Instructor - Social Work jobs in Spokane, WA

The Eastern Washington University, School of Social Work, Child Welfare Training & Advancement Program (CWTAP) is currently seeking a full-time faculty member at the rank of Lecturer beginning with the 2024-2025 academic school year, with the potential for a summer adjunct contract starting during Summer 2024. This position has a nine-month academic year appointment with an anticipated three-month summer appointment (CWTAP faculty work full-time, year around). This position is anticipated to be on-going and renewed annually dependent on performance, need, and grant funding. The CWTAP has a 25 year history of successful grant renewal. Interested candidates currently working in the Department of Children, Youth & Families (DCYF) or other state service may be eligible for an intergovernmental leave of absence.

The Child Welfare Training & Advancement Program (CWTAP) is a partnership between Eastern Washington University, University of Washington, Alliance for Child Welfare Excellence, and Washington’s Department of Children, Youth and Families (DCYF). CWTAP’s goal is to enhance professional practice in child welfare, provide educational assistance to current and/or potential social workers who are committed to a career in public child welfare, and to recruit and retain highly trained, ethnically diverse social workers with advanced degrees. CWTAP students complete their practicum in a DCYF child welfare office, the Washington state agency mandated to protect children from abuse and neglect and to provide child welfare services to families. The CWTAP program at the EWU School of Social Work provides educational assistance to current and/or potential social workers who are committed to a career in public child welfare and are accepted and enrolled in one of the EWU Master of Social Work full or part-time programs.

Eastern’s Spokane MSW part-time program begins new cohort cycles every two years (prior to 2021, it was every three years). Eastern’s part-time programs operate on a three-year cycle for each student cohort; during the last two years of the cohort cycle students are in practicum. Eastern’s Cheney full-time program begins new cohorts every fall. Both part-time and full-time programs offer an Advanced Standing option. At this time, we are recruiting to fill one position, to be renewed annually that will support students in the Spokane MSW part-time and Cheney full-time programs.

The School of Social Work offers diversity and breadth in programs, including full-time BASW and MSW programs, part-time BASW and MSW programs offered at sites throughout Washington State, including advance standing options. The social work programs prepare students for competency-based generalist and advanced generalist social work practice in both rural and urban communities. Eastern Washington University School of Social Work is fully accredited by the Council on Social Work Education.

Additionally, the School offers specialized programs through our Center for Aging Studies, Disability Studies, and Addiction Studies Programs.

CWTAP Field Instructors (FI’s) work under the supervision of the Director of the Washington IV-E Child Welfare Training & Advancement Program (CWTAP).

See Job Duties section for detailed description of the position’s responsibilities.

On top of salary, the university offers a comprehensive benefits package including health insurance, life and disability insurance and retirement. In addition, EWU offers fringe benefits, such as tuition waiver for employees, discounted EWU sports tickets and free transportation through
STA buses. For additional information regarding insurance benefits please see our Benefits page:
https://inside.ewu.edu/hr/benefits/insurance/ .

Applications are open and accepted until recruitment is closed. Screening of applications will begin on May 15, 2024. All materials will be held in strictest confidence; references will not be contacted until candidates have been notified.

Eastern Washington University, a regional, comprehensive public university with an enrollment of over 10,000 students, is one of six state-funded four-year institutions of higher education in Washington, each governed by its own board of trustees. EWU’s 300-acre main campus is located in Cheney, a community of 12,000 residents 16 miles southwest of Washington’s second largest city, Spokane. Eastern also offers programs in downtown Spokane at the innovative, energy-efficient Catalyst building, the SIERR building which is a hub for research, development and advancement of health sciences, and at Riverpoint, a campus shared with Washington State University. In addition, EWU programs can be found at select locations throughout the state, aligned with the needs of the community. Eastern contributes to the vitality of the region and the state through its wide array of bachelor’s and master’s degrees in over 100 fields of study, as well as applied doctorates in physical therapy and educational leadership, offering accessible pathways to career success and personal development to students of all socioeconomic and cultural backgrounds.

Eastern Washington University has been recognized for its commitment to helping undergraduate students learn, grow and succeed by Colleges of Distinction, a nationally trusted resource guide for college-bound students. The honor recognizes Eastern as a ’22-’23 College of Distinction (CoD).

Money magazine recently named EWU as one of its Best Colleges in America 2023.

Tribal Land Acknowledgement
Eastern Washington University resides within the traditional homelands of the Spokane People and other tribes who are connected through their shared history of this region. This land holds their cultural DNA and it is their Ancestors who are here and bring forth the knowledge of this place—the knowledge that comes from the land.

It is strongly recommended that you print a copy of these instructions and the position posting before you begin to complete the online application, as the instructions will not be viewable once you begin the application process.

Submit your application materials through our online applications portal located here: https://jobs.hr.ewu.edu. If you are unable to submit through the applicant portal, please contact Human Resources Services at (509) 359-2381.

Applications are open and accepted until recruitment is closed. Screening of applications will begin on May 15, 2024 and applications will continue to be screened until recruitment is closed. All materials will be held in strictest confidence; references will not be contacted until candidates have been notified.

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