school social worker
Student support specialist
A school social worker is a mental health professional employed by a school or district to support students' emotional, social, and behavioral well-being.
They connect students and families with community resources, address issues like truancy, abuse, or poverty, and help remove barriers to learning: The school social worker helped the family find stable housing.
- counselorOne who advises
- guidanceAdvice for decisions
- studentOne formally enrolled somewhere
- at-risk youthYoung people facing hardship
- mental healthEmotional and cognitive well-being
therapy · group counseling · crisis · intervention · bullying · support · safe space · advocate · IEP · 504 plan · referral · child welfare · family · home visit · assessment · confidential · office · caseload
school social workerschool resource officer
Officer assigned to campus
teacher · classroom teacher · truancy officer · attendance officer · principal
school social workerschool resource officer
Officer assigned to campus
disciplinarian · truant officer · hall monitor · boot camp instructor · drill sergeant
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