The
MPS Department of Social work posts social workers in each of the district’s
schools, with two staff members at the Davis Center, with contact information
as follows:
Cathy
Dalnes, Lead Social Worker
Phone: 612-668-5436
Vanessa
Whitehead, Clerical Support
Phone: 612-668-0863
Social
Work Department
FAX; 612-668-5446
Information
on the MPS Department of Social Work as presented on the relevant website is as
follows:
MPS
Department of Social Work
Mission >>>>>
We exist to help students reach their full potential. We collaborate with families, staff, and
community to provide direct service to students and develop school systems that
further the social, emotional, and academic growth of students.
Vision >>>>>
Every student mentally, physical, and emotionally secure: actively learning and engaged in their
education.
Values >>>>>
1. Right to a quality education
2. Integrity
3. Equity
4. Social Justice
5. Competence
6. Dignity and Worth of Each Person
7. Service
8. importance of Human Relationships
Our
Promise >>>>> Minneapolis Public Schools Social Work
Department promises to provide social work services to support academic
success, mental health, and equity for all students.
Our
Strategies >>>>> Leadership, Intervention, and Advocacy to
support student mental health, equity, social/emotional learning, family
engagement, staff and administration, student attendance, community partner
collaboration, crisis intervention, and a continuum of services for students
with unique needs.
Characteristics
of Students >>>>> The students enrolled in the
Minneapolis Public Schools may receive social work services. Typically, students served are experiencing
social, emotional, behavioral, attendance, or other adjustment concerns that
interfere with thnir achievement. In
addition, all students birth to age 21 who are identified as students needing
special education are eligible for social work services.
Service
Delivery Model >>>>> School social workers work with
parents, students, and school staff to identify student needs that interfere
with learning in order to support the students directly, make appropriate
referrals to regular and special education services, and help the student and
vamily with community resources. Social
workers work with general and special education students and families to
resolve social, emotional, and behavioral problems through assessment,
consultation with school staff and community providers, through development and
implementation of behavior management plans, and providing indirect and direct
service. Social worker support students
and families experiencing crisis; advocate
for students and parents during educational planning observing procedural
safeguards for parents; monitor abnd
intervene with students exhibiting chronic attendance problems. They lead the Student Support Team,
participate in the multidisciplinary evaluation to determine eligibility for
spceical education, and identify needs and may provide case management, direct,
or indirect service.
Locations
Social
work services are available at all Minneapolis Public Schools.
Placement
Students
may contact the social worker directly, or may be referred by parents/guardians
of staff members.
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There
is a school social worker in each of the Minneapolis Public Schools. All students are eleigble to receive our
services. We work with parents,
students, staff, and community agencies to identify student needs that
interfere with learning in order to support students in the educational
environment.
Please
contact your school social worker if you have questions or would like to talk
about any of the following:
>>>>> School Attendance
>>>>> Community Resources
>>>>> Assistance with basic needs (clothing,
food)
>>>>> concerns about your child’s hearing
>>>>> Behavioral support/intervention ideas
>>>>> Special Education/Disability Services
>>>>> Special Education Transportation
>>>>> Safety issues/concerns
>>>>> Social/Emotional/Mental Health Needs
>>>>> Social Skills Development
>>>>> Peer Relationships/Friendships
>>>>> Familyevents or changes that may be
affecting your child
>>>>> Homeless abnd Highly Mobile
Status/Resources
We
are happy to support you and your child in her or his school success!
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