Lecturer

About the role

The University of Bath is an international centre for research and teaching excellence, committed to achieving global reach. We are seeking a Lecturer in Social Work to join the Department of Social and Policy Sciences. 

DSPS is committed to being interdisciplinary, progressive, and impactful in both research and teaching. Its academic staff come from a wide range of disciplinary backgrounds including economics, sociology, politics, anthropology, geography, development studies, social and public policy, social work, and criminology. 

The Dept is home to the Centre for Development Studies, celebrating its 50^th anniversary in 2025.

You will be expected to conduct original, rigorous research in Social Work, and help build our already strong community of doctoral and post-doctoral researchers. 

Core teaching will contribute to BSc Social Work and Applied Social Studies and MRes Social Work.  

Our ideal candidate

You will already have some teaching experience. We will consider specialisms in any sub-field of social work but are particularly keen to strengthen the department’s interests in mental health. The department has an inclusive interdisciplinary vision and applicants are encouraged to look at our website to see our research expertise in social work, sociology, social policy, criminology and international development.

You will have a qualification in Social Work and be registered with Social Work England or be eligible and willing to register. 

Additional information

The position on offer is full time (36.5 hours per week) and on a permanent basis. 

To find out more visit our website http://www.bath.ac.uk/sps. In addition to the Centre for Development Studies DPSP is home to the Centre for Analysis of Social Policy, and the Centre for Death and Society. It also has strong relations with the Institute for Policy Research. 

Initial questions can be directed to Prof Monica Greco, Head of Department (mg2725@bath.ac.uk) and Dr Megan Robb (mlr40@bath.ac.uk).

We consider ourselves to be a university where difference is celebrated, respected and encouraged. We have an excellent international reputation with staff from over 60 different nations and have made a positive commitment towards gender equality and intersectionality receiving a Silver Athena SWAN award. We truly believe that diversity of experience, perspectives, and backgrounds will lead to a better environment for our employees and students and encourage applications from all genders, backgrounds, and communities, particularly from under-represented groups, and value the positive impact that will have on the university. We are committed to maintaining a safe and secure environment for our students, staff, and community by reinforcing our Safer Recruitment commitment.

We're very proud to be a signatory of the Armed Forces Covenant. an accredited Disability Confident Leader; autism friendly university, committed to building disability confidence and supporting disabled staff. 

What we can offer you:

We're continually expanding our benefits package to better support you and enhance your experience with us and the below is just an example of some of the many great benefits we offer:

• Free counselling services through Health Assured
• Cycle to work scheme
• Electric vehicle salary sacrifice scheme
• Staff discount at Team Bath gym
• Staff discounts on postgraduate tuition fees
• Staff discount on language courses
• Generous employer contributory pension schemes
• Generous annual leave allowance with an additional 5 discretionary days so that you can enjoy a positive work life balance
• A wide range of personal and professional development opportunities including Apprenticeships, LinkedIn Learning and more.

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