Practice Education Manager - Social Work And Counselling

As part of the UQ community, you’ll have the opportunity to work alongside the brightest minds, who have joined us from all over the world.

Everyone here has a role to play. As a member of our professional staff cohort, you will be actively involved in working towards our vision of a better world. By supporting the academic endeavour across teaching, research, and the student life, you’ll have the opportunity to contribute to activities that have a lasting impact on our community.

Join a community where excellence is at the core of our culture, contributions are valued and a range of benefits and rewards are available, such as:

• 26 weeks paid parental leave or 14 weeks paid primary caregiver leave

• 17% superannuation contributions

• 17.5% annual leave loading

• Access to flexible working arrangements including hybrid working options and, flexible start/finish times

• Health and wellness discounts – fitness passport access, free yearly flu vaccinations, discounted health insurance, and access to our Employee Assistance Program for staff and their immediate family

• On campus childcare options

• Cheap parking (from just $5.75 a day)

• Salary packaging options

This is an exciting opportunity to join the School of Nursing, Midwifery and Social Work as a Practice Education Manager. As the Practice Education Manager, you will be responsible for the supervision, management, and overall coordination of the School Practice Education Team for the Social Work and Counselling discipline practice sites. You will initiate, develop, and maintain all practice systems and processes to ensure best practice that underpins student practice learning. You will be responsible for maintaining and supporting practice placements opportunities across the School and work closely with the Workplace Integrated Learning team in the Faculty to facilitate ongoing management of strategic provider relationships.

This role will require travel to practice sites where students undertake simulation and practice placement.

Key responsibilities will include: 

• People management

• Practice education coordination

• Practice education

This is a part-time (60%), continuing position.

At HEW level 8, the full-time equivalent base salary will be in the range $106,838 - $119,780, plus a generous super allowance of up to 17%. The total FTE package will be up to $125,000 - $140,143 annually. As this role is covered by an Enterprise Agreement, you will also receive regular remuneration increases – at least once a year.

This role may include the following travel, out of hours Work and leave considerations:

• The provision of services and/or attendance at events outside of normal business hours as required.

• The position is based at St Lucia, however some work may occur off campus at various sites as dictated by placement locations.

• It is expected that planned leave will be taken outside of the primary practice teaching periods that align with the academic calendar or practice placement periods.

The start date of this position is to be negotiated, with the possibility of commencement from Semester 2 2024.

• A relevant postgraduate qualification and extensive relevant experience; or an equivalent combination of relevant experience and/or education/training, within a health setting.

• Demonstrated experience of managing a team based at multiple locations.

• Demonstrated leadership, communication skills, including the ability to supervise and motivate staff to deliver a high quality, student-centred service to students and academics within the School and clients external to the School.

• Demonstrated ability to effectively manage and maintain relationships with new and existing placement providers by demonstrating strong consultation and negotiation skills.

• Knowledge of current evidence-based approaches in relevant discipline and Practice Education issues, curriculum design, and accreditation requirements as related to Practice Education.

• Ability to work collaboratively with colleagues.

• The ability to communicate and report on your work to various stakeholders across the School, University and External providers.

• Demonstrated understanding of the demands and opportunities within a complex and multidisciplinary practice and/or interprofessional teaching environment.

• Willingness and ability to facilitate. Interprofessional Education / Interprofessional Learning.

In addition, the following mandatory requirements apply:

• Work Rights: You must have unrestricted work rights in Australia for the duration of this appointment to apply. Visa sponsorship is not available for this appointment. 

• Professional Registrations and Licenses: It is a requirement of this position that the incumbent holds and maintains a full professional qualification that means they are eligible for registration with the appropriate regulatory or professional body such as AASW and/or PACFA.

• Working with Children (Blue Card): It is a requirement of this position that prior to commencement the incumbent holds and maintains a current blue card.

For more information about this opportunity, please contact Audrey Brown, School Manager, at ************@uq.edu.au.

For application queries, please contact ******@uq.edu.au stating the job reference number (below) in the subject line. 
 

All applicants must upload the following documents in order for your application to be considered:

• Cover letter addressing the ‘About You’ section  

• Resume 

At UQ we know that our greatest strengths come from our diverse mix of colleagues, this is reflected in our ongoing commitment to creating an environment focused on equity, diversity and inclusion.  We ensure that we are always attracting, retaining and promoting colleagues who are representative of the diversity in the broader community, whether that be gender identity, LGBTQIA+, cultural and/or linguistic, Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander peoples, or people with a disability. Accessibility requirements and/or adjustments can be directed to ******@uq.edu.au.

If you are a current employee (including casual staff and HDR scholars) or hold an unpaid/affiliate appointment, please login to your staff Workday account and visit the internal careers board to apply for this opportunity. Please do NOT apply via the external job board.

Applications close Friday 8th March 2024 at 11.00pm AEST (Job Reference Number - R-34739).

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