Social Worker to BUP West

NU Health Care is part of the Västra Götaland Region and is one of Sweden's larger county hospitals. We are located at NÄL (Norra Älvsborg County Hospital) in Trollhättan and Uddevalla Hospital. The hospital's catchment area includes 280,000 residents. Together, we are about 5,000 employees who work every day to provide good and safe specialist healthcare. We are located on the west coast, and our area offers varied nature with both sea, mountains, forests, and lakes.

About us

The outpatient care forms the basis of child psychiatric work.

Our mission is to investigate and treat psychiatric diagnoses in children and adolescents aged 6-18 years. We work cross-professionally and in teams.

With our care neighbors and other important community actors such as primary care, schools, habilitation, pediatric medicine, and social services, we have a well-developed collaboration.

The BUP clinic is undergoing a major development and organizational effort to enhance operations in relation to patients and care neighbors. The goal is to develop a BUP with robust clinics and broad competence regarding both professional categories and diagnostic areas. As an employee, you have the opportunity to influence how the future BUP should look. We challenge our established patterns and discover new opportunities while valuing the experience that exists and what we know works.

About the position

As a social worker, you will be offered a stimulating and varied job. You will work in a cross-professional team alongside other professionals with the support of a team leader and unit manager. Your tasks mainly consist of treatment work directed towards individuals and groups, as well as consultations in relation to care neighbors and partners.

Your base will be in the outpatient care at Uddevalla Hospital.

We offer patients and families visits digitally, telephone consultations, or physical visits.

Qualifications

Degree in social work or education deemed adequate by the employer. Basic psychotherapy training (step 1). It is an advantage if you are a licensed health and medical care social worker. We prefer that you have experience working with children and their parents. You should be able to work both in team collaboration and independently with families, children, and adolescents.

We place great emphasis on personal suitability.

Other

The position is part of BUP West (Uddevalla, Lysekil, and Strömstad) with the workplace located in Uddevalla.

We request a criminal record check for all who we offer employment.

When filling a position within psychiatry, we always request a check of the criminal record and suspicion register. This request is handled by the employer.

Interviews will be conducted continuously during the application period.

Welcome with your application!

About the Västra Götaland Region

The Västra Götaland Region exists for the people of Västra Götaland. We ensure that there is good healthcare for everyone. We work for sustainable development and growth, a good environment, improved public health, a rich cultural life, and good communication throughout Västra Götaland.

The Västra Götaland Region actively works to digitize more ways of working. To be part of the digital transformation, you should have basic skills and be able to use digital tools and services. You can search for information, communicate, interact digitally, are risk-aware, and have the motivation to participate in development to learn new things.

The Västra Götaland Region places all permanent employees in a state of readiness.

If you want to know more about the Västra Götaland Region, you can visit our introduction for new employees at the link here (https://www.vgregion.se/introduktion). You can also read more in the presentation here (https://mellanarkiv-offentlig.vgregion.se/alfresco/s/archive/stream/public/v1/source/available/sofia/rs4011-467070786-672/surrogate).

Application

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