Caregiver Dynamics In Social Work

“The social worker’s role, from a school perspective, entails reducing barriers which impede student learning and academic achievement. Furthermore, according to the literature understanding the school's culture, hierarchy, and how the social worker fits into their role is vital to performing efficiently.” Understanding the many functions, the school social workers must play within the school setting is imperative to implementing interventions that best meet the needs of the student, faculty, and caregivers. Primarily, it is important to take into consideration the child’s living situation and stressors, which limits the student’s ability to function at optimum capacity within the school setting. Educating our client and collaboration is the …show more content…
According to the text, African American children most often reside in “kinship care.” I grew up with my bio-grandmother as mines and my cousins' caregiver, I remember living in poverty, getting clothing handed down from one child to the other, and walking across the park to the community center to eat lunch during the summer time so that food would last the duration of the month. But I also remember how loved I was and how close the relationship was with my cousins and aunts; our relationship resembled more of a sibling dynamic than extended family. Yes, we struggled but were never worried about being separated from one another. Reading the literature, I related strongly to the kinship aspect from a social work perspective and how the worker would again collaborate with the community to locate, free lunch program or affordable housing, while educating parents/ caregivers about money management, completing job applications. Teaching parenting and life skills to empower families and evoke change. From personal experience when parents are more involved, participate in school activities, attend parent-teacher, conferences, and willing to help students with school work, it shows in the student's’ overall