Foster Care Secretary to Trelleborg Municipality

In Trelleborg, we work together for a growing successful community where it is good to live. Our 61 villages and 21 districts are creative meeting places that bubble with life. Here we want things, tell about them, and come just as we are. This means we welcome others in the same generous and curious way.

Welcome to take your place on the journey!

The Workplace

At the foster care and family law unit, you will be part of a competent and dedicated workgroup consisting of five foster care secretary positions, five positions with responsible social workers (child social workers), one parent-supporting social worker, one senior social worker, and one unit manager.

The unit also includes a workgroup that works with family law and a workgroup that works with family counseling. The foster care and family law unit in Trelleborg is one of 6 units within the Individual and Family Services, which also includes the reception and investigation unit for ages 0-20, the advice and support unit, the prevention unit, the dependency and adult unit, and the social psychiatry unit.

Work environment and competence and development work are prioritized areas. We provide a well-structured introduction, including participation in the national Professional Journey, and training in relevant methods such as MI and Signs of Safety. External and internal supervision is a given, as is continuous professional development. The organization places importance on development issues, and we have recently created a new position, a parent-supporting social worker, to support the biological parents of children placed in foster care. There is an awareness of the importance of recovery at the workplace, and there is an opportunity to regularly work from home.

The municipality offers both wellness compensation and the opportunity to exchange vacation compensation for extra vacation days. The communication options are good, and the workplace is located about a 10-minute walk from the bus and Pågatåg station.

Job Responsibilities

The job responsibilities include:

• recruiting and investigating foster homes, emergency homes, contact persons, and contact families
• training task holders
• supervising foster homes and emergency homes both individually and in groups
• administering compensation issues for task holders in close collaboration with responsible social workers
• contributing to ensuring that children placed in emergency homes and foster homes receive the care they need.

The focus of the current position will currently be on recruiting and investigating task holders.

Qualifications

We are looking for someone who has a degree in social work with at least three years of experience in social work. If you have experience in authority exercise with placed children, are trained in Kälvesten and/or New Kälvesten, A Home to Grow In, and have training in supervision, this is meritorious.

To thrive in the role of foster care secretary with us, you need to be a person who is meticulous and structured in your way of working, but you also need to be flexible and not afraid to think outside the box and adapt to changing situations. You are responsible, goal-oriented, and have a good ability to independently plan and execute work within given time frames. You must have a strong commitment and be able to meet people with respect and integrity. A prerequisite is that you have good theoretical knowledge of various methods and theories in social work, such as attachment theory, as well as relevant legislation. The work requires that you have good knowledge of the Swedish language, and that you can express yourself well in speech and writing.

A B driver's license is a requirement.

Before an offer of employment, an acceptable extract from the police criminal record must be presented.

Working Hours/Duration

Full-time, permanent

Start Date

By agreement

Contact Person

Therese Törnkvist, unit manager 0410-73 34 70

Union contacts: www.trelleborg.se/facket (www.trelleborg.se/facket)

Application Deadline

2025-01-26 via our recruitment system, not via mail or email. Selection and interviews may take place continuously during the application period.

In preparation for the recruitment work, Trelleborg Municipality has carefully considered recruitment channels and marketing. We therefore strongly request not to contact media sellers, recruitment sites, and similar.

Please note that we have removed the personal letter from the application process and replaced it with qualification and selection questions. This is for a more inclusive recruitment process and an efficient candidate experience for you as a job seeker with us. Your answers will be an important part of our selection work.