Role and duties of school social work

Definition of school social work;

      A school social worker is as an advocate  provides counselling services to the students to their potentials in the schools setting and who assists the students to remove obstacles to success in school.

Role and duties of school social work;

1-The school social work plays a vital role in a school  through communicating  with the parents, teachers, administrators, this process is essential to provide a full view of the issues facing an individual students.

2-School social work plays as a bridge t supportive role the gap between the home and school.

3-To maintain case files and reports to track student problems and progress.

4-To identify parent's behavior at home with school children and assist them accordingly.

5-Work for reduction in drop outs and increase graduation rates.

6-Increase parents involvements through interact with parents.

7-To arrange therapeutic counseling to students and their families.

8-To identify issues related to child development, stress reduction,discipline,and safety, through educational workshops.

9-Maintain case records of the students and submits appropriate documents for statistical reports with adherence to program stander in school social work.

10-Conduct home visits with the aim of establishing communication and positive connections between the parents and school setting around identified issues.

11-Mobilize the community resources to support the educational program.

12-As a part of coordinated system of student services,school social worker assist students in making better use of their school experience.

13-Help teachers to identify children whose needs suggest referral for school social work and or other services.

14-To maintain working relationship with other educators and between parents and teacher to share information and provide follow-up services.

15-Consultation with school administrators, teachers,supports staffs,and parents.

16 Individual counselling and support to students, family counselling support to parents.

17-Publishing materials for parents and professionals related to child schooling and physical and mental grooming.

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The chief types of interview and its importance in social work methods;

The method of interview is extensively used in every field of social work, whether it is social work research,case work or psychiatric social work. this is the direct method of inquiry,which mostly happen between tow persons or in other forms between psychologist and a patient and apart from that its is used for other many purposes in social work research.
   The following types of interview have been classified by "social scientists".

1-According to purpose:

   A- Diagnostic interview:  As the name indicate,this type of interviews are held psychiatry,like between a psychologist and patient,  with a purpose to grasps nature and the inner life of a patient.

   B- Treatment interview: Psychological melodies are physical and non- physical , if the cause of psychological melody is diagnosed as a non- physical thus further help is taken through treatment interview.

   C- Research interview:  In this interview question to be asked together the desired information pre-determined and by asking them of the information that data is collected.

2- According to subject matter:
                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
     A-Qualitative interview:  This type of interview mostly used in social work research which about complex subject matter because the interview held to range over past, present, and future to know enough about a case.
B-Quantitative Interview: The quantitative interviews are those in which ,certain set of facts or information's are gathered about a large number person ,this is mostly used in social work research.

C- Mixed Interview: In certain interviews both types of data required , qualitative ,and non- qualitative are sought,there for its knows as mixed interview.

3- According to role:
   A- Non- directive interview: This is a type of interview  in which the interviewer provides no direction and help, the interviewer merely engage the interviewee in talk and encourage him to talk about his experience. This is suitable method for studding the problem of social dis organization.

B- Focus interview: This type of interview was used by"Robert .K Merton" and his associates for studding the socio-psychological effects of mass media,like radio,television,cinema etc.

C- Repeated interview: This type of interview is held in developmental process of a social or psychological studies.

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