SUPERVISION RECEIVED: Program Director, Master of Social Work Program; Dean, School of Behavioral and Community Health
SUPERVISION EXERCISED: N/A
POSITION SUMMARY: Twelve-month, tenure-track or clinical assistant/associate professor faculty position in the Master of Social Work Program. The individual will have teaching, advising, course development, and service responsibilities in the MSW program and across the School of Behavioral & Community Health. Faculty hired in a tenure-track position will also have scholarship expectations. The individual will also have service responsibilities within the framework of the broader School of Behavioral & Community Health, College of Health, across the University, and to the social work profession. Candidates with interest and ability to take on program leadership and accreditation roles in the planned launch of Moravian's BSW and DSW programs are preferred.
Faculty in SoBach and the CoH are also expected to collaborate in team-teaching in any of the SoBach programs, participate in accreditation activities and interprofessional education across SoBach and the CoH, and assist in all aspects of program and curriculum design, development, implementation, assessment, and administration. The individual will work with the MSW Program Director to determine the possibility of launching new courses within the areas of specialization, or adding new specializations to the program.
Preference will be given to individuals with both face-to-face and online teaching experience, as well as clinical supervision experience. Applicants should have the ability to teach in at least three of the following subject domains:
- Clinical social work practice (individuals, families, and groups)
- Healing-centered, trauma-informed practice
- Social welfare and social policy
- Macro social work practice
- Diversity, equity, and anti-oppressive practice
- Human behavior and the social environment
Preferred start date is July 1, 2024, and no later than August 12, 2024: teaching in Summer II 2024 and working on curriculum development as needed. Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis, beginning Monday, April 15, 2024.
The Master of Social Work is housed within the Moravian University College of Health (CoH), in the newly formed School of Behavioral and Community Health (SoBaCH). This school has a mission of training students in a multicultural and social justice framework. The interdisciplinary College of Health emphasizes collaboration and interprofessional education across three units: the School of Behavioral & Community Health, the Helen Breidegam School of Nursing & Public Health, and the School of Rehabilitation Sciences (which includes graduate programs in Athletic Training, Occupational Therapy, Physical Therapy, and Speech-Language Pathology). By combining an entrepreneurial spirit and a unique curricular structure, students and faculty are able to engage with one another across disciplines in a truly interprofessional educational environment modeled toward best practices in the clinical setting. This collaborative environment is designed to foster student learning and engagement while avoiding the traditional discipline-specific silos that impede learning.
The mission of the MSW Program is to create educational and professional opportunities to educate and train healing-centered clinical and macro practice social workers dedicated to anti-racist, anti-oppressive practice, with a commitment to enhancing the lives of all people, locally and globally, through innovative and competency-based education. Our interdisciplinary training approach highlights theoretical, applied, field-based, and topical knowledge, allowing students to specialize in working with marginalized populations as clinical social workers or macro-level practitioners.
ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS AND RESPONSIBILITIES: The successful candidate will have the following responsibilities and roles. Please note that this is not considered an all-inclusive list, and may change over time, in particular as the program is developed and in response to accreditation or institutional needs.
- Development, delivery, and assessment of courses within the MSW program, including both generalized and specialized courses
- Assessment of student learning in individual courses as well as within the social work competencies (EPAS 2022) and the curriculum as a whole
- Participation in accreditation activities
- Development and participation in team-teaching, interprofessional, and collaborative aspects of the program, within the School, the College, and the University
- Available for collaboration across the School of Behavioral and Community Health, as determined by the Dean
- Identification and development of new courses and concentrations as the program grows, in particular, in response to work-force needs
- Quality participation in partnership activities with internal and external partners to ensure the success of the program
- Teaching of courses in the program as designated by the program director, including the ability to teach in the online asynchronous format, as well as availability for monthly in-person weekend residencies at Moravian's campus in Bethlehem, PA.
- As defined in the faculty handbook, service to the institution, including serving on committees, attendance at faculty meetings and university ceremonies, advising of students, and other items listed in the handbook.
- An earned doctorate (e.g. PhD, DSW) in Social Work is required.
- A masters degree in Social Work (MSW) from a CSWE-accredited program. Candidates from CASWE-accredited and ISWDRES-evaluated programs are eligible, but will need to submit a copy of the evaluation letter or MOU with CSWE.
- Minimum of two years, full-time, post-licensure practice experience in social work.
- A current LSW or LCSW in Pennsylvania, or eligibility and willingness to obtain licensure within four months of appointment.
- Previous post-secondary teaching experience in both on-line and face-to-face courses
- Demonstrated commitment to a multicultural/social justice framework, and a willingness to cultivate anti-racist, diversity, equity, and inclusivity (ADEI) in all aspects of education, advising, and assessment.
- Excellent verbal, written, and interpersonal communication skills
- Evidence of scholarly record or solidified research interests (tenure-track appointment only)
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:
- Five or more years of full-time clinical experience in Social Work
- Familiarity or experience with and capacity to contribute to CSWE accreditation processes, with particular interest in candidates with the administrative skills necessary to develop a BSW or DSW program
- Experience with course design for online and face-to-face delivery, including at the masters and bachelors levels of education
- Proficient in online learning platforms, hybrid learning, and online andragogy, as well as experience in educating adult learners in an accelerated educational format
- Demonstrable expertise in effective, innovative approaches to social work education, practice, policy, and/or research
- Demonstrable skills in leadership, including an interest in contributing to the development of and potential leadership in future social work programs (ie. BSW and DSW options)
- Proven track record of service delivery, teaching, scholarship (for tenure-track appointments), and/or clinical work in a specialty area
- Membership in at least one regional or national social work organization
TO APPLY: Qualified candidates should attach the following to their online application by clicking "Apply Now": (1) a letter of interest; (2) a curriculum vitae; (3) three letters of recommendation; Please attach documents as a single PDF file.
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The individual is routinely exposed to indoor conditions, minimum outdoor weather and temperature extremes, and moderate noise level.
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