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I am currently employed by the New York City Department of Education. I’ve been working with the Committee on Special Education for the past 26 years. Initially, I worked in the Placement Office as a Compliance Monitor processing paperwork generated by the School Assessment Team. However; as a result of changes within the New York City Department of Education, I am now placed in a school setting, with a different title, performing the same duties for the School Assessment Team. The team is comprised of a Psychologist and Social Worker. However, based on school enrollment and the number of Special Education students, there could be more than one or two of each discipline.
My responsibilities as a Clerical Worker for the Assessment Team limits my interactions with students in the school. My duties entail processing paperwork, monitoring reports in the system, tracking students …show more content…

As a Social worker intern, I have a caseload that allows me to interact with students, parents, and the administration. On the Micro level, I have direct contact with students from sixth grade to eighth grade, offering counseling and support services using the concepts of the Generalist Practice. Systems Theory at this level allows me to focus on how students interact with the school environment and their families. The emphasis is placed on strengthening skills for working with individuals. According to Kirst – Ashman & Hull (2015), the system is defined as a set of elements that are orderly and interrelated to make a functional whole. While working in the school system with students, I am identified as part of the system that is interrelated to achieve the desired goals. In Micro level, the emphasis is on the individual. As a social Worker Intern, I need to establish good communication skills with the students, set rules and boundaries as it applies and set the foundation that would allow empowerment and

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