Senior Lecturer in Social Work in London

Job Title: Lecturer/Senior Lecturer in Social Work (one fractional post, 0.5 each)

Department: Social Work, Counselling and Social Care

Location: Docklands Campus (mainly)

Salary: Senior Lecturer starting from £53,041 per annum inclusive of London Weighting

Lecturer starting from £46,472 per annum inclusive of London Weighting. The pay will be pro rata.

Closing Date: 5th of January 2026

Our dynamic and growing Social Work Cluster at UEL is expanding and looking to grow further. We are searching for new staff to contribute to teaching and research in the School\’s undergraduate and postgraduate courses.

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• The provision at UEL has grown dynamically and we aim to continue expanding. This is a very exciting time to join an enthusiastic team of practitioner-academics who are able to shape and influence the development of the UEL social work provision. We are looking to appoint as soon as possible.
• We invite enthusiastic candidates who are Social Work England registered. We particularly welcome candidates who can support the development of our teaching and develop our research. We are particularly interested in practice educators and candidates with previous teaching experience and sound social work experience are especially invited to apply. To teach on the postgraduate programmes you will need to have a minimum of a Level 7 qualification.

Candidates must have a passion for student-focused teaching, and a clear understanding and respect for the unique needs of widening participation cohorts of students. The successful applicants will have excellent knowledge of the professional and academic requirements of higher education social work programmes and will contribute to the development of social work in the university through research and teaching.

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