Vacant job

Kullabygden's DBT home is part of Nytida/Friab, working to change the lives of children, youth, and adults who need care and treatment that leads to change. We specialize in DBT and work with several different methods that are CBT-oriented. The goal is to create sustainable changes for girls aged 14-20 with mental health issues and self-harming behavior, often in combination with various destructive behaviors. Kullabygden's DBT home consists of Hulta Gård, Villa Lerhamn, and supported housing. The primary treatment method of the units is dialectical behavior therapy, which is combined with individual therapy and skills training at the group level.

We offer you an exciting job with varied tasks where you can grow in your role as a therapist. You who apply will gain good knowledge in DBT skills and the opportunity to improve in what you do with support from colleagues, managers, and supervisors.

Kullabygden's DBT home is now looking for therapists/summer substitutes We prefer that you have relevant education, preferably a social worker/behavioral scientist 180 HP or social pedagogue/therapeutic pedagogue (YH).

You have preferably worked in a similar role, have experience in treatment conversations, and can create safety and trust in interaction with the client. You have experience working with group treatment and good knowledge of evidence-based treatment methods such as DBT, CBT, ACT, and MI.

Your qualifications To work with us, you should have a genuine interest in working with people, you should find it easy to create trusting relationships while being able to set boundaries and be clear in your adult role. You are skilled at handling situations where stress also occurs and understand the importance of being self-driven, having the ability to make your own decisions, and being able to address emerging situations. To thrive in the role, you should be driven to achieve set goals and enjoy collaborating with colleagues as well as working independently. You are clear and decisive, have high integrity, are professional and respectful in your approach. You experience joy in your work, have self-distance and humor, and enjoy variations in work intensity, where sometimes there is a calmer everyday life mixed with high tempo focusing on solutions. You are unpretentious and enjoy learning new things.

As treatment staff, you work directly with our youth in treatment. You will also work with case management, which means you are responsible for one or more young people. The work includes collaborating with their families/networks, social workers, and other stakeholders. To ensure that assignments and goals are met, we work systematically with implementation plans in the treatment work. You are responsible, together with your youth/young people, for establishing and following up on the individual implementation plan. We prefer that you have experience with documentation.

In your work, you need to be prepared to handle difficult situations, such as meeting our youth when they are downcast as well as upset. You need to be able to handle situations where, for example, a youth has self-harmed. You should be able to manage stressful situations and have the courage to set boundaries and be consistent in your work with our youth even during difficult times. You should show that you stand firm and steady even when the storm has settled. The work also includes maintaining everyday routines and structure, such as cleaning, cooking, driving youth to school, activities, etc.

A driver's license is required.

We will call for interviews on an ongoing basis. Those offered employment are required by law to provide a certificate from the Swedish Police Authority's criminal record.