Lecturer/BSW Field Education Director

Position Title: Lecturer/BSW Field Education Director

Department: Social Work

Campus Location: Washburn University

Application Deadline:  Application review will begin as applications are received and will continue until the position is filled. Applicants can be assured of full consideration if submitted by: February 18, 2025.

Position Summary: Washburn University's Social Work Department invites applications for a Lecturer, BSW Field Education Director to begin April 1, 2025 or as negotiated. This is a nine-month, non-tenure track appointment as a Lecturer.

Each selected candidate will have a demonstrated commitment to pursuing teaching excellence at Washburn University, including a dedication to developing inclusive teaching practices that engage students from all backgrounds.

The Social Work Department offers a bachelor's degree and a master’s degree in social work accredited by the Council on Social Work Education. With small class sizes and individualized academic advising, faculty build relationships with students and mentor them toward success.

Washburn University is a teaching-focused, student-centered, public institution located in the metropolitan setting of Topeka that has earned national recognition for its high-impact programs for first-generation students. Washburn has a student body of over 5,500 undergraduate, graduate, and law students, a significant and growing number of whom are first-generation and Pell-Grant eligible. The University has created educational pathways for all students to be successful and achieve their educational goals.

Washburn is dedicated to recruiting and retaining a diverse faculty, staff, and student body and cultivating a vibrant and inclusive working environment and curriculum. We employ more than one thousand faculty and staff on our campuses throughout Topeka and strive to offer competitive wages, an excellent benefits program, and a supportive culture and a healthy work/life balance. Washburn seeks to create an environment that reflects our core values for creating positive IMPACT: inclusion, modernization, partnership, achievement, community and transformation. In 2024, Washburn was recognized as one of the best colleges in the nation to work for, according to Great Colleges to Work For® program.

Essential Functions:
• Manage field education placement processes for BSW students.
• Maintain an equivalent full workload including teaching (in-person and/or online according to departmental needs) as outlined in the faculty handbook and in accordance with accreditation requirements.
• Hold on-campus office hours, attend meetings, provide academic advising, and engage in service requested by Department Chairperson and Dean of the School of Applied Studies.
• Collaborate with the MSW Field Education Director in the identification, securing, development, and assessment of field education placements; maintenance of the Field Education Handbook; facilitation of field education workshops and CEU trainings for field education instructors and students; and evaluation of field education policies and procedures.
• Facilitate strong working partnerships with community agencies and field instructors.
• Utilize field education software, including maintaining and updating system (e.g. forms development, workflows, report generation and tracking); attending field education software trainings as necessary; providing software training to personnel, field instructors, and students as needed.
• Fulfill service expectations associated with non-tenure-track appointment by engaging in service activities in the department, school, university, and profession.
• Perform additional job-related duties as assigned or as appropriate.

Required Qualifications:
• Master’s degree in social work from a CSWE accredited institution.
• Minimum 2 years post master’s degree full-time social work practice experience.
• Demonstrated effective organizational and interpersonal skills.
• Willingness and ability to use technology.
• Demonstrated dedication to developing inclusive teaching practices that engage students from all backgrounds.
• Official educational transcripts due at the time of hire.

Preferred Qualifications:
• Active social work license or eligibility for licensure in Kansas.
• Five years post master’s degree full-time social work practice experience.
• Familiarity with Sonia or other management software.
• Experience as a field education instructor, liaison, or coordinator.
• Post-secondary teaching experience in university or professional settings. Preference will be given to teaching experience in a CSWE accredited program.

Special Instructions to Applicants: Questions pertaining to this position may be directed to department Chair, Dr. Rhonda Peterson Dealey, 785-670-2134 rhonda.petersondealey@washburn.edu.

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