Parent Support Worker at Haninge Municipality

Do you have ideas for the future and are you driven by challenges? In Haninge, you will develop alongside supportive colleagues who want to make a difference today. Right now, one of the most ambitious change efforts in our municipality's history is underway. We are building a new city, about 20 minutes from Söder. Join us on our journey.

Your Mission

• As a parent support worker, you will work to build relationships with the parents you meet through trust and confidence to create conditions for good collaboration regarding the child's care.
• The parent support is a non-assessed service that takes place at the request of parents of placed children and is based on the support wishes of the parents.
• The work is conducted in families that often have complex issues and takes place in the environments deemed most appropriate.
• The work may include offering parents support in understanding the reasons for the placement, helping to review decision documents and other materials that formed the basis for the decisions made, participating in meetings with the parents, and assisting with communication and collaboration.
• As a parent support worker, you will also hold network meetings around the placed child to gather all resources concerning the child in various issues that may arise during the placement and create conditions for support to families over time.
• As our new colleague, you feel both the desire and inspiration to participate in the ongoing development of our work and this mission.
• Collaboration is an important part of the mission as there is often a need for services from, and coordination with, several different actors.

Your Qualifications

• Social worker or other higher education that the employer assesses as equivalent.
• Experience working with placed children in foster care and/or in HVB and SiS.
• You have good knowledge of various functional variations and a good habit of adapting your work to the person you meet.
• Correct Swedish in speech and writing.
• Knowledge of BBIC.
• A driver's license is required.

Meritorious:

• Familiarity with Signs of Safety.

Who are you?

• You are engaged and motivated in your mission and see potential for change in the people you meet and view their network as a resource.
• You are relationship-building and solution-focused.
• You have good self-awareness and can work independently and in a structured manner.
• You contribute to a good work climate characterized by collaboration and focus on the mission.

Your Competence

As an employee with us, it is natural for you to value collaboration with others but also to work independently. You find it easy to create good relationships, you are attentive and clear in your communication. You have good knowledge of relevant legislation, child development, and keep up with current research. You have knowledge of working methods and methods relevant to the target group of children, youth, and families. You need to be ready to take on complex assignments where you see opportunities and work as a team to create change. We see it as self-evident that you are responsible, have integrity, and value quality.

Great emphasis will be placed on personal suitability.

What We Can Offer You

We who work here are knowledgeable and engaged in our work and care for each other and strive to maintain a good atmosphere in the groups. We want our work to be characterized by consensus, quality, and legal certainty, and we think it is important to develop in our work.

As an employee in Haninge Municipality, we care about your work environment and therefore ensure that you are involved in the processes and decisions related to your daily work. We are constantly working to make Haninge Municipality a workplace where people thrive, and therefore your thoughts and improvement suggestions are welcome. As part of our work environment efforts, we value proximity to your immediate supervisor, an established structure for regular support such as check-ins and external supervision, specialist social workers with a cross-functional role in areas such as method support, implementation, and recurring training, as well as business developers to support our continued development with a target group-focused approach.

We are located in pleasant office premises with good parking opportunities and proximity to shopping centers, restaurants, natural areas, and Handen's commuter train station. We have free access to a gym in the municipal building, wellness grants, annual working hours, as well as the possibility of vacation exchange and free bridge days.

Want to know more?

Azra Bonney 08-606 84 76 or [email protected]

Haninge Municipality sees diversity as a strength and welcomes all applicants. Our competence-based recruitment methodology aims to focus on the individual's competence and thereby also counteract discrimination.