Welcome to the Social Administration

The mission of the Social Administration is to provide good care and support and to conduct activities that help individuals live an independent and active life. The Social Administration (SCF) is led by a director and is divided into four departments: SCF Staff, Child and Youth Authority, Child and Youth Services, and Adults.

We will request a criminal record extract before employment can be offered.

For more information on what it is like to work in Uppsala Municipality, visit Uppsala Municipality (https://www.uppsala.se/jobb/).

Are you the right person for us?

Are you a person who loves life and movement and quick decisions? Are you the best at supporting others and love mentoring those who do the work? Do you enjoy being the spider in the web and having many collaborations and contacts? Then you are just right for our position as a crisis home administrator!

Placement Unit 1

Placement Unit 1 belongs to the Reception and Placement Area, where we have a total of about 80 people working with our foster homes. The unit currently has about 25 employees, the crisis home group consists of 5 employees and has 1 qualified administrator currently attached to the group.

Other functions within the placement area

• Social Workers: closely monitor the child's care and schooling, responsible for contact with guardians and responsible for authority actions towards individuals.
• Foster Home Recruitment Group (FamRek): recruits, trains, and conducts preliminary investigations of contractors.
• Permanent Foster Home Secretary: matches/investigates and supports/mentors foster homes for longer placements.
• Team Leader: mentors social workers and foster home secretaries in their daily work with clients and contractors.
• Qualified Administrators: who are also co-administrators in more complicated cases.

In addition, there is a unit manager who is responsible for all employees' work environment, the unit's budget, and our common goals for our operations.

Our Work

Our work has a significant impact on the lives of children and young people, and the feeling of creating value and making a concrete difference is palpable. Many of us are experienced and have worked for several years in the placement area. We work with longer placements and focus on building trust and creating relationships with our children/youth/contractors as well as biological networks.

We are located in fresh premises at Bolandsgatan 10 a. We have flexible working hours through our framework agreement and there are opportunities to arrange working hours at other locations.

Job Description

Your main task as a crisis home administrator is to identify, appoint, and support crisis homes/network homes/temporary foster homes for short-term placements of children and youth. Here you need to enjoy quick processing, like collaborating across boundaries, and be flexible in your work. You are the face of the placement units towards our sister units within the Child and Youth Authority, the staff, and our external providers of foster homes. The work is primarily scheduled for weekdays during the day, but evening work may occur when the business requires it.

All foster home secretaries' core tasks include:

• finding and matching contractors to the child's needs
• investigating contractors
• providing support and guidance before and during the placement period
• managing finances related to fees and expenses associated with the assignment
• documenting continuously in the contractors' journal.

We investigate contractors according to the National Board of Health and Welfare's guidelines and conduct in-depth interviews via NKI. We provide qualified support measures to our contractors, including MAFI filming and guidance. Within the crisis home group, the above occurs to varying degrees, but always with a focus on urgent needs (placement today/tomorrow/next week) to place a child. Crisis home administrators also conduct network assessments, follow up on our contracted crisis homes, and hold reflection groups with our crisis homes.

The position includes travel throughout the country in connection with follow-ups and visits to crisis homes and children. You work closely with the child's social worker and conduct visits together with them and/or our school team. You always have the child's best interests in mind to best match and support contractors in their assignments related to the placed child.

Qualifications

We are looking for someone with a degree in social work or equivalent education that the employer assesses as equivalent. To succeed in the job, you need experience in supporting foster homes and mentoring and supporting contractors. The work requires good knowledge of Swedish in both spoken and written forms. You also need to have good computer and system skills. Since travel is included in the position, you must have a B driver's license.

As a person, you are calm and composed in various situations and can focus on the right things. You are flexible and can easily adapt to changing circumstances. Furthermore, you have a good empathetic ability and can quickly understand someone else's perspective or situation. The job suits you if you collaborate and relate to others in a responsive and smooth manner.

Inquiries

If you have questions about the position or the recruitment process, contact: Anna Lindsjö, unit manager, 018-727 64 72.

Union representatives: Akademikerförbundet SSR, Camilla Ahlsén Hoff, 018-727 24 34; Vision, Sofia Venemalm, 018-727 12 13.

If you have questions regarding the registration of your application, contact the recruitment area: 018-727 68 24.

In your application, you should state your citizenship. If you are not a citizen of Sweden, the EU, EEA, or Switzerland, you must also be able to prove that you have a valid work permit or are exempt from the requirement to have a work permit. Employment can only occur after verification of the work permit, which is required according to the Aliens Ordinance.

Employment with Uppsala Municipality may involve a war placement.