Senior Lecturer in Social Work, Education-focused

• Based at our Geelong Waterfront or Warrnambool Campus with teaching on campus at Waterfront required
• Full time and continuing in the School of Health and Social Development
• Level C $143490 - $% Superannuation

Who are we

Deakin is a cutting-edge public university headquartered in Victoria revolutionising education with 61000 students across our campuses: Melbourne Burwood Geelong Waurn Ponds Geelong Waterfront Warrnambool Deakin University Lancaster University Indonesia (DLI) GIFT City India and our vibrant online environment. Were proud to be a progressive and open-minded university delivering the highest student satisfaction in Victoria and consistently ranked in the top 1% of the worlds universities.

The Faculty of Health is dedicated to being at the forefront of teaching learning creativity social development and groundbreaking research and discovery. We work closely with industry partners and government bodies to translate discoveries into real-word impact. This role will specifically be working within the School of Health and Social Development.

About the role:

The Senior Lecturer Education-focused Academic will provide leadership of the Field Education team in the role of Academic Lead with oversight of relevant units and course teaching teams in both the UG and PG programs to improve the student learning experience and outcomes.

The role will engage in and increasingly develop and lead academic or other collaborations that enable novel and high-quality teaching methodologies in Field Education in the social work discipline.

Field Education is a core component of social work education providing students with supervised practice based learning in real-world settings and is widely regarded as central to social work training.

As a Senior Lecturer in Social Work Education-focused you will:

• Lead unit and course teaching teams and work collaboratively with other teaching teams in the faculty to develop effective unit/courses curricula and learning material (including through course leadership roles).
• Lead review of units and courses and implement refinements.
• Integrate industry clinical and/or research practice into unit/course design to improve student learning experiences success engagement and resources
• Develop effective assessment tasks and rubrics at unit and course level and provide clear assessment criteria and timely feedback to learners to demonstrate learning outcomes.
• Lead moderation of assessment tasks at course level and adapt practices to improve learning outcomes
• Foster a culture of collaboration and educational excellence within the discipline
• Conduct mentoring of colleagues to help improve their teaching practices
• Provide academic support to students within units and courses and work collaboratively to improve student support services to optimise student outcomes.

To be successful youll have:

• PhD in a relevant discipline (for example social work) and/or advanced qualifications and experience in the relevant discipline area.
• Demonstrated capacity and passion for leadership and line management of a Field Education team working with academics and professional staffincluding planning workloads recruiting training and management of field educators and liaison staff.
• Excellent record of scholarly learning and teaching in UG and/or PG programs including innovative curriculum design and research supervision
• Demonstrated passion for teaching and learning.
• Ability to deliver effective teaching practices to improve student success and engagement.
• Responsibility for ensuring ongoing compliance with the Australian Social Work Education and Accreditation Standards (ASWEAS) and the Australian Association of Social Work (AASW) Field Education Standards across both the Masters of Social Work (MSW) and Bachelor of Social Work (BSW) courses.

Special Requirements

• This position can be based either at the Geelong Waterfront or Warrnambool Campus and will require the incumbent to teach on campus at the Waterfront Campus.
• This position requires the incumbent to hold a current National Police Record Check
• Eligibility for Membership of the Australian Association of Social Workers.

Heres how to apply:

Please submit your updated resume a short cover letter and responses to the Key Selection Criteria.

For a confidential discussion regarding this role please contact Kim Robinson Associate Professor Social Workon

For a copy of the position description please see below:

PD Senior Lecturer Education-Focused

Applications for this position close at 11.55pm on the 2nd of June

Are You Ready

Deakin is a Victorian university with a global impact. We are an agile dynamic and innovative university committed to making a positive impact through our excellence in education research and innovation and the contributions we make to the wider community.

We understand that our reputation has been built on the dedication and expertise of our staff and we offer a dynamic and diverse working environment with opportunities to grow and develop careers. We believe that a progressive thriving culture will ensure that people choose to come and stay at Deakin and contribute to our ongoing success.

We value diversity and aim to build an inclusive environment that champions embraces and respects differences. We support and encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people and people of all abilities cultures sexual orientation and genders.

Pre-employment safety and suitability checks:

In accordance with the National Higher Education Code to Prevent and Respond to Gender-based Violence appointment to this role is subject to successful completion of relevant pre-employment checks including Working With Children Checks and candidate gender-based violence declarations.

Candidates may be asked to declare whether they have been investigated for an allegation of Genderbased Violence or determined to have engaged in conduct that constitutes Genderbased Violence during the course of their previous employment or otherwise in a legal process. A declaration is not required from individuals who have experienced genderbased violence. A Yes response does not automatically exclude a candidate from employment and any information provided will be treated confidentially and considered only for relevance to the role and the Universitys safety obligations.