Vacant job

Kasam Treatment Families offers structured and qualified family-based care for children and adolescents with complex psychosocial issues. Our intervention combines secure placement in a treatment family with coordinated treatment efforts from a cross-professional team.

Our mission is to create stability, development, and long-term change for the child and for the entire system around the child.

As our treatment coordinator is returning to another position within the company, we are now looking for a treatment coordinator for the team in Skåne/Blekinge and Kalmar. You will be based in Karlskrona.

The treatment coordinator has an overall responsibility to coordinate, ensure quality, and follow up on treatment efforts around the child/adolescent. The role is the hub between foster homes, therapists, social services, schools, and health care. The assignment includes both performing interventions according to the implementation plan and following up with the team in its work.

Main Responsibilities

• To act as a child representative for placed children and follow up on their placement in foster care
• Ensure that treatment is conducted according to the agreed care plan, implementation plan, treatment plan, cooperation agreement, and placement agreement
• Coordinate efforts between treatment families/foster homes, social services, schools, Kasam BUP, and Kasam outpatient care
• Follow up on goals, progression, and risk/protective factors
• Be responsible for documentation and reporting to the client

Job Duties

• Child interviews
• Perform interventions according to the implementation plan
• Monthly reporting
• Establish and follow up on implementation plans
• Lead and participate in network meetings, treatment conferences, and follow-ups
• Ensure that evidence-based methods are used (e.g., DBT, TMO, systems theory, skills training)
• Coordinate therapists, skills trainers, and foster homes
• Identify needs for adjustments in interventions or levels of protection
• Be the contact person for social services
• Contribute to crisis prevention and stability in placements
• Conduct crisis analyses, work with deviation management, and evaluate customer indices

Qualifications

• Social worker or other relevant academic education
• Experience in treatment work with children and youth
• Good knowledge of BBIC, SoL, LVU, and documentation requirements
• Ability to work systematically in complex cases
• Desirable: further education in DBT, trauma, systems theory

We Offer

• A values-driven and quality-focused organization
• Close leadership and strong team support
• Opportunity to influence and develop working methods
• Wellness allowance and the possibility of training during working hours
• A work environment characterized by trust, professionalism, and commitment

More about Kasam Treatment Families

Kasam Treatment Families provides consultant-supported foster care with a treatment focus. The organization is part of Essensa Treatment and works on behalf of social services with children and youth who need structured, secure, and individualized interventions. The interventions are coordinated based on the child's needs and may include special educational support, treatment, skills training, and support and guidance for foster homes. Through close collaboration between different professions, cohesive and sustainable placements are created.

Kasam Treatment Families systematically works with quality assurance and follow-up. The organization is characterized by clear structures, accountability, and regular self-control to ensure that the interventions maintain high quality and are carried out in accordance with applicable legislation and assignments.

Our starting point is the best interests of the child. With courage, structure, and cross-professional collaboration, we develop foster care that is sustainably long-term and tailored to each child's individual needs.

Feel free to read more about our activities on our website http://www.kasamfamilj.se/ (http://www.kasamfamilj.se/)