Lecturer Practice Learning
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Job Description
Grade UE08: 49559 to 60907 per annum
CAHSS/School of Social & Political Sciences/Social Work
Fulltime: 35 hours per week
Openended (permanent) from August 2025
The Opportunity:
You will provide leadership in practice learning to develop Social Work within Edinburgh Scotland and beyond. Practice learning is a central component of social work education; it is vital therefore that the post holder contributes to and manages the delivery and organisation of practice learning programmes (UG PG and postqualifying) and the strategic enhancement for practice learning within the local and global context.
This post is open ended from August 2025.
This post is fulltime 35 hours per week). We are also open to considering requests for hybrid working (on a noncontractual basis) that combines a mix of remote within the UK and regular oncampus working.
Your skills and attributes for success:
- A relevant degree and/or a professional profile with demonstrable achievements in teaching and learning in Practice Learning in Social Work
- A relevant social work qualification and practice experience in social work/social care and experience of knowledge exchange.
- Ability to design and deliver effective programmes in practice learning and to effectivelymanage integrated curricula and assessment.
- Extensive experience of developing and applying theory models and methods as appropriate to Social Work.
- Excellent organisational and communication skills and ability to develop and maintain networks and successfully negotiate arrangements with internal and external stakeholders.
- Full awareness of regulatory frameworks and regulations governing social work education internal and external to the University.
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Application Information:
As part of your application please submit a CV and covering letter that addresses your suitability for the role.
Informal questions about this post can be directed to the Hiring Manger Dr Steve Kirkwood Head of Social Work via email at
External applicants please refer to the guidance in How to Join Us to support your application process.
For current employees interested in applying for this role please apply as an internal applicant through the People & Money Current Jobs app.
As a valued member of our team you can expect:
- A competitive salary ofper annum.
- An exciting positive creative challenging and rewarding place to work
- To be part of a diverse and vibrant international community.
- Comprehensive Staff Benefits such as a generous holiday entitlement competitive pension schemes staff discounts and familyfriendly initiatives. Check out the full list on ourstaff benefits page(opens in a new tab) and use our reward calculator to discover the total value of your pay and benefits.
Championing equality diversity and inclusion:
The University of Edinburgh holds a Silver Athena SWAN award in recognition of our commitment to advance gender equality in higher education. We are members of the Race Equality Charter and we are also Stonewall Scotland Diversity Champions actively promoting LGBT equality.
Prior to any employment commencing with the University you will be required to evidence your right to work in the UK. Further information is available on ourright to work webpages(opens new browser tab).
The University is able to sponsor the employment of international workers in this role. If successful an international applicant requiring sponsorship to work in the UK will need to satisfy the UK Home Offices English Language requirements and apply for and secure a Skilled Worker Visa.
Key dates to note:
The closing date for applications is 21 April 2025.
Unless stated otherwise the closing time for applications is 11:59pm GMT. If you are applying outside the UK the closing time on our adverts automatically adjusts to your browsers local time zone.
Interviews will typically be held 23 weeks after the closing date.
About the team:
This post sits within the Social Work subject area one of 7 academic Subject Areas in the School of Social and Political Science.
Social Work at Edinburgh has been a world leader in research and writing about the discipline of social work since its early beginnings. Located in the School of Social and Political Science we currently host 17 academics one seconded Mental Health Coordinator and several researchers. The Social Work subject area has consistently been ranked high in different league tables for the past number of years. Most recently we were ranked 3rd by the Times UK University Rankings 2025 and 4th in the UK in the Complete University Guide 2025.
The School of Social and Political Science (SPS) is one of 12 Schools in the College of Arts Humanities and Social Sciences (CAHSS) and hosts in 2023/24:
- 488 academic staff
- 1900 UG students on SPSled programmes of study
- 950 PGT/MSc students including parttime and online
- 445 PhD/MSc by Research students within funded duration of studies
The Schools Subject Areas are supported by its professional services teams (and by services outside the School) including teaching offices that support teaching delivery and provide support for students. We also host a number of research centres and institutes where academics collaborate with colleagues across disciplines to explore local national and global issues. Our subject areas are:
Centre of African Studies
Politics and International Relations
Science Technology & Innovation Studies
Social Anthropology
Social Policy
Social Work
Sociology
Employment Type
Full-Time
