Social Workers
School Social Workers are trained mental health professionals who provide services to students related to social, emotional, or behavioral concerns. School Social Workers can be a link between the school, home, and community by providing both direct and indirect services to students, families, and school staff. Please feel free to contact Amherst Social Workers Jill Maiorca at 440-988-1645 or Katie Krichbaum at 440-988-1352.
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Possible Roles of a School Social Worker
- Provide supportive services to students individually or in a group to reduce stress, build skills, and improve educational success
- Connect students or families with community mental health services
- Link students or families with community resources for basic needs (food, clothing, housing, etc.)
- Participate in school team meetings
- Provide staff support and consultation regarding student mental health concerns, behavior issues, school violence, substance use, or other issues.
- Crisis intervention
Family Support
Amherst School District Social Workers are here to help you and your family in a variety of ways including: linking to community resources, connecting with food resources/school supplies, assisting with mental health services, and other student/family support.
Please fill out the form below if you would like one of our licensed social workers to follow up with you and your family. If this is an emergency, please call 911 or go to your closest emergency room.
Meet Our Social Workers
Jill Maiorca
Biography
Jill Maiorca is entering her 5th year as a School Social Worker in the Amherst Exempted Village School District. She previously worked as a school social worker in Geauga County and has professional experience working in Children Services, Big Brothers Big Sisters, and Community Mental Health Agencies. Jill loves problem-solving ways to help people of all ages improve and grow. Jill is a Licensed Independent Social Worker (LISW) and an Ohio Department of Education School Social Worker. She obtained her Bachelor’s Degree from The College of Wooster and her Master’s Degree in Social Work from The Ohio State University.
Primarily receives referrals for Nord and Steele students
Katie Krichbaum
Biography
Katie Krichbaum is the part time School Social Worker in the Amherst Exempted Village School District. Katie has worked as a Supervisor at Huron County Children Services and Pressley Ridge, a treatment foster care network out of Cleveland; working with kids and foster families to overcome the effects of significant trauma due to abuse and neglect issues. Katie loves connecting people to resources and helping them to discover their own solutions to their problems; in order, for them to grow and thrive in any circumstance. Katie is a Licensed Social Worker (LSW). Katie obtained her Bachelor’s Degree from The University of Toledo and her Master’s Degree in Social Work from Cleveland State University.
Primarily receives referrals for Powers and AJH students