Charlotte County Public Schools

School Social Workers

School social work is a specialized field where professionals use their unique skills to support students' mental health, behavior, and academic success. Social Workers collaborate with teachers, parents, and administrators, playing a crucial role in helping our schools achieve their mission of fostering learning and student development. Social Workers enhance Charlotte County Public School district's ability to succeed by bridging connections between home, school, and community.

How Social Workers Can Help

- Facilitating groups related to social skills, bereavement and grief counseling, conflict management, truancy prevention, and family adjustment
- Short-term individual counseling
- Promoting educational success
- Addressing social and emotional concerns
- Addressing family concerns
- Student and family assessments
- Home Visits
- Attendance agreements and school-based interventions
- Referrals to community agencies
- Referrals to LSF TURN
- Referrals to Children in Need of Services/Families in Need of Services (CINS/FINS)
- Truancy Court
- Collaborating with school staff, parents, and community agencies to remove barriers to academic success
- Linking parents, staff, and students to mental health, medical, and social services, including food, clothing, and shoes
- Providing follow-up case management with teachers and parents
- Promoting parent/school/community collaboration
- Attending community meetings
- Food insecurity referrals
- Uniform assistance
- Hygiene packs
- Shoes
- Homeless Referrals
- School Supplies
- Community referrals