Head of Department - Social Work - University College Birmingham : Job Details

Job Title: Head of Department - Social Work

Location: Birmingham

Salary: £65,000 per annum

Job Type: Permanent, Full-time

University College Birmingham works in partnership with the University of Warwick - Ranked eighth in the 2023 Guardian League Tables and 10th in the UK in the QS World University rankings 2023.

The Role:

University College Birmingham is looking for a talented, experienced, and driven academic / practitioner to establish and lead a new provision of Social Work within the School of Health and Food.

Over the past 3 and half years the school has significantly grown its provision of nursing and allied health provision and is on a continuous growth path in this area. We are now at a point where we have an ambitious plan to grow and diversify our Health and Social Care provision even further, to include Social Work. If you are an experienced social work professional with experience of developing curriculum and working in Higher Education then this is an exciting time to join us and will afford you the opportunity to develop a growing team, within a School committed to working inter professionally, as well as developing new provision with outstanding teaching facilities.

Benefits:

• Generous allocation of annual leave
  • 38 days' paid leave per year
  • 12 Bank Holidays & Concessionary Days
• Excellent Teachers' Pension Scheme
  • Employer Contributions - 23.6%
• Subsidised private healthcare provided by Aviva including a Digital GP Service.
• Employee Assistance Programme inclusive of counselling services, financial wellbeing support and bereavement support
• Annual health MOTs with our Registered Nurse
• Excellent staff development opportunities including professional qualification sponsorship
• A variety of salary sacrifice schemes including car, technology and cycle
• Heavily-subsidised on-site car parking in central Birmingham
• Hybrid working opportunities
• Free on-site gym membership

Extra Information:

All applicants for employment at the University will be expected to demonstrate an understanding of the principles of Safeguarding and the PREVENT agenda in the context of further and higher education.

Closing Date - Friday 5th April 2024

Interview Dates - TBC

UCB is an equal opportunities employer.

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Candidates with the relevant experience or job titles of; Head of Department, University Head, Social Work Head of Department, Social Care Specialist, University Lead, Head of Social Care, Nurse may also be considered for this role.