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The Art of Interviewing: Translating School Social Work Micro Skills to Macro Practice
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School social workers tend to primarily practice at the micro and mezzo levels preferring to provide services to individuals and/or small groups, such as a family unit, or groups within the school system. Most of the skills honed during years of micro and mezzo practice can be easily reimagined to practice at the macro level. However, social workers do not easily transfer, and repeatedly forget to transmute and clearly articulate these skills during interviews for positions demanding macro practice. Therefore this presentation seeks to both illustrate and demonstrate the methodology of transmuting micro skills to macro practice.
Learning Objectives:
- Discover how micro and mezzo skills may be translated into macro practice.
- Identify school social work skills and create a crosswalk into macro skills.
- Analyze how school social work skills at the micro and mezzo may be successfully repackaged and marketed during an interview for a macro practice position.
- Assess the impact that micro and mezzo practitioners might have on services/interventions at the macro level.
Laurel E. Thompson, Ph.D., Director/Student Services
Dr. Laurel E. Thompson, PhD, is the recently retired Director of Student Services for Broward County Public Schools, a role in which she served for over a decade, supervising a staff of 260 school social workers, family therapists, instructional personnel and administrative supports. For nine years, Dr. Thompson worked in administration in the field of gerontology and then pivoted to spend over 31 years in school social work services. During these years Dr. Thompson worked arduously to develop policies, create programs, grow staff, and build collaborations with community partners to support the students in Broward County Public Schools. She wrote and was awarded grants in excess of $8.3M to develop innovative programs to support the academic achievement of all students and especially black males. One such signature mentoring program implemented during her tenure was the Mentoring Tomorrow’s Leaders Program that was initially funded by a $5M award from the United States Department of Education. Dr. Thompson currently serves as a committee member on the School Social Work Specialty Section of the National Association of Social Workers.
Kashera Guy Robinson, LCSW, Sch. Social Worker
Kashera Guy Robinson, MSW LCSW, is a School Social Worker with the Clayton County Public School District where she has proudly served for the past 18 years. She received a Bachelor of Social Work at Alabama State University, a Master of Social Work at the University of Alabama, and is presently pursuing her Doctor of Social Work degree at Barry University. Kashera is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) and a member of the National Association of Social Workers (NASW) where she currently serves as a committee member on the School Social Work Specialty Practice Section. She holds additional memberships with the School Social Work Association of America (SSWAA) and the School Social Workers Association of Georgia (SSWAG) where she presently serves as the chairperson of membership.
Bev Wilks, LCSW
As the School Social Work Consultant with The Bureau of Exceptional Education and Student Services at the Florida Department of Education, Beverley Wilks provides:
- Assistance on mental health initiatives and support services around grief and crisis counseling
- Technical assistance and guidance on assessment and interventions activities that promotes independent educational outcome for students
- Truancy identification and intervention services and case management
- Guidance on comprehensive parent/home and school/classroom-based training programs that assist educators and parents in problem-solving and assessment for intervention
Beverley brings to this position experience as a practitioner and an educator. She has 21 years of clinical experience as a social worker in the educational sector and has extensive experience in MSW intern training and evaluation in school social work practice. She has classroom experience both at the college and at secondary levels. She has provided instruction as an undergraduate adjunct instructor in Social Work Practice and high school instruction as a mathematics teacher. Beverley has certifications in both educational leadership and school social work and is in the process of applying to become a licensed clinical social worker.
Beverley believes that students’ success and performance can be improved through the collaborative delivery of coherent social services; therefore, she collaborates with various state agencies to help to bring about positive change for students and their families.
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Non-Member | $35.00 | Member | $20.00 | Specialty Practice Sections | $0.00 |
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