Welsh Language Development Tutor

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Weekly Working Hours: 18.5 Fixed Term Contract: End Date: Not Applicable Welsh Language: Essential Change your career, change lives The Open University is the UK's largest university, a world leader in flexible part-time education combining a mission to widen access to higher education with research excellence, transforming lives through education. Find out more about us and our mission by watching this short video (you will be taken to YouTube by clicking this link). About the Role This exciting post enables the postholder to play an active role in the development of opportunities for students to use the Welsh language in their studies for the BA (Hons) Social Work (Wales) at the Open University (OU) in Wales. The OU is committed to meeting the needs of Welsh students, while our commitment to educational opportunity and social justice are encapsulated in our mission statement, in that 'The Open University is open to people, places, methods and ideas'. The Social Work Programme encourages students and staff to use the Welsh language, whatever their level of ability. In practice, this includes the delivery of bilingual face to face workshops (depending on the language skills of tutors), electronic communication, and provision of key documents in the medium of Welsh. Students can complete the academic and practice elements of the degree in Welsh and/or English, and our students welcome this choice. Your role will be to take a lead in ensuring adequate and appropriate support for Welsh speaking students as they study for the social work degree (both academically and in their practice learning settings), focussing on the practice learning modules. You will build on what has already been achieved by supporting students, updating resources and taking a role in staff development to enable tutors and others to provide appropriate support with regard to the Welsh language. You will also work with the social work team in Wales and Milton Keynes to ensure appropriate support with regard to the Welsh Language within a four nation UK-wide perspective. You will also engage with the academic community in Wales and further afield, through collaboration with partners, Social Care Wales, and other Higher Education Institutions (HEIs), as well as with the Coleg Cymraeg Cenedlaethol. You will also contribute to the academic life of the Social Work Department, and will develop your own academic profile. Key Responsibilities Work with the Professional Lead for Social Work (Wales) and other staff to promote and develop opportunities for the use of Welsh in the social work practice modules of the BA (Hons) Social Work (Wales) Work with the Student Support Team, Faculty staff, Associate Lecturers and Practice Tutors to identify students whose preferred language is Welsh, and to provide appropriate support; As required, and with a particular focus on Welsh medium communication, provide advice and support to students and advise designated members of staff on their progress and support needs; Promote and develop students' academic writing skills, including submission of assignments in Welsh (for example, provision of Welsh medium guidance, delivery of online/face to face support as appropriate); Brief and support Associate Lecturers and Practice Tutors with a view to ensuring the quality delivery of the practice learning modules, with particular regard to the promotion of bilingual delivery; Assist in the quality assurance of practice learning including supporting the work of Programme Tutors where Welsh medium support is required; Advise the Faculty on Welsh medium teaching strategies in the practice learning modules, in the light of feedback from tutors and students; Work in partnership with other Social Work programmes in Wales to develop Wales-wide opportunities to promote the use of Welsh in Social Work education and practice; Participate in the social work subject area network of the Coleg Cymraeg Cenedlaethol; Undertake marketing and external relations activities to promote the Social Work degree, with a particular emphasis on recruiting Welsh speaking students; Seek further external funding for the purposes of developing appropriate support for social work students within the OU and in partnership with other Social Work programmes in Wales; Provide regular progress reports to the Professional Lead for Social Work (Wales), the Social Work Programme Delivery Group, and the wider Faculty as appropriate; Contribute to the Faculty's research and scholarship portfolio by developing and implementing a personal research/scholarship plan in accordance with the Faculty's Research and Scholarship Strategy, identifying and taking advantage of opportunities to promote their subject area within the wider Welsh medium community, for instance by publishing material in journals such as Gwerddon and presenting papers to conferences and fora. Represent the Faculty and the Open University in Wales on relevant external committees and groups; Assis

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