Assistant Extension Professor

Job Summary

Innovations Institute at the University of Connecticut School of Social Work invites applications for a full-time (11-month appointment) non-tenure-track Assistant Extension Professor position. The UConn School of Social Work seeks highly motivated and productive individuals who are committed to service, outreach, education, and research.

The University of Connecticut School of Social Work (SSW) is a national leader in graduate social work education with a tradition of educating and serving diverse communities. Ranked no. 28 in Best Graduate Schools for Social Work by U.S. News & World Report, UConn SSW is among the top 9% nationwide and no. 1 in Connecticut. Innovations Institute is an interdisciplinary, translational research center that is housed within the SSW.

Innovations Institute is a leader in building effective public-serving systems to improve the well-being of and ensure vibrant futures for children, youth, their families, and communities. Innovations’ programs touch nearly every state and territory in the country and, through online and in-person training, Innovations has trained over 80,000 practitioners in child welfare, children’s behavioral health, and other child- and family-serving systems.

The impact of this work is improved quality and effectiveness of public-serving systems that are responsive to the unique needs of young people and their families.

Positions with Innovations Institute are fully remote with expected travel to UConn’s Hartford Campus twice annually. This appointment does not lead to permanent academic tenure and must be renewed.

The selected candidates will apply knowledge, concepts, principles, and skills across multiple projects or initiatives within the Innovations Institute. Projects will include partnerships with federal, state, and/or local government agencies to advance sustainable financing and develop integrated, customized policy approaches that strengthen public child- and family-serving systems.

• Provide technical assistance and consultation on system design, service array, managed care, financing, youth and family partnership, and implementation and quality improvement to government agencies, private organizations, grantees, and/or internal and external stakeholders related to children’s behavioral health and public child- and family-serving systems.
• Apply expert knowledge, concepts, principles, and skills to internal and external convenings, learning opportunities, technical assistance, consultation, publications and documents, and presentations and dissemination opportunities.
• May serve as an independent reviewer or similar expert consultant related to the implementation of agreements from litigation associated with public child- and family-serving systems, including consent decrees, settlement agreements, and other litigation addressing complaints associated with children’s behavioral health and provisions under Olmstead and Medicaid, including Early Periodic Screening, Diagnosis, and Treatment (EPSDT).
• Demonstrate and maintain strong professional competence in the field of public child- and family-serving systems, children’s behavioral health, and related systems and financing structures.
• Contribute to the development of tools, frameworks, and guidance documents that support sustainable and scalable improvements in public child- and family-serving systems.

• Master’s or terminal degree in social work or a related discipline.
• Experience as an executive leader/administrator in state public children’s behavioral health systems or services.
• Demonstrated understanding and knowledge of system design, service array (including mobile response and stabilization, intensive in-home services, peer support, and intensive care coordination), managed care, financing, youth and family partnership, and implementation and quality improvement, including within and across Medicaid, managed care, quality review processes, and structures of public child- and family-serving systems.
• Experience providing technical assistance or consultation to federal, state, and/or local government organizations and private…