Home & School Visit-Social Worker

District School Social Worker

Home and School Visitor

Assistant Senior Counselor

Mr. Montaire Taylor, LSW; MSW;

The responsibilities and duties of the School Social Worker/Home & School Visitor are those prescribed by the Public School Code of 1949, the Department of Education, and the GatewayAreaSchool District. The School Social Worker/Home & School Visitor will be expected to coordinate all the activities that relate to school attendance and truancy. The School Social Worker/Home & School Visitor will establish and maintain close internal contact with students, regular and special education teachers, master teacher, counselors, psychologist and administrative staff. In addition I will act as an intermediary between home and school in verifying residence, verifying home education activities, and linking parents with the appropriate agencies as needed. Please note that all referral information is confidential. Feel free to contact myself at the school with any questions or concerns you have about a student, family or services offered at (412) 858-0450. I can also be reached by email at Email mtaylor at Gateway.

Attached is a list of services available for members of the school community to access.Mental Health and wraparound services are designed to supplement educational service provided for those children who need extra support. The following are a list of mental health/wraparound service providers throughout the Pittsburgh area:

1. Allegheny Children?s Initiative, 412-431-8006

2. Allegheny East Mental Health/Mental Retardation, 412-243-4300

3. Allegheny Youth Advocate Program, 412-381-5563

4. Spectrum Family Network (APA), 412-362-9300

5. Community Alternatives, Inc., 412-381-5040

6. Family Behavioral Resources, 724-449-9222

7. Family Resources, 412-363-1702

8. Glade Run Lutheran Services, 724-452-4453

9. Holy Family Institute, 412-766-4030

10. Mercy Behavioral Health, 412-323-6968

11. Northwestern Human Services, 412-247-1091

12. Nisar, Inc., 412-374-8275