Head Of Department - Social Work

Job Title: Head of Department - Social Work

Location: Birmingham

Salary: £65,000 per annum

Job type: Permanent, Full-time.

The University is unlike any other. Standing proud in the heart of the city of Birmingham, they have been delivering career-focused education and training for decades. With around 8000 students across FE and HE level provision, the University is highly respected by employers and industry in meeting the region's skills needs.

The University's mission is to promote and provide the opportunity for participation in the learning process by those with the ambition and commitment to succeed and to maintain a learning community that meets the diverse needs of our students, the economy and society at large.

Winners of the International award at the 2023 What Uni Student Choice Awards, along with silver in the University of the Year category, they are committed to their student and staff communities.

The University works in partnership with one of the UK's leading Universities. A member of the Russell Group, the partner University is ranked 8th in The Guardian 2023 league table with an international reputation for research and teaching quality. The partner University not only accredits many of the University's undergraduate and postgraduate degrees, but also works on a number of collaborative projects to support development of higher education and widen access within the West Midlands.

The Role:

The University 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

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