Lecturer or Senior Lecturer in Child and Adolescent (EHT1098-1018)

Your discipline. Your passion. Our success, together. 

About You 

The post requires a motivated individual with experience and knowledge of child and adolescent mental health and wellbeing within the health, social care or third sector context. With a team focus, flexible approach and excellent communication skills you will have a commitment to the delivery of an excellent student learning experience in a research active environment. With experience in delivery of teaching and learning, you will be eager to provide effective personal tutor support, advancing your own knowledge and expertise as well as maintaining currency by linking with external collaborators and partners. 

If you want to contribute to the development of the mental health and wellbeing workforce of the future and join a team of committed forward thinking academics, then this might be the role for you.

About the Role 

This is an opportunity to join a growing and highly innovative team and to contribute to the delivery of a range of programmes across the Faculty of Health & Social Care portfolio. Opportunities exist for the successful candidate to work with key staff in evolving a dynamic and contemporaneous curriculum. The successful candidate will teach, research, and supervise students across all academic levels. You will be able to apply teaching & learning strategies to real life situations, in delivering research informed teaching and practical experience across the Faculty of Health & Social Care portfolio. You will contribute to curriculum development and the department’s evolving research, reputation building and knowledge transfer activities.

Rewards/Benefits

We want you to feel happy when you come to work and proud when you go home.

From the moment you join us you have the opportunity to enhance your skills. We offer a range of specialist development sessions and academic development opportunities along with an award winning and comprehensive staff health & wellbeing programme (HR Excellence Awards 2017). This means you will receive a full academic induction, be enrolled if appropriate on our PGCTHE, benefit from the Edge Hill University CPD scheme (UKPSF) and our annual University Learning and Teaching day all to support your professional development. To support your wellbeing you are able to enjoy a lunchtime stroll across our beautiful campus, book to get a trim from our onsite hairdresser, your car valeted, or get together with colleagues over free food and drink to watch the latest film on one of our Film Nights and so much more. 

This is just a taste of what we are able to offer you at Edge Hill University.

About Us

“A great success story… an institution that improves and impresses year after year” – Times Higher Education. 

We are recognised for our outstanding achievements in student satisfaction, staff engagement, graduate employment and innovation as well as our strengthening research profile, investment and growth. The Times Higher ‘University of the Year’ award also celebrated our distinct role in “transforming lives” – reflecting a distinctive philosophy of creating opportunity from excellence.

The University has been ranked Best University Workplace (Times Higher Education 2015), judged Best UK Employer (European Business Awards 2016) and highly commended in Times Higher Education Leadership and Management Awards 2017 for Workplace of the Year.

Based on an award-winning campus in West Lancashire, Edge Hill University offers a stimulating and empowering environment for ambitious and high performing professionals.

For informal enquiries about this vacancy you may wish to contact:
Carol Kelly - Head of Applied Health & Social Care on kellyc@edgehill.ac.uk 

Closing Date: 15 Oct 2018
Category: Academic