Social Worker for Children and Family in Tomelilla

In Österlen, we create conditions for a high quality of life where Tomelilla municipality is a place for inspiration and development. The municipality has about 800 employees, and we offer you good development opportunities, participation through trust, and the possibility of a balance between work and leisure.

We are currently on a development journey focused on streamlining and improving our service. Our ambition is to be a leader in taking advantage of the opportunities that digitalization provides. In short, we aim to make it easy for everyone who lives in, works in, or visits Tomelilla municipality.

The Children and Family Unit consists of reception, investigation group, child secretary group, family law, family care, and administrators. The unit is led by a unit manager. In the workgroup, there is a positive atmosphere; we care for each other and support one another in our daily lives. We help each other handle difficult assessments and value our different experiences.

The foundation of our work is a trust-based approach. We believe that this working method creates conditions for a good working climate, increased motivation and engagement, increased flexibility and innovation, and reduced detailed control and bureaucracy. The guiding principles in our daily work are the best interests of the child, trust, openness, and a holistic view. If you start working with us, you will be part of a team with fantastic and dedicated colleagues. We offer you a challenging, varied, and meaningful job, a strong team spirit, continuous professional development, introduction, wellness benefits, flexible working hours, and the opportunity to work from home to some extent. - Liliana, Unit Manager

The best part of my job is the variety and the opportunity for creativity. It is rewarding to work to create better conditions and opportunities for the children and young people we meet. The best part of my workgroup is the combination of competence and humor. Tove, Social Worker

JOB RESPONSIBILITIES

Support and Care in Tomelilla is looking for a social worker for the Children and Family Authority.

Your main responsibilities as a social worker will be to conduct investigations according to SoL and LVU focused on children and youth aged 0-21 years, as well as to grant support and treatment measures and follow up on approved measures.

In acute situations, you need to be able to make quick assessments and decisions. You work with a high degree of independence within legislation, guidelines, and practice.

In your work, you are required to collaborate with the child's network as well as with internal and external partners, such as preschools, schools, BUP, and the police.

You should work with our citizens in focus based on a holistic view and contribute to the operation being characterized by professionalism and good treatment.

In your daily work, you will receive support and guidance from a unit manager and senior social worker who also drives method development together with you and your colleagues. You are also offered external supervision in your work.

QUALIFICATIONS

We are looking for an experienced social worker who has:

• Degree in social work or another equivalent degree according to the requirements of the National Board of Health and Welfare
• Experience in investigative work within social services
• Good knowledge of legislation within SoL and LVU
• Good ability to express yourself verbally and in writing
• Good collaboration skills and is also a good communicator

To thrive in the investigation group, you need to be flexible, unpretentious, and able to maintain a realistic perspective on situations that arise in daily work as an authority practitioner. As a person, we also see that you are stable, secure in your professional role, and responsive to the needs of children and families. You have an easy time planning, organizing, and prioritizing your tasks. You have a good ability to establish contact with people in vulnerable situations and enjoy collaborating. You are development-oriented and have good analytical and reflective skills.

It is advantageous if you have:

• Experience in authority work within children and family based on BBIC
• Experience in working with violence in close relationships
• Training in MI, Freda, Patriarch, Signs of Safety
• Other language skills

OTHER

Tomelilla municipality has a smoke-free working time.

Employees are sought on the condition that the position does not need to be claimed by already employed staff or persons with preferential rights.

To ensure the quality of the recruitment process and enable good communication with our applicants, applications must be submitted digitally via Visma recruit and not via email or paper format. In case of problems with the application, please contact Visma's support (0771-693 693).

In preparation for the recruitment work, Tomelilla municipality has taken a position on desirable recruitment channels and marketing. We therefore strongly request not to contact media sellers, recruitment sites, and similar.