide group and individual counseling to children and their families
Mobilize school and community resources to optimize a student’s potential to learn
Work with problems in a student’s living situations (home, school, and community) that affect school adjustment

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