Indicators Highly Effective (8) Effective (6) Improvement Necessary (4) Ineffective (2) School social worker School social worker is School social worker needs improvement School social worker is ineffective in Indicator 2.5: is highly effective in effective in identifying in identifying referral resources, identifying referral resources, identifying referral referral resources, facilitating the process of referral, and facilitating the process of referral, and resources, facilitating the following up on student/family referrals following up on student/family referrals. Referral Services facilitating the process of referral, process of referral, and and following up on following up on student/family student/family referrals referrals For level 4, all of the School social worker School social worker typically responds School social worker is unfamiliar with school evidence listed under responds promptly to to referrals from parents and staff and community resources and rarely makes Level 3 is present, as referral from parents, has a handful of resources to which appropriate referrals to meet identified needs. well as the following: staff and the students/parents are most often The school social community for school referred. School social worker has no recognized worker consistently social work services. protocol for receiving or making referrals. maps community The social worker The school social worker typically does resources, developing knows many of the Referrals from parents, staff, and/or the not:- relationships and local community community are processed informally with partnerships with resources. consistently Implement a recognized and little consideration for confidentiality. these community confidential referral process, services in order to School social worker There is little formal documentation or better meet the has a recognized and document all referrals, or follow-up to determine the outcomes of needs of the school confidential protocol the referrals that are made by the school community. for receiving or routinely follow up on referrals to social worker. The school social making referrals. determine outcomes worker makes efforts to advocate for, or Referrals are formally develop, those documented – resources which do including efforts to not exist in the follow-up to community, but for determine the which there is an outcomes of those identified need. referrals.
Indicators Highly Effective (8) Effective (6) Improvement Necessary (4) Ineffective (2) Indicator 2.5: Referral Services School social worker is highly effective in identifying referral resources, facilitating the process of referral, and following up on student/family referrals School social worker is effective in identifying referral resources, facilitating the process of referral, and following up on student/family referrals School social worker needs improvement in identifying referral resources, facilitating the process of referral, and following up on student/family referrals School social worker is ineffective in identifying referral resources, facilitating the process of referral, and following up on student/family referrals. For level 4, all of the evidence listed under Level 3 is present, as well as the following: The school social worker consistently maps community resources, developing relationships and partnerships with these community services in order to better meet the needs of the school community. The school social worker makes efforts to advocate for, or develop, those resources which do not exist in the community, but for which there is an identified need. School social worker responds promptly to referral from parents, staff and the community for school social work services. The social worker knows many of the local community resources. School social worker has a recognized and confidential protocol for receiving or making referrals. Referrals are formally documented – including efforts to follow-up to determine the outcomes of those referrals. School social worker typically responds to referrals from parents and staff and has a handful of resources to which students/parents are most often referred. The school social worker typically does not:- consistently Implement a recognized and confidential referral process, document all referrals, or routinely follow up on referrals to determine outcomes School social worker is unfamiliar with school community resources and rarely makes appropriate referrals to meet identified needs. School social worker has no recognized protocol for receiving or making referrals. Referrals from parents, staff, and/or the community are processed informally with little consideration for confidentiality. There is little formal documentation or follow-up to determine the outcomes of the referrals that are made by the school social worker.
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