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)