This is a term paper on how a social worker is used within several types of schools. Social Work is classified under the topic of Social Welfare. Social Welfare are various institutions and services whose primary purpose is to maintain and enhance the physical, social, intellectual, or emotional well being of people. This includes the university, government, or private programs that cover a variety of objectives in the broad areas of social services. Social Work is defined as a professional discipline within the framework of social welfare programs and services. These programs are designed to assist in enhancing the quality of their lives and social relationships. .
The history of how social work in schools was started is quite interesting. The field of social work was started in or about 1906-1907. At this time in history, there was a strong need for some type of specialized help to be offered to the student population. The first social workers in the school setting were financed by the community agencies that were derived from the burgeoning conviction that the public school was the logical place for early intervention. Then in 1914, in Rochester N.Y., was the first known city to start a program that was totally funded from a public source. There was a document that was used by the Rochester Board of Education, that was still valid rationale for school social work and it states.
As a new comer to the field of school social work, I wanted to find out and eventually compare how each social worker works with the students. For this I went to my local school district and told them that I had a term paper to do for one of my classes, and if it would be possible to speak to the school social worker to do an interview it would be great. I said to them "I would like to compare how a local school social worker interacts with the students to how a social worker interacts with the students in a special needs preschool".
