Assistant/Associate Teaching Professor - Mental and Behavioral Health Practice - School of Social Welfare

Position Overview

Salary range: The current salary range for the Assistant-level position is $80,800 - $128,700 (9-month academic year salary); the current salary range for the Associate-level position is $99,600 - $149,500 (9-month academic year salary). However, off-scale salary and other components of pay, which would yield compensation that is higher than this range, are offered to meet competitive conditions.

Anticipated start: July 1, 2026

Application Window

Open date: July 25, 2025

Next review date: Tuesday, Sep 2, 2025 at 11:59pm (Pacific Time). Apply by this date to ensure full consideration by the committee.

Final date: Tuesday, Sep 2, 2025 at 11:59pm (Pacific Time). Applications will continue to be accepted until this date.

Position Description

The School of Social Welfare at the University of California, Berkeley invites applications for an Assistant or Associate Teaching Professor, with a specialty in the use of evidence-based mental health interventions with individuals and/or groups/families. We are particularly interested in candidates who have a record of remediating mental illness among children and adults within a variety of service settings and across a variety of populations (e.g., developmental stage, presenting problems, primary language).

Located within the world's finest public university and one of the most diverse regions in the nation, the UC Berkeley School of Social Welfare provides statewide, national, and global leadership in evidence-informed practice and policies. Berkeley Social Welfare develops effective leaders and scholars committed to solving complex social problems; produces, disseminates and utilizes research to improve social-service delivery and policy through critical thinking and evidence-based knowledge; and prepares the next generation of multi-level social work practitioners, researchers, and teachers dedicated to serving the most vulnerable members of our society.

Rank will be determined based on qualifications and experience. If appointed at the Assistant Teaching Professor level, this position has the potential for security of employment after approximately 6 years. Security of employment is the equivalent of tenure, and includes membership in the University's Academic Senate, and voting authority on School Senate decisions. A candidate appointed at the Associate Teaching Professor rank would have security of employment, or the equivalent to tenure, at the time of hire.

The Professor of Teaching series is used for appointees who are members of the faculty of an academic or professional college, school, division, department, or program of the University whose primary responsibility is teaching and teaching-related tasks and secondary responsibility is professional and/or scholarly achievement and activity, including creative activity, especially as they relate to instruction and pedagogy. The faculty in this series also have responsibility for University and public service. An appointee in this series will regularly carry a heavier load of teaching than appointees in the professorial series.

Responsibilities

• Use substantial experience providing and/or supervising evidence-based mental health interventions with individuals and/or groups/families in social work-relevant settings (e.g., clinics, hospitals, agencies, schools) in the provision of social work education;
• Teach courses assigned courses by Dean and Chair with a focus on evidence-based interventions with individuals and groups/families;
• Teach across the intervention cycle (engagement, assessment, intervention, and evaluation) with an orientation toward multi-level practice that is strength-based, evidence-informed, ecologically-grounded, and justice-promoting;
• Collaborate on the design and delivery of the Master of Social Work (MSW) curriculum as aligned with standards of the university and the Council on Social Work Education (CSWE) - primarily for the MSW program, but also for the undergraduate and doctoral program as relevant;
• Provide leadership in advancing translational efforts and synergistic innovation in the research-practice-education nexus;
• Serve on school and university committees as needed (e.g., admissions committee);
• Serve as a primary source of pedagogical expertise for the departmental teaching staff;
• Provide pedagogical and intellectual leadership to the field of social work education through innovation and evaluation of mental health interventions (e.g., motivational interviewing, dialectical behavior therapy, parent training) for children and adults;
• Collaborate on the development and delivery of external communications pertinent to the School's teaching mission.

The School is committed to addressing the family needs of faculty. We are interested in candidates who have had non-traditional career paths, have taken time off for family reasons, or have achieved excellence in careers outside academia.

Qualifications

Basic qualifications (required at time of application): A PhD or equivalent degree, or enrolled in a PhD or equivalent international degree-granting program at the time of application.

Additional qualifications (required at time of start): A PhD from an accredited school or university, or equivalent as recognized by OSWA or ISWDRES.

Preferred qualifications: An MSW degree, or equivalent international degree program in Social Work/Welfare or related clinical field, plus a minimum of two years of post-MSW practice experience providing direct services to clients. A minimum of 5 years of social work direct practice experience and 5 years of teaching experience is preferred. Also preferred is an established or promising record of substantial impact in their areas of expertise. This record is demonstrable through clinical experience and skill, and/or a program of research that directly supports multi-level social work practice; the ability to teach core courses in the School's curriculum; and general expertise in the fields of social work and social welfare.

We seek an individual who has: A demonstrated record of knowledge development and dissemination related to social work practice and/or pedagogy (e.g., scholarly publications, published training materials, user guides, and/or manuals); A demonstrated record of excellent teaching and supervision/mentorship as demonstrated by university teaching experience and superior classroom evaluations—especially as it relates to building multi-level skills for social work practice; Substantial experience in social work practice with expertise in mental health interventions with individuals and groups/families; A demonstrated record of leadership relevant to bridging social work research, social work education, and social work practice; A demonstrated commitment to multi-level social work practice; A demonstrated record of experience in practicing social work in underserved communities; An established or promising track record of collegial teamwork and university citizenship needed for a range of leadership roles and service duties in a public institution.

Application Requirements

Document requirements: Curriculum Vitae; Cover Letter (Optional); Statement of Research-Informed Practice; Statement of Teaching and Mentoring; Teaching Portfolio (Optional); Teaching Evaluations; Authorization of Information Release form.

Reference requirements: 3 required (contact information only).