Evaluating the Role of the Social Worker in School from Teachers’ Perspective

Abstract

The current research aims to identify the actual role of the social worker in school from teachers' point of view, and to identify the extent of teachers' satisfaction with the role of the social worker in school field. Moreover, it is to identify the difficulties that hinder the role of the social worker in school from the teachers' perspective, also to present teachers’ proposals to improve the professional performance of the social worker in school field.

The descriptive analytical method was used in this study, a questionnaire was used to collect data from a random sample of (secondary) schoolteachers of both genders. The sample consisted of (50) teachers in total, (12) males and (38) females from (5) schools in Tobruk. the research indicated the following results: the actual role of the social worker in school field from the teachers’ point of view, as the responses of the participants is the highest in statement (17) which is about (A study the student’s current attitude of the problem and the efforts made to overcome). This paper recommended that the social worker should not be assigned to any additional work except their main task in school. As well as holding educational seminars, conferences, and lectures to introduce the profession of social worker in the school field, through various media.