Contract Instructor Opportunities Spring/Summer 2025
Application deadline: January 31, 2025
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 Summer 2025 term.
Application Procedures and Deadlines: Please complete the electronic application below, identifying each course for which you would like to be considered and attaching an up-to-date CV, by January 31, 2025. Cover letters are not required for those only applying to a course for which they have incumbency.
Please follow this link to apply.
Summer 2025 Courses:
SOWK 1001 Introduction to Social Welfare (0.5 credit)
Core Course
May – June
Explores definitions of social welfare and the structure of the Canadian welfare state; evolution and devolution of the welfare state in Canada; social welfare and its relationship to social work, social change, and social justice.
- 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 policy courses in social work or other social science disciplines and must be prepared to use Brightspace, Zoom and other web-based teaching platforms.
- Other Relevant Experience: Management ability to coordinate and communicate with a team of Teaching Assistants, to manage a large class of students, and familiarity with on-line and distance education.
| Designated Modality | Online – Asynchronous | Please note that anticipated TA support is based on anticipated enrollment and may change based on actual enrollment in a course. |
| Anticipated TA Support * | No | |
| Anticipated Enrollment | 50 |
SOWK 1002 Introduction to Social Work (0.5 credit)
Core Course
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 and other web-based teaching platforms.
- Other Relevant Experience: Management ability to coordinate and communicate with a team of Teaching Assistants, to manage a large class of students, and familiarity with on-line and distance education.
| Designated Modality | Online – Asynchronous | Please note that anticipated TA support is based on anticipated enrollment and may change based on actual enrollment in a course. |
| Anticipated TA Support * | No | |
| Anticipated Enrollment | 50 |
SOWK 2301 Working with Children and Youth (0.5 credit)
Elective Course
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 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.
| Designated Modality | Online – Synchronous | Please note that anticipated TA support is based on anticipated enrollment and may change based on actual enrollment in a course. |
| Anticipated TA Support * | Yes | |
| Anticipated Enrollment | 100 |
SOWK 4210/5702 Addictions (0.5 credit)
Elective Course
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 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.
| Designated Modality | Online – Synchronous | Please note that anticipated TA support is based on anticipated enrollment and may change based on actual enrollment in a course. |
| Anticipated TA Support * | No | |
| Anticipated Enrollment | 35 |
Faculty Liaison (Summer 2025):
| Course | Term | Modality | Number of Sections | Anticipated Enrolment |
| SOWK 4600/4601/4602/5607 | May-August | Online Synchronous | 1 | 15 |
| SOWK 4600/4601/4602 | May-August | In Person | 2 | 15 |
| SOWK 5606/5607 | May-August | In Person | 3 | 15 |
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 15 students
SOWK 5606/07 15 students
Core Functions: Faculty Liaisons are expected to complete at least one on-site consultation meeting with Field Supervisors and students, and a minimum of one telephone consultation (mid-point) per placement. In addition, Faculty Liaisons are expected to hold additional consultations with agencies where significant issues are arising on the placement and where agencies request them to do so.
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 Instructor and student(s). This clinical supervision will occur during the placement, in order to establish clinical input from a 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)
To Apply
Please apply here if you are interested in teaching with the School of Social Work in Summer 2025.
Application deadline: January 31, 2025
Applications submitted after January 31, 2025 will not be considered until after the first round of applications are reviewed and assigned.