Student Services

Student Services: Social Workers

The MCCSC student services team aims to help reduce, and ideally eliminate, problems and obstacles that interfere with a student's learning. Each of our MCCSC schools has a licensed social worker on-site who can assist students and families in a variety of areas. Your school social worker has a Master of Social Work (MSW) degree and is dually licensed by the Indiana Department of Education and the Indiana Professional Licensing Agency (IPLA). School Social Workers are school-based professionals skilled in helping to resolve your student's problems so they can come to school ready to learn. Your school social worker can help with:

  • Personal and family problems that can affect a child's performance at school
  • School issues, such as how to cope with peer pressure and friendships
  • Academics, including ways to improve study skills
  • Plans for the future - because a child's future begins with the plans that are made today
  • Referrals to outside resources for additional help

You can learn more about the role and services offered from your school social worker by visiting the Indiana School Social Work Association (INSSWA).

Contact Information

If you have any questions, please contact:

Call Student Services

Email Student Services

Indiana Youth Survey

The Indiana Youth Survey is a biennial survey of students in grades 7-12. The INYS assesses students’ substance use, mental health, gambling, and risk and protective factors that can impact student success. All public and private schools are invited to participate free of charge, through funding provided by the Indiana Division of Mental Health and Addiction. The INYS is conducted in the spring of even-numbered years. Participating schools receive a corporation-level report of their students’ responses.

The survey takes 20-30 minutes to complete and is voluntary, confidential, and anonymous. Students taking the online survey will also be informed that their participation is voluntary and anonymous.  No return path will be generated to identify who completed the online questionnaire.  The purpose of the survey is to have accurate knowledge of alcohol, drug, tobacco usage, and risk factors from the youth in our community.  The information will be compared to both state and national data.  The school corporation will receive a report that indicates usage and survey outcomes by grade level. The outcomes of the survey assist in planning curricula and programs to address health, safety, alcohol, tobacco, and other drug prevention.    

Again, the survey is voluntary and confidential.  If you or your student chooses NOT to participate in the survey, please notify your child’s school main office staff, counselor, or principal. 

Visit INYS Website

View INYS Questionnaire

Services Provided

School social workers provide assistance with the following areas:

  • ATTENDANCE
    Learning from the student and parent why attendance is a problem and brainstorming ways to maximize the days a student is in the classroom
  • BUILDING EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE
    Teaching students to conceptualize their emotions as this skill allows the student to ultimately manage their emotions and behavior
  • ECONOMIC ASSISTANCE
    The School Assistance Fund, funded by United Way, helps provide some needed support. Limited financial assistance may be provided for: Bradford Woods trips, school clothing, vision exams and eyeglasses, emergency dental exams
  • CONFLICT MEDIATION/Bullying Prevention and Intervention
    Helping to resolve disputes among peers among the classroom, playgrounds, hallways, and community. See more about Bullying Prevention at MCCSC.
  • CRISIS INTERVENTION
    Professional assessment and optimal intervention in student emergencies involving personal, school, and or family concerns
  • DRUG/ALCOHOL ABUSE
    Referral to community assessment, education and treatment agencies, or therapists who work in a team effort with the schools
  • BEHAVIORAL HEALTH
    Referral to community behavioral health professionals who can work with the school as team to help with any concerns
  • CLASSROOM PRESENTATIONS Personal safety, problem solving, positive social skills, good hygiene, sexual abuse prevention

About Referrals

What happens when a student is referred to a social worker?

When a referral to a school social worker is made, we begin by looking at the student's unique situation. Next, we develop a plan that works with the student's strengths. In addition, we look to use the student's positive influences such as support and involvement from parents, school professionals, and community people. Utilizing student and parent strengths, as well as school and community services, are critical in this goal planning process. In the long run we're here to assist in teaching students more effective skills, encouraging them in healthy directions and habits, and coaching them forward through personal and academic challenges. 

How are referrals made?

Students are usually referred to the school social worker in one of the following ways:

  • Student self-referral
  • Teacher or staff referral
  • Parent or guardian referral
  • Community agency referral
  • Referral by other students