Field Social Worker for Individual and Family Care (IFO) in Ludvika

In Ludvika municipality, children and young people are at the center of the organization!

We demonstrate this by gathering most resources for children and young people under one committee. Here, preschool, primary school, adapted primary school, and also Individual and Family Care (IFO) are included. A common feature of all activities is a conscious quality effort to constantly develop and improve work with children and young people.

Welcome to IFO in Ludvika! We are an organization in development that is now looking for YOU who want to help shape the social services of tomorrow. IFO has about 120 employees and is organized with an overarching management and five units: Investigation Unit, Support and Welfare Unit, Foster Care and Family Law Unit, Open Care Unit, and AMI. As an employee of Ludvika municipality, you have access to flexible working hours and vacation exchange.

As we are now expanding our field social worker group, we are looking for you who are a trained social worker and feel a strong commitment to meet and support our youth in society. You are a relationship builder who wants to work preventively and outreach!

Ludvika – The Place for Your Engagement

Ludvika municipality combines a strong industrial history with proximity to beautiful nature, which provides a high quality of life. Here you get the opportunity to work in a municipality that values its employees and has short decision-making paths. We offer a working environment where innovation and collaboration are encouraged, and where your efforts truly make a difference for the municipality's residents.

Open Care Unit – Our Team

The Open Care consists of 28 dedicated employees, divided into six teams: field social workers, family therapists, addiction counselors/violence/Skkp, intermediate team, support housing/living support, and parent advisors. Together, we work to prevent social problems and help families in their change processes.

Job Responsibilities

As a Field Social Worker, your main task is to meet and establish relationships with children and young people in the field. You conduct fieldwork in line with the new Social Services Act, where trust and low thresholds promote collaboration with the municipality's residents. You actively collaborate with other actors to influence the living conditions of children and young people at the community level. You build and maintain good relationships with schools and youth centers, and the target group is children and young people from middle school age up to and including high school.

Relationship-building and outreach fieldwork with low thresholds.
Collaboration with schools, youth centers, and other relevant actors.
Participation in the municipality's collaboration group FAS and SSPF.
Leading group activities for children, youth, and parents together with other professionals.
Providing individual support to children, youth, and their relatives.
You may work with IFO's summer project.
Evening work may be included.

Qualifications

A degree in social work is required.
Experience in social work in open care with children, youth, and adults.
Experience in outreach and preventive work with the target group.
Ability to lead group activities for children, youth, and parents.
You are flexible, solution-oriented, secure, and positive with your own drive.
Very good ability to express yourself well in speech and writing.
A valid driver's license (B) is required.

Other

In accordance with the Act (2013:852) on background checks of persons who will work with children, you who are offered the position must be able to present an extract from the Police Authority's criminal record. We wish that you, along with your credentials, bring this to any interview.

What You Get from Us!

In addition to working on exciting issues in a varied everyday life, you will have the opportunity to become part of an organization that maintains important community functions for residents of Ludvika municipality. Please read more at ludvika.se under the heading Work with Us.

In Ludvika municipality, we work according to our values, the Team Spirit, which consists of four principles: Relationships, Joy, Learning, and Drive. It is based on collaboration and teamwork, a sense of belonging, and a desire to continue developing. It is with Team Spirit that we take on our mission and strive towards our vision of being the municipality of the future, growth, and opportunities.

Employment Conditions

Employment type: Permanent position, Full-time.
Start date: By agreement.

Contact Persons

Therese Lidholm, unit manager: 0240 – 56 54 48
Ann-Louise Haag, coordinator: 0240-866 88

Union Contacts

SSR: Via the municipality's switchboard 0240-86000
Kommunal: Via the municipality's switchboard 0240-86000
Vision: Via the municipality's switchboard 0240-86000