Assistant Professor - Social Work

Faculty are essential to Liberty University’s mission of Training Champions for Christ. It is expected that ‎‎‎‎‎‎a faculty member model a personal commitment to the goals and values of Liberty University, engage ‎‎‎‎‎‎in an active commitment to, and experience of, personal spiritual formation within a biblically informed ‎‎‎‎‎‎Christian worldview. Faculty should view their teaching, engagement with students, and scholarship as a ‎‎‎‎means to a significant educational ‎‎end. They should strive to employ a variety of techniques for the ‎‎‎‎development of good learning ‎‎conditions, view each student as a unique individual, and insofar as it is ‎‎‎‎possible, provide for individual ‎‎differences, abilities, and interests. ‎

The full-time online social work faculty member will teach social work across the curriculum. Faculty serve a critical function equipping future social workers, providing professional insight, and mentoring, demonstrating integration of faith and commitment to social work values, and preparing students with the necessary knowledge, values, and skills, for service to individuals, families, and communities. Courses are taught from a biblical worldview in keeping with the university's commitment to impact our world for Christ, and in compliance with the Council on Social Work Education’s (CSWE) Educational Policies and Accreditation Standards (EPAS). The faculty member may participate in student advising, curriculum development, and the CSWE accreditation process, as well as department, professional, university, and scholarly activities.

The full-time online faculty member will be responsible for up to 30 students for each section they teach. He or she will engage with students through virtual in-person class time and using weekly announcements, e-mails, videos, grading feedback and discussion board forums. The professor will respond to e-mails within 24 hours and will grade students’ assignments, giving substantive feedback, within six days of the assignment submission. The professor will also carry out administrative responsibilities as directed by their supervisor or their Instructional Mentor, Faculty Support Coordinator, Chair, or Associate Dean. Some administrative tasks include roster verification, reporting items, and timely submission of final grades.

Professors will:

• Teach material from the approved curriculum in accordance with the assigned schedule to facilitate student success.
• Assist students in achieving completion of objectives and learning outcomes.
• Provide regular and timely feedback to students.
• Participate in school retention initiatives by maintaining contact with students and offering assistance to absent students.
• Advise students in matters related to academics and attendance.
• Motivate students to actively participate in all aspects of the educational process.
• Maintain and report student grades and attendance in accordance with university policies.
• Address any concerns regarding individual student performance, professionalism, readiness for field or profession, academic dishonesty, other gatekeeping concerns, etc., and communicate with other faculty and department leadership about such matters.
• Provide feedback to the Subject Matter Expert and/or department leadership regarding course content and student learning, as part of the program’s continuous improvement process.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Full Time Online faculty are contracted for 12 months.

Minimum Qualifications:

Candidates should:

• Have an MSW from a CSWE-accredited program with five years post-masters practice experience.
• Have two years online/hybrid teaching experience in social work or related field or two years professional training and consultation in social work.
• Demonstrate strengths in teaching at the college level.
• Understand and articulate social work from a biblical worldview.
• Have proven organizational skills and ability to complete required tasks both timely and accurately with minimal supervision.
• Effectively collaborate (virtually) with colleagues and department faculty and staff.
• Demonstrate excellent interpersonal, presentation, and communication skills.
• Use creative, innovative, and problem-solving skills.
• Possess basic competency with Microsoft Office 365 (i.e., Teams, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, etc.).
• Applications for consideration will only be accepted via Liberty University’s online automated application process.

Preferred qualifications:

• A doctoral degree in social work or a related field.
• A Social Work Clinical License.
• Experience teaching within the framework of CSWE standards.
• Experience teaching social work practice or research courses.
• Experience teaching social work from a biblical worldview. 
• Experience with learning management systems, preferably Canvas. 
• Experience teaching online social work courses with synchronous components.

Time Type

Full time

Location

Remote Location

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