Uddevalla – a place for life

Welcome to become a part of our growing municipality - and to work with us to provide our residents with even better service.

We offer an attractive workplace that gives you great opportunities to develop in your professional role. Our goal is for everyone to thrive and grow - throughout their entire working life. We also want to develop as an employer and actively work to make the best use of your knowledge and commitment. We appreciate and encourage co-creation from everyone.

Uddevalla municipality is a beautiful place by the sea in the heart of Bohuslän. We believe in an open and positive interaction between the municipality, education, business, and culture.

We hope you will enjoy being with us!

About the workplace

We are now looking for a child secretary and hope that you want to be part of our wonderful team and community at the Family Home Unit! Here you will be offered a meaningful and varied job in an engaged and pleasant work group.

In the role of child secretary, you will work with following up on children placed in foster care. You will have close collaboration with our foster care secretaries and work in a team around the placed child and their network. You will work and plan to ensure that the children have a favorable situation and positive development, in close cooperation with important people around the child.

The work group consists of seven social workers responsible for the placed children and eight foster care secretaries who recruit and supervise the foster homes, as well as two senior social workers and a unit manager.

Job responsibilities

Your primary job responsibilities are to follow up on foster care for the placed children in close collaboration with the foster care secretaries.

• Handling and documentation according to applicable legislation.
• Collaborate with foster care secretaries and other professional parties.
• Maintain contact with the children's guardians, foster homes, and other networks.
• Ability to build relationships with children and other important people in the network.

The work involves a significant amount of documentation, so you need to enjoy writing and have a good ability to express yourself in writing.

As a child secretary with us, you will receive a good introduction, method and process guidance in a work group with extensive experience. We offer professional and inclusive foster care that always strives to provide children with the best possible conditions for a good upbringing. In addition, you will be offered flexible working hours, wellness hours, wellness benefits, and trust time of three hours/month.

Who are we looking for

We are a work group that has close collaboration, enjoys each other's company, and has fun together. We support each other even during challenging periods. You have respect for other people and value good treatment.

We are looking for you

• who enjoys collaborating and has initiative, which you demonstrate by building positive relationships with children/parents and colleagues.
• who can meet children and parents in difficult situations, which requires you to be secure, calm, and stable in your professional role.
• who can plan, organize, and prioritize your tasks effectively.
• who has good communication skills and works with the child's best interests in focus.

Qualifications

• You are a social worker or have another higher education that the employer assesses as equivalent. Great emphasis is placed on personal suitability.
• A valid driver's license is a requirement.

It is meritorious if you have worked as a social worker in the area of children and youth or other work related to authority exercise within social services. It is also meritorious if you have experience with BBIC and the Lifecare operational system.

Other

Interviews and selection are ongoing, so do not hesitate to submit your application now.

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For positions where a license/valid proof from the National Board of Health and Welfare of a protected professional title is required, this must be submitted before employment.

Language assessment is conducted for certain professional groups before employment can be considered.

Employment is subject to the necessary decisions being made. For positions that involve direct and regular contact with children and youth, as well as for activities within LSS, care and nursing, health care, psychiatric care, and addiction care, a valid extract from the police criminal record must be presented or submitted before employment. Please note that it may take time to obtain the extract, so order it in good time to avoid delays in the recruitment process.

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