Uppsala Youth Guidance

Do you have extensive experience in social work with children and youth and training in motivational interviewing? Are you interested in informing and collaborating with the community about children's rights, equitable parenting, and how to seek early support from the social services or other parts of society? Apply to us at Uppsala Youth Guidance and become part of our important work!

Uppsala Youth Guidance is part of the social services' efforts for children and youth and is a non-authoritative unit that works with outreach and preventive work in collaboration with, among others, civil society. The unit consists of several coordinators, field secretaries, social workers in the field, and counselors. The work is conducted locally in several areas of Uppsala as well as centrally with coordination of various types of social interventions.

The municipality of Uppsala and Uppsala Youth Guidance are looking for a temporary community guide within preventive work in Uppsala. The starting point for the work is to increase knowledge about the social services' work and Swedish social services legislation, as well as investment in preventive work and increase knowledge about families' opportunities to seek early support and prevent misinformation. This means that you will be employed by the social services and the department for children and youth interventions and be placed at Uppsala Youth Guidance.

Here you can read more about Uppsala Youth Guidance (link) (https://www.uppsala.se/stod-och-omsorg/stod-till-barn-ungdom-och-familj/hjalp-till-barn-och-unga/uppsala-ungdomsjour/)

Your Mission

We are looking for someone who wants to join Uppsala Youth Guidance as a temporary community guide focusing on both opportunities and challenges to work together on the issue of the misinformation campaign that has been ongoing for a longer period.

In the role of community guide, you will inform and collaborate with civil society. This may involve children's rights, equitable parenting, issues regarding child upbringing in collaboration with family units, and how to seek early support from the social services or other parts of society. As a community guide, you should ensure that you or a cultural interpreter can be present at meetings with the social services if the family wishes to provide support and to follow up on what was said at the meeting.

Job Duties Include:

• In collaboration with a team colleague, lead and educate cultural interpreters who can serve as a bridge and support to families in their contact with social services.
• Find forms of collaboration within civil society for increased parental support to guardians whose children are taken into care under LVU.
• Lead training and dialogue forums in collaboration between social services, cultural associations, and religious communities such as Uppsala Mosque to increase knowledge about Swedish social services and early preventive measures.

The work requires you to work one evening a week and you will also work during larger information campaigns that may occasionally be scheduled on weekends.

Your Background

We are looking for someone with a degree in social work or another higher education that the employer deems relevant for the position, as well as training in motivational interviewing (MI). We would also like you to have training in systems theory.

To succeed in this role, you need to have at least 5 years of work experience after completing your education, of which 3 years should be in social work with children and youth. You should also have experience in multicultural work, work in socially vulnerable areas, and within social services. Experience in fieldwork and leadership is an advantage. Good knowledge of Swedish, both spoken and written, is a prerequisite. The job requires you to have a B driver's license. Additional language and cultural competencies are considered an asset.

As a person, you should be genuinely interested in working with early preventive measures, willing to work in a cross-professional team, and interested in developing the operations. You are used to working independently, see what needs to be done, and have a great understanding of and interest in how people seek help.

This job suits you if you are flexible and can see opportunities in changes. You are communicative and have an easy time listening and adapting your way of communicating. Furthermore, you are creative and take the initiative for various tasks. Additionally, you are good at creating, maintaining, and developing professional relationships and have good collaboration skills. Last but not least, we see that you are good at structuring, planning, and prioritizing your work.

Inquiries

If you have questions about the position or the recruitment process, contact: Hilde Wiberg, unit manager, 018-727 59 09.

Union representatives:
Akademikerförbundet SSR, Camilla Ahlsén Hoff, 018-727 24 34
Vision, Sofia Venemalm, 018-727 12 13.

If you have questions regarding the registration of your application, contact the unit for competence supply: 018-727 68 24.

Employment occurs only after the presentation of a criminal record extract.

In your application, you must indicate your citizenship. If you are not a citizen of Sweden, the EU, EEA, or Switzerland, you must also be able to prove that you have a valid work permit or are exempt from the requirement to have a work permit. Employment can only occur after verification of the work permit, which is required according to the Aliens Ordinance.

About Our Organization

Welcome to the social services. The mission of the social services is to provide good care and support and conduct operations that help individuals live an independent and active life. The social services (SCF) is led by a director and is divided into four departments: SCF Staff, Child and Youth Authority, Child and Youth Interventions, and Adults.

More information about working in Uppsala municipality can be found at work in Uppsala municipality (link) (https://www.uppsala.se/jobb/)

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