social work lecturer
Social work lecturers are professionals who exercise dual roles, on one hand they practice the academic discipline that provides social services, such as counselling, therapy or advocacy, to individuals or groups of people. On the other hand they are part of the academic world providing professional education, engaging also in research and knowledge development, contributing to solutions concerning complex social problems and innovative approaches to ameliorate those problems. They teach social work knowledge, skills and values for preparing students to engage in culturally competent social work practice with diverse populations and communities.
Also called: university social work and social policy lecturer, higher education social work teacher, social work lector, social work professor, senior lecturer in social work, professor of social work and social policy, professor of social work, social work teacher
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- optional skills
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- related roles
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Where you can go from here
8 rolesOccupations sharing the most essential skills with this one. The number is a count, not an opinion.
- community social workerWhat changes?44 skills in common
- consultant social workerWhat changes?44 skills in common
- social work practice educatorWhat changes?44 skills in common
- child care social worker43 skills in common
- enterprise development worker43 skills in common
- gerontology social worker43 skills in common
- migrant social worker43 skills in common
- social work supervisor43 skills in common
Essential skills
59- address problems critically
- adhere to organisational guidelines
- advocate for social service users
- apply blended learning
- apply crisis intervention
- apply decision making within social work
- apply holistic approach within social services
- apply intercultural teaching strategies
- apply organisational techniques
- apply person-centred care
- apply problem solving in social service
- apply quality standards in social services
- apply teaching strategies
- assess social service users' situation
- assess students
- build helping relationship with social service users
- communicate with social service users
- compile course material
- conduct interview in social service
- consider social impact of actions on service users
- cooperate at inter-professional level
- counselling methods
- deliver social services in diverse cultural communities
- demonstrate leadership in social service cases
- demonstrate when teaching
- develop professional identity in social work
- empower social service users
- follow health and safety precautions in social care practices
- legal requirements in the social sector
- liaise with educational staff
- liaise with educational support staff
- maintain records of work with service users
- manage ethical issues within social services
- manage personal professional development
- manage social crisis
- meet standards of practice in social services
- mentor individuals
- monitor developments in field of expertise
- negotiate with social service stakeholders
- negotiate with social service users
- organise social work packages
- pedagogy
- plan social service process
- prepare lesson content
- prevent social problems
- promote inclusion
- promote social change
- protect vulnerable social service users
- provide social counselling
- provide support to social services users
- refer social service users
- report on social development
- review social service plan
- social justice
- social sciences
- social work theory
- teach in academic or vocational contexts
- teach principles of social work
- undertake continuous professional development in social work
Optional skills
56- apply for research funding
- apply research ethics and scientific integrity principles in research activities
- assess social work students
- assessment processes
- assist in the organisation of school events
- assist students in their learning
- assist students with equipment
- assist students with their dissertation
- carry out social work research
- community education
- conduct field work
- conduct qualitative research
- conduct quantitative research
- conduct research across disciplines
- conduct scholarly research
- crisis intervention
- demonstrate disciplinary expertise
- develop learning curriculum
- develop professional network with researchers and scientists
- discuss research proposals
- disseminate results to the scientific community
- draft scientific or academic papers and technical documentation
- establish collaborative relations
- evaluate research activities
- facilitate teamwork between students
- funding methods
- increase the impact of science on policy and society
- integrate gender dimension in research
- keep records of attendance
- learning difficulties
- manage findable accessible interoperable and reusable data
- manage intellectual property rights
- manage open publications
- manage research data
- manage resources for educational purposes
- monitor educational developments
- operate open source software
- participate in scientific colloquia
- perform project management
- perform scientific research
- present reports
- promote open innovation in research
- promote the transfer of knowledge
- provide career counselling
- provide lesson materials
- provide technical expertise
- publish academic research
- scientific research methodology
- serve on academic committee
- speak different languages
- supervise doctoral students
- supervise educational staff
- supervise students in social services
- university procedures
- work with virtual learning environments
- write scientific publications
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