Welsh Medium Social Work Lecturer

£39,355 to £45,413 per year, pro rata, together with USS pension benefits

Contract Type:

Contract

Hours:

Disability Confident:

No

Closing Date:

12/02/2026

This is a fixed term role, until 30th September 2028 working 28 hours per week.

The Department of Social Work is a reputed provider of pre and post qualifying social work education and research.

Located within the School of Health and Social Care at Swansea University, the department is dedicated to the provision of high quality inclusive social work education and to working in partnership with students, citizens, Social Care Wales and our Local Authority partner organisations.

This is an exciting opportunity for an individual who is an experienced fluent Welsh speaker, with a professional background in social work and training.

The main role will involve teaching, assessing and supporting Welsh language students and help to strengthen the links between our various programmes of study and our key stakeholders via the Welsh language.

The post-holder will work collaboratively with the Coleg Cymraeg Cenedlaethol and the University in adhering to the Welsh language strategy and help achieve the targets set for Welsh-medium provision and students electing to study through the medium of Welsh within this subject.

The post-holder will be a part of a wider community of academic staff at Swansea and throughout Wales who are working towards growing the Welsh language as a medium of teaching and research within the Department of Social Work