Assistant/Associate/Professor - UW SSW Center for Integrative Oncology and Palliative Care Social Work (CIOPCSW)
Position Overview
Organization: School of Social Work
Title: Assistant/Associate/Professor - UW SSW Center for Integrative Oncology and Palliative Care Social Work (CIOPCSW)
Position Details
Position Description
The University of Washington, School of Social Work (UW SSW) invites applications for an open rank tenure track position to assume leadership of the UW SSW Center for Integrative Oncology and Palliative Care Social Work (CIOPCSW), effective no later than September 16, 2025. This is a full-time position, with a 9-month service period, September 16 through June 15 annually, with up to 2.5 paid months of summer salary based on curricular and administrative need. The base salary range for the position would be Assistant Professor: $11,000-12,500 per month; Associate Professor: $12,500 - 16,000 per month; or Full Professor: $16,000 - 18,500 per month; commensurate with experience and qualifications, or as mandated by a U.S. Department of Labor prevailing wage determination.
The University of Washington School of Social Work is recognized nationally and internationally for its innovative, collaborative, and rigorous engagement with complex social and health issues. Hallmarks of the School include its leadership in conceptualizing and addressing the Social Work Grand Challenges; the establishment of nationally recognized Research Centers within the School, including the CIOPCSW; integration at the university level into the Health Sciences Division (including Medicine, Nursing, Pharmacy, Dentistry and Public Health); and innovative educational programs at the BASW, MSW and PhD levels.
Located in a dynamic, and diverse urban setting, the School has strong interdisciplinary and community ties, and ranks among the top 3 schools of social work in the country. Support for faculty research and teaching includes both internal departmental supports as well as University-wide centers and initiatives. The School of Social Work is dedicated to the goal of building a culturally diverse, inclusive and pluralistic faculty and staff committed to research, teaching and working in a global multicultural environment.
The Center for Integrative Oncology and Palliative Care Social Work was created with a $1 million endowment in 2018. This first-of-its-kind center at a school of social work has three objectives: to educate and provide professional development to the next generation of oncology and palliative care social work professionals; to provide funding for and conduct research on social work, psychosocial and systems issues in oncology and palliative care; and to sponsor community education events on oncology and palliative care issues. With the creation of the Center, the School now provides scholarships to 10 – 13 MSW students per year who participate in a specialized integrative seminar and field placement through the Carol LaMare Scholars Program. Since its inception, the Carol LaMare Scholars Program has graduated over 150 MSW students and 5 doctoral students, most of whom work within oncology, hospice, palliative care and other health-based settings in the Seattle region.
The Director of the CIOPCSW provides strategic planning, leadership, and administrative oversight; coordination with the Carol LaMare Scholars teaching professor; and participates in fund development for the Center’s and School’s activities related to oncology, end of life care, and death and bereavement programming. The Director will lead social work research both individually and as a member of existing interdisciplinary teams engaged in research activities.
The University of Washington is a national leader in oncology and palliative care research and clinical teaching. For example, UW is home to institutions such as the NIH/NCI-funded Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center, the Center that pioneered bone marrow transplantation and remains at the forefront of cancer research and treatment. The UW also established the Cambia Palliative Care Center of Excellence which was one of the first funded research centers on hospice and palliative care. The UW Department of Psychiatry has pioneered the integration of behavioral health into primary care settings, a model which is currently used to support patient care at the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center and is integrated in the current SSW approach to behavioral health teaching program. Research opportunities exist at the micro, mezzo and macro levels of social work practice. These community and institutional supports provide a rich intellectual and clinical environment for the CIOPCSW.
Our School’s social justice mission leads us to invest in recruiting colleagues who in their scholarship, teaching, and service, demonstrate experience with, knowledge of, and sensitivity to the needs of culturally diverse and oppressed populations.
Faculty engage in research/scholarship, service, and teaching across the BASW, MSW and PhD levels, supporting the School's commitment to excellent teaching. Tenure track faculty implement and maintain productive research trajectories with a commitment to exemplary scholarship, high quality publications, and preparation of fundable research proposals. They integrate an understanding of the significance of race in American society, including the nature and persistence of racial inequality and inequity and their specific consequences in health care settings.
Faculty participate in shared governance of the School and serve on committees that implement the School’s vision across research, curricular, and community activities. Among the core missions of the School of Social Work are social justice; educating a deeply diverse student body holding a range of worldviews; and, leveraging faculty commitment to work with marginalized communities.
Positive factors that may be considered in evaluation for the CIOPCSW Director position, include but are not limited to:
● an established body of research focused in an area of oncology or hospice/palliative care
● an active program of research in developing and using innovative approaches in one of the core areas of the CIOPCSW
● documented expertise in bringing depth and experience in clinical/direct practice to culturally responsive research
● success in obtaining extramural funding or demonstrated potential to obtain extramural funding
● clear commitment and demonstrated capacity to issues of social justice in research and teaching
● the ability to incorporate inter-professional and trans-disciplinary perspectives
● experience in relevant direct or clinical social work practice in oncology or end of life care
Qualifications
● a PHD or foreign equivalent in Social Work or an appropriate social or health science discipline.
● an MSW from a CSWE accredited program or foreign equivalent
● 2 years post-MSW experience
Instructions
The University of Washington uses Interfolio's Faculty Search to conduct faculty recruitments. Applications and/or other application materials not submitted electronically will not be considered. The search will begin immediately and continue until the position is closed. For best consideration, submit applications by February 15, 2025, or until the positions are filled.
Please submit the following materials:
1. Letter of application outlining research, teaching, and practice areas;
2. Curriculum vitae;
3. Contact information for Three (3) to Five (5) references;
4. Copies of teaching evaluations and samples of course syllabi, and
5. Examples of scholarly work
6. A diversity statement: a brief statement on how your teaching, research and/or service contribute to diversity through scholarship or by improving access to higher education for underrepresented individuals or groups
Inquiries can be directed to Don Berg (sswhr@uw.edu) subject line: Application for CIOPCSW Director.
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Benefits Information
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