Family Therapist at Öppenvården in Östra Göinge Municipality

Östra Göinge Municipality, with over 14,000 inhabitants, is centrally located in southern Sweden. Here, the open agricultural landscape meets the green forest countryside. In Östra Göinge, life is good with safe housing, good schools, magnificent nature, a wide cultural offering, a vibrant association life, and good communications. Östra Göinge is one of the country's bravest and most innovative municipalities. Here, adversity has turned into success, and proud Göinge residents thrive!

At Öppenvården in Östra Göinge Municipality, we work with voluntary and outpatient interventions such as conversations and various types of group activities, and we also implement assistance cases related to both children and adults. We have close cooperation with various actors such as schools and child health centers. At Öppenvården, two field assistants, two adult therapists, one treatment pedagogue, and four family therapists work, one of whom is the coordinator for the Family House.

RESPONSIBILITIES

In your role as a family therapist, you will work with children, youth, and their families who need support and interventions related to relationships, caregiving ability, and behavior. You will also lead parent groups together with your colleagues, and we are also developing our work within TSI (Early Coordinated Interventions).

Öppenvården operates on assistance from social services but also offers advisory conversations, and your task will be to strengthen the parental role, work to improve family relationships, and support the family so that daily life and family life function as well as possible and to prevent placements. The work also involves finding effective outpatient solutions together with the family and collaborating with other resources that may be available in the family's local environment.

QUALIFICATIONS

We require that you have a degree in social work or another education that the employer deems equivalent based on the assignment. It is advantageous if you have professional experience in treatment work with children, youth, and families, as well as further education in e.g., KIBB, ACT, and/or Magelungen, and that you have experience leading children's groups and/or parent support groups.

You need to have good knowledge of social documentation with a good understanding of how to work with implementation plans.

To thrive in this role, we believe you are curious and humble towards people's different life situations. You have a systemic and salutogenic approach, as well as a good ability to create sustainable relationships. You are flexible and able to adapt and think innovatively when the assignment requires it. You navigate independently in your work and are prepared to take significant responsibility for your assignment. In return, you will be offered a stimulating workplace where you have close access to support and help from both colleagues and management.

We expect you to be confident in your profession, positive, goal-oriented, and organized, as well as having a strong drive regarding your belief in the individual's ability to develop and succeed.

You have good knowledge of Swedish, both spoken and written, and are accustomed to working with various digital tools in your daily work.

You should have a holistic view of the individual's and family's different needs and a good overview of the entire intervention chain available for individuals and families.

Great emphasis will be placed on personal qualities.
A valid driver's license is required for the position.
A criminal record check is required for the position.

OTHER

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In Östra Göinge Municipality, we strive for a balanced gender distribution and see diversity as a strength, and therefore welcome applicants from various backgrounds.

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