A bit about the School of Health & Society…
Our School of Health & Society is one of the largest providers of nursing, midwifery, allied health professional, Social Work and Counselling and Psychotherapy education programmes in the UK, known for our track record of collaborating with a wide range of industry partners across health and social care to produce highly skilled graduates with real work experience. We are at an interesting time in the Higher Education sector, there is significant change in terms of oversight, student expectations and changing demographics and we are trying to do things differently so that we stay ahead of these changes. Our connection to industry is stronger than ever and we’re proud to have more partnerships with SMEs than any other Greater Manchester University.
Counselling and Psychotherapy (C&P) at Salford delivers programmes at under- and post-graduate levels, and we are proud to be introducing a new Integrated Masters in C&P in the coming year. The C&P staff are innovative, research active and highly enterprising, with excellent partnerships in the community.
So what will the role involve?
- Contribute to teaching, research and leadership at undergraduate and postgraduate programmes
- Contribute across the spectrum of academic work in the School through learning, teaching, research and enterprise
- Take a lead in your own area of expertise and develop new ideas to meet the needs of the modern world
- Contribute to our thinking and be challenging on how Salford can transform the way it addresses equality disparities, embraces diversity and becomes more inclusive
- Foster the development of an inclusive community, using teaching approaches which encourage inclusivity, working in partnership with students to improve their sense of belonging, diversifying the curriculum and using inclusive approaches to assessment to close the award gap
Please contact Steve Myers, Director of Social Sciences at J.S.Myers@salford.ac.uk or Vee Howard Jones, Head of Counselling and Psychotherapy at V.S.Howard-Jones@salford.ac.uk for an informal discussion.
Please note this is a full time, permanent contract and the starting salary is £41,526 per annum.
Within your cover letter/personal statement it is suggested that you address how you meet the criteria listed in the person specification.
Please follow the link below to submit an application for this role.
What’s in it for you?
With over 200 languages spoken across Greater Manchester, we want to create an inspirational, inclusive learning and working environment, celebrating the diversity of our University community in our everyday conversations. Our student population is already incredibly diverse and we want to ensure this is reflected across our colleague profile as well.
To maintain work/life balance, when appropriate you can connect to work from wherever you are. Whether it’s our Peel Park Campus, MediaCityUK or your couch at home, the tools are there for you to do your best work.