What is a School Social Worker?

Thank you to new subbie and social work undergrad AlmaLulu for requesting this video on school social work…Many think that in order to help kids in schools you have to become a school counselor—NOT the case- School social workers actually have more time and flexibility to work with students one on one on various mental health and social issues. We pick up where other school staff leave off to serve each student anti their family!
If you have any more questions please ASK away!!! FYI most school social workers are required to have a Master’s in Social Work and be licensed in the state in which they are working.

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[indigenerdthings]

Yay! I'm so happy to have come across your channel! (aspiring school social worker here) I am a BSW holder and have work in the school setting as a site coordinator, which I love! ...I hope to start grad school soon to begin my journey as a school social worker. Thank you so much for you channel, it's so inspiring!

[christien]

I will be starting my first year as a school social worker next week! Thank you for your channel. ♥️

[amyjomorris]

I love your channel. I have been looking for other social workers that do what I do. I find many guidance counselor videos but not many social workers. I actually work for a mental health agency but my office is at the school. Please keep making videos!

[tessaburnett]

I just found your channel and I love it already! I am in school to get my BSW now, and hope to get an MSW to become a school social worker one day as well. I'm looking forward to binge watching all of your videos!! :]

[carlosalfredito]

Lmao the music is soo 2010s YouTube.. I love it!!

Also great video overall, thanks for creating and sharing it ❤️❤️

[zandrac.vaughan]

I want to thank you for the tips and all of thr helpful information. With the information i learned from your channel, i accepted a school social work position with one of the school districts in my city. Im very grateful, thanks.

[charmainenoel]

Hey there. I am new to your videos and I have been soaking them all up. I finish my bsw this year and I started searching for msw programs with a school social work focus after finding your channel. I didn't fully know what area of social work would be the best fit for me until watching your videos. I have strongly considered school social work in the past but watching your channel confirmed it is the right direction for me, and the area I feel I will be the most useful. Thank you so much for sharing your experience and insights!

[amandagodinez]

Your videos are SO helpful, I appreciate you for making them. I am about to start a new job as a school social worker. I'm really looking forward to it, but I am nervous- as I do not have any school SW experience.

[victoriahangula]

Your talk was very helpful for because I am a retired social worker who want to start a school social work 100 hours probono to a government school with no school councilor & a high rate of failure in their grate 10-12. Thank you for sharing.

[Gemineye]

This video just helped me so much! Thank you for this and you have a new subscriber!

[tomcharleston]

I have to pick my National 5's and this really helped me to realise I should be a social worker and help LGBTQ kids such as myself in schools
♥️💕💕 Thank you

[rachelzavertnik]

Have you noticed any backlash from school counselors after showing this video? I would like to show this video in the high school that I work. But I don’t want to offend the school counselors. A lot of the school counselors do social/emotional counseling at my school. I think this video is super important and does clarify a lot. I went back to school after working years as a graphic designer and chose an MSW over a school counseling program because I knew that I didn’t want to do scheduling and grades. Plus I also knew that if I lost my job and had my LCSW I could work anywhere in any clinic or hospital.

[lexislibrary]

Oh my goodness that you for your channel I'm starting my 2nd year of college and I don't know which aspect of this field I want to go into yet these videos are helping me alot

[fimja]

Loved this!! I am interested in becoming a school social worker! :)

[sapheriaemani]

Such a great video. This puts a lot of things into perspective for me.

[TheExtremeJack]

Can a school social worker holding an LCSW expect to make? Especially starting out?

[TickleMeElmo]

What type of assessments do you usually do, if any (e.g., BASC, Conners, ABAS)? 

In one district that I interviewed in there was a whole hallway of social workers but not one school psych (either on the MA or Ed.S. level). I assumed that a couple of the social workers did whatever cognitive and achievement assessments that a school psych would do (again, on the MA & Ed.S level) in that particular school.

[jenniferkeeran]

Thank you so much for sharing this video. I have an ambition to become a school social worker. This video helped me better understand the duties of a social worker in the public schools.

[tiaramaliyah]

you seem so nice I got in a fight after a girl was bullying me on school property I hit Frost I didn't come to school for the next two days and the first day a sheriff came I didn't open the door and then the next day a social worker left there card on my door

[calaveritooo]

Hi! I just discovered your channel (via your Instagram account 😂). Thank you so much for posting videos like this. I'm a current student that's majoring in Social Work and I'd like to be a Social Worker after college. I'm so glad I stumbled upon your channel! Really helpful and informative!