ChAP Director (NTT Faculty Position)

Posting Summary The Rutgers University School of Social Work is currently seeking a non-tenure, teaching or professional practice track ( NTT ) faculty member to serve as the MSW program’s Promoting Child and Adolescent Well Being Certificate Program (ChAP) Director. ChAP’s primary goal is to educate master’s level students in implementing developmentally-informed interventions in their social work careers with infants, children, adolescents, and families regardless of students’ practice specialization and across a range of practice domains and child-serving systems (child welfare, children’s mental health, educational, juvenile justice, hospitals etc.). The faculty member will teach between 3 and 6 courses per year (determined by the number of students participating in the program) develop and place students in child and adolescent related practicum learning settings, oversee student placement experience, manage student experience in the certificate program, teach Seminars in Field Instruction ( SIFI ), represent the school and the certificate program in the University and the community, contribute to curriculum development, and other related duties as assigned. All NTT faculty members are expected to engage in scholarly/professional dissemination and service activities in accordance with their rank. This is a 12-month (calendar year) New Brunswick based position subject to contractual renewals. Rank appointment and salary is commensurate with experience.

Overview RUSSW , ranked #12 among MSW programs in the nation, is among the largest and most diverse social work programs in the United States, offering BASW , MSW , DSW , and Ph.D. degrees to over 2,000 students across three campuses in Camden (Philadelphia metropolitan area), Newark (New York metropolitan area), and New Brunswick, the flagship campus. The School’s externally funded portfolio exceeds $50 million. RUSSW research and practice centers include the Center for Research on Ending Violence, the Center for Prevention Science, the Center for Gambling Studies, the Hub for Aging Collaboration, and the Institute for Families, a multi-million-dollar partnership with NJ’s Departments of Human Services and Children and Families. Founded in 1766, Rutgers is the eighth-oldest institution of higher learning in the United States, and a major research university. Rutgers is a member of the Association of American Universities, a federation of 62 leading research universities in the US and Canada, and the Big Ten Academic Alliance, an academic consortium of Big 10 universities that collectively engage in over $10 billion in funded research each year. Outside the School, there are rich opportunities for collaboration with other professional schools at Rutgers, including the School of Public Health, the School of Communication and Information, the School of Management and Labor Relations, the School of Criminal Justice, and the Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, to name but a few. New Jersey offers a wide range of communities in which to live, easy access to major cities on the East Coast and Washington, DC, and a great quality of life.