School social workers shoulder a heavy load: our children’s comfort and success in school. The NASW provides rigorous standards to ensure school social workers understand and meet expectations. School social worker standards establish expectations, ensure the NASW Code of Ethics serves as a guiding principle, and assure that social workers provide high-quality services to students and families while advocating on their behalf. While the NASW Code of Ethics applies to all social workers, professionals in the school social work practice must meet an additional set of standards: the NASW Standards for School Social Work Services.
The School Social Work Association of America (SSWAA) describes school social workers as the “link between the home, the school, and the community.” Those in the school social work practice typically engage in one (or more) of three intervention techniques—micro, mezzo, and macro.
It’s most common for school social workers to practice within the micro and mezzo levels, which includes direct involvement and interaction with clients in an individual or group setting. Macro-level intervention includes advocating at a system level and addressing inequities regarding access to quality resources. Macro school social work would likely be led by an administrator at the district or community level.
No matter the technique, these standards for school social workers establish expectations, ensure the Code of Ethics serves as a guiding principle, and assure that social workers provide high-quality services to students and families while advocating on their behalf.
The purpose of this assignment is to evaluate the standards in contemporary educational issues and concerns. Obtain a copy of the NASW Standard of Social Services in the Schools or obtain it from https://www.socialworkers.org/LinkClick.aspx?fileticket=1Ze4-9-Os7E%3d&portalid=0 . Please Evaluate these standards in light of contemporary educational issues and concerns and also elaborate on each of the standards and how a school social worker can aim to better upkeep these standards.
