Job Information
West Delaware Community School District Social Worker in Manchester, Iowa
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)