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In Sandviken, the world is always present. Here we feel at home and make each other better. As an employee of Sandviken Municipality, you have one of Sweden's most important jobs. Therefore, it is important for us that you enjoy your work and feel that your efforts are valuable to society.

We believe that the way to achieve this is for everyone, whether a manager or an employee, to strive to make each other better. The best work is done together. Through a holistic view, collaboration, dialogue, and by leveraging each other's differences. As an employer and employee, we work together for a long-term and sustainable working life. This, in turn, leads to a successful and developing municipality. When we make each other better – we make Sandviken Municipality better!

The Department of Individual and Family Care in Sandviken Municipality has started an extensive implementation of Signs of Safety for over a year, with the goal that all operations will work with the methodology as one of the foundational pillars of the organization. The vision is that all children and adults who encounter Individual and Family Care in Sandviken receive coherent and understandable support, which takes into account the whole and strengthens families' own resources and networks. Adults and children are made co-creators of sustainable solutions and trusting relationships. To further strengthen the work with Signs of Safety, the department is now investing in three new positions that have Signs of Safety as their main task, focusing on safety planning and stable home-based solutions in complex cases.

Within Individual and Family Care, there are good opportunities for professional development, and the entire workgroup is actively involved in the development of the operations. We have a good and close collaboration with our clients in the authority, close leadership, and external group supervision once a month.

We offer you, among other benefits:

• Vacation exchange
• Annual working hours
• Health promotion allowance
• Health-promoting activities
• Extra vacation days when you turn 40 and 50
• Employee and leisure association Pulsen

JOB DESCRIPTION

The Signs of Safety specialists will work in their own team and have two main tasks:

• Safety planner - active co-worker to the responsible social worker with methodological responsibility for Signs of Safety.
• Home plan coordinator for open care assignments as an operational coordinator in placement-close and high-intensity cases with Signs of Safety as methodology.

Both tasks involve close collaboration with families, therapists, social workers, and other professionals, focusing on relationship building, mobilizing the private and professional network, and creating understanding and self-determination for the family, as well as safety and stability for the child or young person. The work takes place in families' homes, in our facilities, or in other actors' arenas.

As a Signs of Safety specialist, you have an in-depth competence regarding the tools and approaches of Signs of Safety. The role involves, in addition to the two main tasks:

• Maintaining an in-depth and updated knowledge of the tools included in Signs of Safety.
• Ensuring that the tools and approaches of Signs of Safety are used correctly and consistently and that the department's collaboration routines regarding Signs of Safety are followed in the cases where the Signs of Safety specialist is involved.
• Providing support and guidance to social workers and other professionals in the department in the use of Signs of Safety.
• Being an internal trainer in Signs of Safety.
• Calling together the department's Signs of Safety coaches, conducting workshops, and contributing to the implementation and development of the department's Signs of Safety work on behalf of the management.

Since the role is new in the department, you and your colleagues will help shape the team and the role in the way needed to achieve the goals.

QUALIFICATIONS

Who are you? We are looking for someone eager to take on the methodology of Signs of Safety all the way, to have it as your main instrument and become really skilled in that methodology.

You have a degree in social work or another academic degree with a behavioral science foundation that the employer assesses as equivalent. To be considered for the position, you must have several years of experience working with children, youth, and families as a social worker within authority or as a family therapist. You should also have basic training in Signs of Safety and have worked with the practical methods. It is advantageous to have worked with network meetings, either as a tool in your role as a social worker/family therapist or as a meeting leader.

Great personal maturity and good pedagogical ability are required. If you are a person who is good at bringing out people's willingness to change and can see the development potential in individuals and families, you are the right person for the job. You are structured, proactive, flexible, and persistent, and have a well-developed ability to create good collaborations with both families and partners. You can easily shift focus to put emphasis where it is most needed for the day and can maintain structure and the goal in sight in demanding situations. Great emphasis will be placed on personal suitability.

You will have access to existing methodology through internal learning and collegial supervision, as well as through external training in methods that the unit needs to strengthen in the future.

A driver's license is required. Experience as a social worker for children and youth or family therapy is required.

OTHER

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