Huron social worker LaKeisha Floyd, has announced she is leaving her job leaving yet another hole in the Huron community. Floyd provided social work services and support to special education and self-contained students. Floyd has been at Huron for six years and has enjoyed much of her time here.
“I love the culture here at Huron and the diversity,” Floyd said. “I enjoy working with high school students and supporting them in accomplishing their goals.”
Floyd is leaving her job behind at Huron due to trying to progress her career and work towards meeting some career goals that she has set for herself. Although she is leaving her job with social work at Huron, she is planning on continuing to provide work and therapy services to students in need. She hopes that Huron students will continue working hard towards their goals and thrive as they prepare to take their next steps in life.
“I would like for the students to continue to build and develop healthy relationships with peers and staff and to never give up on their goals,” Floyd said.
As a social worker in the special education department, Floyd has a large caseload of kids and her role is making sure that students are working towards the goals that are written in their IEP. On top of that, Floyd did a lot of of crisis management everyday. Anytime a kid is having a rough day, they can go see their social worker for counseling. She also did surveys on kids if they present suicidal or self harming characteristics. Losing Foyd now presents us with a large challenge as we try and fill the hole that she left in the Huron community.
“Her caseload of seventy-three does not have a social worker right now so what happens is the kids don’t receive their services until we have a new social worker on board,” Special education department head, Suzanne Dickie said. “Its such a bummer to lose her because she is so good at her job and it was wonderful having a black woman in a school to help with cultural things that, you know, white people may not be able to understand as much.”
