Open Positions for West Delaware County Community School District

Openings as of 4/27/2025

Social Worker

JobID: 2331

Position Type:
  Student Support Services/Social Worker


Date Posted:
  3/11/2025


Location:
  West Delaware Lambert Elementary School


Date Available:
  08/11/2025


Closing Date:
  Open Until Filled


  West Delaware Lambert Elementary School is seeking applicants for a Social Worker to start in August 2025.

Qualifications:
• Bachelor's degree or higher in Social Work, Human Service, Education, or a related field is required.
• School social work degree or licensure preferred.
• Experience with youth programming and/or community services preferred.
• Such alternatives as the Board may find acceptable.
Performance Criteria:
• Serve as a member or leader of the building team in developing and overseeing successful tiered support systems to serve all students in grades K-4 and identify those in need of Tier 2 and Tier 3 supports in the area of Social-Emotional, Behavioral, and Mental Health.
• Serve as a liaison between families, school, and community agencies to provide interventions for overcoming a broad range of barriers to school success.
• Assist the school team in providing direct service to students with social-emotional or behavioral needs.
• Collaborate regularly with other professional staff members to identify academic and social/emotional/behavioral goals, monitor student progress, and design intervention to improve achievement.
• Provide assessment and intervention services for individuals and/or groups.
• Identify or develop programming to address barriers to school success, including but not limited to social skills training or anger management.
• Make provision for being available to students and parents for education-related purposes outside the instructional day when required or requested to do so under reasonable terms.
• Maintain professional competence through professional development activities provided by the district and in self-selected professional growth activities.
• Provide active, effective communication and positive relationships with students, parents, community members, staff and administration.
• Demonstrate awareness of and sensitivity to the unique social, cultural, and economic circumstances for students and their racial/ethnic, gender, age, physical and learning differences.
•  In collaboration with counselors and administrators, coordinate services with community agencies and assist the family in utilizing these services.
• Use and integrate technology effectively in daily work.
• Maintain confidentiality of student and family data and information.
• Maintain accurate, complete, and correct records as required by law, district policy, and administrative regulation, and protect the confidentiality of the records.
• Attend meetings as scheduled by the Building Principal, Director of Student Services, or Superintendent.
Compensation and Benefits:
• Contract Length: 197 days of service. Early out every Wednesday for professional development and teacher collaboration. Work day is 7:45-3:45. 
• Salary: $55,000
• Benefits:
  • Insurance:
    • Single or family coverage and between multiple health insurance options  
    • $50,000 term life insurance 
    • Coverage will begin the first day of the month following the beginning of the contract 
  • Flex Benefits Program: 
    • Flexible spending accounts allow you to save part of your paycheck, before taxes, to pay for eligible costs throughout the year. 
  • Iowa Public Employees Retirement System (IPERS) is a benefit pension plan. Both the district and the employee contribute to IPERS at a contribution rate of 6.29% member and 9.44% employer. 
• Available Leave
  • Sick days 
  • Personal days 
  • Critical Illness or Death in Family
  • 6 paid holidays
• Possible Loan Repayment Program (Information from Iowa Department of Education website)





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