Group Leader for Kastanjegården HVB and Support Housing

We are a brave employer at the forefront of development and management.

As a group leader, there is an opportunity for leadership development and we offer external supervision. As a group leader, you help make the difference between a functioning operation and a very good operation. In your leadership, you are brave and curious. You dare to try new ideas that meet today’s and tomorrow’s demands from the outside world. You care for your area but always take a holistic perspective for Gislaveds municipality.

As an employee in Gislaveds municipality, you are a co-creator in your workplace. You are given the opportunity and expected to contribute to the development of the operation through your knowledge and experience. With us, respect for differences and the equal value of all people is fundamental.

About the Operation

BOOST – the unit for housing and support – is led by a unit manager and two group leaders. The unit includes Kastanjegården HVB and support housing.

Kastanjegården HVB: offers six places for both girls and boys aged 13–20 years with psychosocial issues, norm-breaking behaviors, mental health problems, emerging substance abuse, or other reasons for not being able to stay at home.

Kastanjegården Support Housing: targets youth aged 16–20 years who are assessed to be able to live in their own accommodation with staff support. Support apartments are available in unlimited numbers within the municipality.

We accept placements according to both SoL and LVU.

Job Responsibilities

As a group leader, you lead the daily work and supervise the staff group at Kastanjegården HVB and support housing. Your responsibilities include, among others:

• Leading, distributing, and following up on the daily work.
• Creating engagement, participation, and a good work environment.
• Holding weekly meetings and being the closest support for the staff.
• Driving development work, method development, and quality work together with the unit manager.
• Being responsible for the introduction of new employees.
• Collaborating with internal and external partners.
• Participating in the management group for BOOST together with the unit manager and other group leaders.

You will supervise ten treatment staff who work according to a schedule with round-the-clock staffing and awake night shifts. Your working hours are during office hours.

Qualifications

We are looking for someone who is a trained social worker, behavioral scientist, or has other relevant education that the employer assesses to be equivalent for the position, as well as several years of experience in HVB homes or similar merits. It is a significant merit if you have knowledge of social law.

We place great importance on personal suitability and would like you to have experience in the field. Experience in leadership is an advantage. You need to express yourself well in speech and writing. You have good leadership qualities such as good collaboration skills, flexibility, clarity, and structure in your work. You have good analytical skills, are development-oriented, and enjoy working in a team and contributing to everyone's development. You maintain your calm in stressful situations and can convey that to others. You find it easy to build good relationships, you are attentive and clear in your communication.

The position includes being responsible for the introduction of new employees. For us, it is important to have good cooperation with other units in the social office as well as with external partners. Together with the other group leaders in the department, you will work for good cooperation between the units.

A driving license (B) is a requirement.

We Offer:

• A strong sense of community with colleagues.
• External supervision and leadership development.
• Competence development through various courses organized by the region.
• Paid vacation from the first year of employment.
• Some form of remote work.
• Free admission to the municipality's swimming pools.

Your employee role is closely linked to your ability to collaborate and participate in your and the operation's development. With us, this means that you have a good collaboration with your manager and colleagues, both in your own workplace and in the rest of the municipal group. You meet everyone with a high level of service, friendliness, and high quality through customer and service focus. You take responsibility for being involved in operational issues and are solution-oriented.

We place great importance on personal suitability and that your view of employee roles aligns with ours.

We apply a background check (extract from the criminal record) as a form of suitability assessment for all who are offered employment in operations where there is direct and regular contact with children and youth.

Do you want to be part of our success? Welcome with your application!

In Gislaveds municipality, full-time work is a right, and therefore job vacancies* are advertised as full-time. When the operation can accommodate part-time, it is of course an option. *Positions shorter than 3 months and certain positions may be exempt. In preparation for the recruitment work, Gislaveds municipality has made decisions regarding recruitment channels and marketing. We therefore strongly request no contact with media sellers, recruitment sites, and similar.