Effectively networks with community agencies and school districts to encourage referrals and shareresources; Effectively communicates with and serves as a resource to students, family members, DDD Case Managers,funding sources, clinical team members, DCP&P, DCF, outside service agencies, school districts, communityservices, etc., through conferences, phone calls, and written correspondence, regarding students' progress,changes in students' behavior, to provide support and assist family members in understanding students'disabilities, to discuss both routine and problematic issues, and to maintain awareness of student's totalprogram and progress; Performs various activities regarding discharge planning and follow-up for persons served; e.g., gathersassessments from contracting ancillary services (physical therapy, occupational therapy, etc.), performscheck-ins with all caregivers to evaluate course of discharge plan and determine need for adjustments tolength of program stay, secures funding from appropriate sources for transition of person served to otherBancroft programs, as appropriate; Oversees completion and consistency of documentation with respect to the ISP and ancillary services forstudents in support of discharge planning and file closure; Convenes, coordinates, and participates in the Interdisciplinary Team (IDT) process in conjunction with the IPP.Attends Interdisciplinary Team (IDT) meetings to both provide and obtain information regarding students, reviewbaseline goals, identify individual strengths and weaknesses, assess student progress regarding attainment ofgoals, determine the need for modifications to existing goals, combine goal teaching strategies for best possibleoutcome, and discuss concerns regarding specific students to ensure overall IPP effectiveness within theeducational environment.3. Dependent upon program supported, may provide social work counseling to students to enhance, protect,and/or restore capacity for coping with the social environment and to aid families in fostering students'growth and stability within the applicable program environment;o Conducts comprehensive psychosocial assessments to acquire an overview of individual person served,determine how to best meet persons' needs, and to support individual success in the Program; e.g., familycomposition and functioning, social/ethnic/religious/cultural influences, history and status of behavioralconcerns, medical/social/psychiatric/education/job history, communication abilities, sexual orientation,cognitive status, legal issues, environmental/financial/community supports, strengths and barriers totreatment, initial discharge plan, etc.