Social Worker

Purpose:

  1. Provision of professional social work services to BMS students and their families
  2. Consultation to staff and administrators

Caseload

The social worker is a member of the Special Education Team. Social work service is prioritized as follows:

  1. Special education students with social work in their IEP
  2. Special education and non-special education students who need crisis intervention
  3. Non-special education students who need individual or group counseling

Scope of Services

  1. Individual and group counseling to deal with issues such as peer relationships, family dynamics and social skills
  2. Crisis intervention and assessments for possible abuse/neglect, potential for violence and suicidal ideation
  3. Psychosocial assessments for Pupil Evaluation Team meetings and other staff in need of a comprehensive evaluation of a student
  4. Home visits in order to facilitate communication between home and school
  5. Coordination of services between school and outside agencies
  6. Participation on a multi-disciplinary Student Assistance Team for review of non-special education cases
  7. Coordination of suspension reentry interviews with students and parents
  8. Member of a multi-disciplinary crisis management team as needed

Referrals

Referrals to Social Work may come from staff, parents and students themselves. Mrs. Curley is a full-time staff person at BMS and can be reached by calling 443-8270 x420 or by email (kcurley@rsu1.org).