Head of Social Work Education

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20/02/2022, 23:55

Salford - Frederick Road Campus
School of Health & Society
Full Time Permanent

£57,696 - £64,914

Welcome to the School of Health and Society – a forward-thinking, dynamic school with a commitment to lifelong learning and real world impact.

We are one of the largest educators of nurses, midwives and allied health and social care professionals in the North West, known for our track record of collaborating with a wide range of industry partners across health and social care to produce highly skilled graduates, with real work experience.

We are also experts in the social sciences sector and are known locally, regionally, nationally and internationally for our applied research into the interface between health, wellbeing, housing, criminal justice and social care. We effect social and cultural change by research-informed engagement and practice. 

Social Work has a long history at Salford and has one of the largest intakes of students in the UK. It has highly regarded UG and PG qualifying programmes, including an Integrated Practice in Learning Disabilities and Nursing programme and a post-qualifying MSc in Applied Social Work Practice. New initiatives include the development of Social Pedagogy and Family Group Conferencing programmes; development and piloting of the NAAS and PSDP initiatives and local lead for Making Research Count, meeting the needs of the contemporary Social Work and Social Care sector. Salford also pioneered the Step Up to Social Work programme and delivers this to partnerships of local authorities.

Social Work at Salford has excellent community partnerships and is a member of the Greater Manchester Social Work Academy (Teaching Partnership). Research is at the heart of our activities and informs our teaching. We are entrepreneurial and engage with our partners to develop bespoke solutions to their workforce development needs through training and accredited programmes; consultancy and evaluation.

We are looking for a motivated, creative and ambitious leader to take Social Work at Salford forward, building on our strengths and developing new areas of business to meet the demands of a changing world. You will lead a dynamic and highly motivated academic team, delivering excellence in learning and employability for our students. As Head of Social Work Education you will inspire, co-create and enable colleagues to develop our portfolio, aligned with a research and practice-inspired curriculum at both Undergraduate and Postgraduate level.

For further information on the role, please contact the Interim Director of Society, Dr Steve Atkins (S.J.Atkins@Salford.ac.uk).

Applications will be via submission of a supporting statement, showing how you evidence the attributes contained within the Person Specification, allied to an up to date CV. Interviews will be held via Microsoft Teams. A short presentation will be required.

What’s in it for you?

With over 200 languages spoken across Greater Manchester, we want to create an inspirational, inclusive learning and working environment, celebrating the diversity of our University community in our everyday conversations. Our student population is already incredibly diverse and we want to ensure this is reflected across our colleague profile as well.

To help you, we have wide ranging colleague support networks, promoting awareness events throughout the year and giving you the opportunity to share your experiences with others. Our extensive faith centre facilities reflect our continuing commitment to support the student and colleague experience and the beliefs and values you bring to our community.

There is a varied benefits package available through ‘MySalford’ where you can tailor your benefits to suit your own lifestyle – everything from additional annual leave, savings on High Street shopping, travel discounts as well as health and wellbeing support. To maintain work/life balance, when appropriate you can connect to work from wherever you are. Whether it’s our Peel Park Campus, MediaCityUK or your couch at home, the tools are there for you to do your best work. Flexibility on working from home is supported where possible, however the role will be based on the University of Salford campus.

However you identify, whatever your pathway has been to get here, come and join us at the University of Salford where we are all proud to belong - watch us in action here!

This opportunity is closed to applications.