School Social Workers provide support, guidance, and encouragement to students who are teen parents or pregnant. The goals for the students are to remain in school and graduate with a high school diploma.
Social workers coordinate with guidance counselors and the school nurse to collaborate on individualized learning plans to address academic, health, emotional, and career goals in an effort to prevent teen mothers from dropping out of school.
Social Workers specifically provide case management services/resources to teen moms (ex. Medicaid, Parenting Classes, Community Agencies, etc.)