Teaching Opportunities

Application deadline: January 23, 2026

Pursuant to Article 16 of the CUPE 4600 Unit 2 Collective Agreement, applications are invited from members of the CUPE 4600-2 bargaining unit and other interested persons to teach the following School of Social Work courses during the 2026 Summer Term:

Application Procedures and Deadlines: Please complete the electronic application (linked here and below), identifying each course for which you would like to be considered and attaching an up-to-date CV, by January 23, 2026. Cover letters are not required for those only applying to a course for which they have incumbency.

Please follow this link to apply.

Summer 2026 Courses:

SOWK 1002 Introduction to Social Work (0.5 credit)
July-August

Introduction to the profession of social work; evolution of the social work profession in Canada; social work knowledge, values and skills. Explores professional and regulatory social work bodies and international linkages.

• Required Academic Qualifications and Skills: Candidates must hold an MSW (or related) degree.
• Required Professional Qualifications and Skills: Minimum three years post-MSW experience working in social work practice.
• Teaching Competence: Candidates are required to have experience teaching social work practice courses and must be prepared to use Brightspace, Zoom, Microsoft Teams, and other web-based teaching platforms.
• Other Relevant Experience: Management ability to coordinate and communicate with Teaching Assistants and to manage a large class of students.

SOWK 2301 Working with Children and Youth (0.5 credit)

July-August

Preventative and protective social work intervention with children and youth. Issues addressed include: child neglect, abuse and violence in the context of family; organizational mandates, and social and political contexts; programs and services for children and youth.

• Required Academic Qualifications and Skills: Candidates must hold an MSW (or related) degree.
• Required Professional Qualifications and Skills: Recent experience in social work practice with children and youth and/or child protection practice.
• Teaching Competence: Candidates are required to have experience teaching courses in working with children and youth and/or child protection practice. Must be prepared to use Brightspace, Zoom, Microsoft Teams, and other web-based teaching platforms. An ability to coordinate and communicate with a team of Teaching Assistants, and familiarity with on-line education.
• Other Relevant Experience: Candidates must have demonstrated significant work experience in direct social work practice with children and youth and/or child protection.
  

SOWK 4210/5702 Addictions (0.5 credit)
May-June
Clinical and community-based approaches and practices to manage and address substance use/addictions/dependences, taught within a cross-listed undergraduate/graduate course.

• Required Academic Qualifications and Skills: Candidates must hold an MSW (or related) degree.
• Required Professional Qualifications and Skills: Minimum three years post-MSW experience; expertise and significant experience in addiction-related policy and social work practice. Expert understanding of policy formation and service delivery models, with particular knowledge and understanding of harm reduction, safe injection, and peer support programs.
• Teaching Competence: Candidates are required to have experience teaching social work courses and must be prepared to use Brightspace, Zoom, Microsoft Teams, and other web-based teaching platforms.
• Other Relevant Experience: Candidates must have demonstrated significant work experience in the area of addiction-related practice and direct intervention. Community-based practice experience is an asset.

  Faculty Liaison (Summer 2026):

*Students registered in SOWK 4602 are counted as a 0.5 enrolment when calculating course capacity.

Required Academic Qualifications and Skills: Candidates must hold an MSW degree from an accredited school and be a Registered Social Worker (RSW) in Ontario.

Required Professional Qualifications and Skills: Expertise in social work practice with individuals and families, communities, research, policy and/or advocacy.

Teaching Competence: Candidates are required to have experience teaching social work practice.

Training and Orientation: Candidates must be willing to engage in limited one-on-one orientation with the relevant Practicum Coordinator and to use university supports and resources to develop skill and ability to use related learning technology (i.e., Brightspace LMS platform, cuPortfolio platform, etc.). Significant self-directed learning is needed when occupying this role for the first time. In addition, candidates must be willing to attend scheduled Faculty Liaison meetings occurring once per placement term at the School of Social Work.

Email communication: Successful candidates will be provided with a Carleton email address which is the only email address to be used with assigned placement students and Field Supervisors. Carleton email servers are secure and compliant with student and agency privacy needs.

Response times:  For the duration of the contract, Faculty Liaisons are expected to respond to all field related emails within 24 to 48 business hours and to be physically accessible to their field team (e.g., students and Field Supervisor) within 24 to 48 business hours in the event of an emergency. Please note that practicums continue during university reading weeks and thus faculty liaison availability is required during that week as outlined above.

Group size: Maximum group size for seminars will vary, as follows:

SOWK 4600/1/2             20 students

SOWK 5606/07              20 students

Please note that registrants in SOWK 4602 are counted as a 0.5 enrolment when calculating course capacity.

Core Functions: Faculty Liaisons are responsible for conducting a minimum of two consultation meetings with Field Supervisors and students during each placement: one at the start and one at the mid-point. The initial consultation should be held in person if preferred by the agency or organization. For SOWK 3600, a third consultation is required near the end of the placement. In addition, Faculty Liaisons are expected to provide further consultations with agencies when significant issues arise within the placement or when requested by the agency.

Faculty Liaisons are expected to facilitate six (6) seminars, manage and assess all practicum assignments, coordinate and oversee evaluation processes and submit the final grade for placement to Practicum Coordinators at the end of the placement term. Facilitation may also include oversight of students engaging in the Practicum Learning Portal (PLP) on Brightspace, as well as providing supplemental clinical supervision to students who are being supervised by a Registered Psychotherapist. In these relatively rare situations, this will entail 3 sessions of group supervision involving the Field Supervisor and student(s). This supervision will occur during the placement to ensure oversight from a professional social work perspective. Faculty Liaisons are responsible for assessing final evaluations and portfolios.

Vacation Leave Requests: Limited absences for vacation or personal reasons (up to 10 days) will be considered, provided:

• The Faculty Liaison is fully available to respond to students at the beginning and end of the placement term, an approximate 2 to 4-week period that may vary depending on the level of seminar group assigned.
• The vacation leave does not conflict with scheduled field seminars.
• The Faculty Liaison is able to present a plan for how they will meet the requirements of the position as outlined here and meet the needs of students during the absence. This may include availability by email (24 to 48-hour response time).

Pre-Posting Hiring Decisions

The following courses have been assigned to graduate students, post-doctoral students, or visiting scholars per Article 17. These courses are not open for applications, but the department will contact the most senior incumbent to review their rights under Article 17.6 of the CUPE 4600-2 Collective Agreement.

Summer 2026

SOWK 1001 (0.5 credit) Introduction to Social Welfare

To Apply

Please apply here if you are interested in teaching with the School of Social Work in Summer 2026.

Application deadline: January 23, 2026

Applications submitted after January 23, 2026 will not be considered until after the first round of applications are reviewed and assigned.

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