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Mission Statement:
The members of the North Carolina School Social Workers Association provide services that enhance and promote the educational, emotional, and social needs of students and families in order for them to make use of the resources available to them to achieve their full potential within their home, school, and community.

According to the School Social Work Association of America, school social work is a specialized area of practice within the broad field of the social work profession. School social workers bring unique knowledge and skills to the school system and the student services team. School Social Workers are instrumental in furthering the purpose of the schools: To provide a setting for teaching, learning, and for the attainment of competence and confidence. School social workers are hired by school districts to enhance the district's ability to meet its academic mission, especially where home, school and community collaboration is the key to achieving that mission.

Message from the President...

I bring you greetings from the Board of NCSSWA.  I hope you have all had a successful opening of the traditional school year.  We seem to hit the ground running, with new students, new staff, and new co-workers.  Don’t miss the opportunity to show and tell others about school social work.

Summer has passed, and with the fall, comes our annual conference.  Ann-Marie McBride, our vice-president, and her planning committee have been extremely busy, putting together an awesome three day event, October 28-30th.  We are concerned about attendance and we are aware that most attendees will be paying their own way.  That being said, we have tried to plan a conference that will be worth every dime spent.  The Pinehurst location could not be better.  We have a great room rate and if you share a room (and the rooms are marvelous) you will only spend about $50.00 a night.  Highlights of the conference include Terrie Williams, a nationally known youth advocate and author of several books, including Black Pain: It Only Looks LIke We Aren't Hurting, which addresses depression in the African American culture; a journey to find a Native American teacher whose influence impacted two young men; and a collaborative give-away between Feed the Children, the North Carolina Homeless Education Project (SERVE), and our Association.  In between these special events, there will be networking with the best of the best school social workers and terrific breakout workshops.  It will be a memorable conference.  Please try to attend. 

There is an important piece of legislation that we, as school social workers, need to be aware of.  HB 1089, the Study of Social Work in Schools, passed and it calls for an in-depth study of various aspects of school social work. 

We will be collecting data for the study during the networking session at fall conference. There will be an action alert call for interested social workers to testify before the legislative committee once we have dates and committee members. NCSSWA wants to fully participate as experts in this study and we want involvement from school social workers across the state.

I have been honored to serve as President of NCSSWA for the past two years.  The Association has grown to over 270 members, but that is not nearly enough when we look at the work we need to do.  NCSSWA needs your support. As we move into the future, make a commitment to your profession and become more involved in the Association.  I hope to see you all in Pinehurst, on October 28th

Best regards,

Anne

 

 

 

 

 

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