MSW Program Director-Open Rank Clinical or Tenure-Track Professor of Social Work, College of Health Sciences (Hybrid)

Description

Be at the forefront of change and become a part of the innovative and forward-thinking academic team at the University of Michigan-Flint’s Social Work Department in the rapidly expanding College of Health Sciences! The Social Work Department is searching for a faculty member who will serve as the Program Director for its MSW program.  The program is currently in CSWE pre-candidacy status.  Initial Accreditation decision is expected in June 2027. This is a full-time Open Rank clinical-track or an Open Rank tenure-track faculty position with 50% assigned time to administer the MSW program. This position is 50% instructional and 50% administrative with a 12-month appointment. This hybrid position requires a regular presence on campus.  We seek to hire faculty whose scholarship and clinical expertise focus on clinical social work, mental and behavioral health practice, and social work practice in health care settings. The desired start date is August 2025 for tenure-track appointment or Spring 2025 for a clinical track appointment.

 

The College of Health Sciences is located in the William S. White Building on the beautiful UM-Flint campus. To learn more about the University of Michigan-Flint campus, click here. Currently, faculty in the College of Health Sciences are required to report to campus minimally two days a week.  This is subject to change based on the program, department, college or University needs.

 

Responsibilities

 

The MSW Program Director’s primary responsibility will involve providing administrative and programmatic oversight for the MSW program as well as spearheading associated CSWE accreditation, student recruitment and engagement, and marketing initiatives. As a faculty leader, the program director is also expected to demonstrate exemplary teaching, research, and service throughout the social work curriculum.

Duties include but not limited to:

MSW Program Director

• Provides Department leadership for the MSW program and CSWE Candidacy, Initial accreditation and reaffirmation.

• Provide data to support budget planning and financial management of the MSW program.

• Assist the Social Work Department in developing and implementing strategic plans.

• Leads initiatives to: 

• Establish and review the MSW curriculum with a specialization area in mental and behavioral health practice in accordance with CSWE standards;

• Recruit students;

• Meet students’ needs to enhance student retention and success;  

• Facilitate and maintain new and/or existing collaborations with community partners;

• Build a strong MSW alumni and donor network;

• Facilitate a positive and supportive work environment;

• Encourage scholarly work of faculty and students.

 

Principal Faculty Duties as a Clinical or Tenure-track faculty

 

Teaching

 

As a faculty leader, the MSW Program Director is also expected to demonstrate exemplary teaching throughout the MSW curriculum. You will teach courses on Mental Health, Behavioral Health, or Social Work in Health Care Settings and possibly other courses as assigned based on departmental needs.

 

Scholarship

 

Maintains personal scholarship according to the College of Health Sciences scholarship requirements for clinical-track or tenure-track faculty. Clinical-track faculty are required to have an active research agenda and may achieve this by working with other faculty.  Tenure-track faculty are required to have an active research agenda, establish their ability to conduct independent research and work collaboratively with other faculty in scholarly endeavors. In both clinical and tenure tracks, scholarly work is expected to make a contribution to and an impact on the profession/discipline, to interdisciplinary areas, and/or to pedagogical endeavors.

 

Service

 

All CHS faculty members are expected to provide service to the University, college, department, profession, and the community. Consistent with the mission of CHS and the University, p