Social Work Week 2025

We are excited to announce that School Social Work Week is March 2 – 8, 2025! Attached is a copy of the Proclamation signed by Governor McMaster for you to share with your supervisors and other personnel to help in your celebration. Additional ways of promoting school social work week are available on the SSWAA website, https://www.sswaa.org/school-social-work-week. Please share with your supervisors, superintendent, and other school social workers in your district. School social workers are ESSENTIAL in providing services and support for our families, and this is an excellent time to promote our profession!

If you would like to share any pictures or stories from your celebration, please send them to Courtney Jones, Courtney.Jones@clover.k12.sc.us. We will include them on our website and share with SSWAA. SSWAA has the theme for School Social Work Week as “Unite to Ignite.” This is so appropriate for all we do to support our students, families, and school staff.

School Social Worker Of The Year 2024

Congratulations to Colin Bauer!

Colin has directly impacted the Spartanburg community since 2017. He began his tenure in Spartanburg 7 as an intern and became the lead social work and McKinney-Vento liaison. Colin services as the lead for 14 schools and has coordinated the social and emotional supports for students and staff.

Colin has worked to ensure implementation of evidence-based strategies in Spartanburg District 7, including the development of behavioral health policies, practices, and programming to improve academic performance. He has provided support and training in establishing MTSS as well. Through these efforts, he has worked closely with community resources to help expand resources and training for suicide awareness, protocol procedures, and counseling services in Spartanburg County.

Colin truly has a social work heart. He was in Peace Corps for two years. He worked at DSS in North Carolina prior to moving to the Spartanburg area. He constantly tries to make services available for students and families not only in his district, but throughout Spartanburg County.

Friend of Social Work Award

Hand in Hand Community Ministry has been a moving force in improving the lives of students and families experiencing homelessness. Mrs. France started the program when she realized so many families were living in poverty and were not having their basic needs met. They have partnered with school districts to provide clothes, food, crockpots, mattresses, and other essentials for those experiencing homelessness and poverty in motels and throughout the community. Hand in Hand delivers necessities to families while also housing a pantry at a local church. Hand in Hand has been a tremendous asset in providing support to schools and families.

NATIONAL SCHOOL SOCIAL WORK CENSUS – RISE UP AND BE COUNTED!

The School Social Work Association of America has partnered with a research team from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign School of Social Work to conduct a National Census of School Social Workers. If you are a school social worker, Rise Up & Be Counted by completing a short survey below.

WHY PARTICIPATE?

Current information/data makes advocacy for our profession powerful!
Having accurate information to share raises the visibility of our profession.
Research data aids in creating school social work parity with other school professionals.
Advocacy for more school social work positions and effective ratios is possible!

This is important for our profession and every School Social Worker matters! Please share this website with your School Social Work colleagues! Anyone who is a trained school social worker should participate regardless of their work title.

Participate TODAY and share the link with all of your School Social Work Colleagues! https://www.sswaa.org/national-census

Social Work Week 2025

Hurricane Helene

School Social Worker Of The Year 2024

Friend of Social Work Award

Congratulations Kimberly Fleischer

Support Person Of The Year

NATIONAL SCHOOL SOCIAL WORK CENSUS – RISE UP AND BE COUNTED!

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