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Job Responsibilities

Do you want to be a central part of supporting children and families in Hisingen? Then this position might be for you.

The High-Intensity Team (HIT) is part of the Department for Children and Youth Resources in Hisingen, which offers support to children, youth, and their parents. We are now looking for a new employee to complement our High-Intensity Team, which currently consists of ten family therapists and one method supervisor.

The High-Intensity Team works on behalf of government-appointed social workers with qualified psychosocial treatment interventions for families with children and youth aged 0-18 years. We work with families experiencing high levels of distress and often complex issues, offering flexible and intensive solutions with the goal of enabling the child to stay at home or to reduce the number of days in full-time care. The unit also assists with care assessments.

The work is based on various evidence-based methods and takes the form of social pedagogical work, child and youth conversations, parental support, and family conversations. We work in the family's own environments, primarily in their homes. The work also places great emphasis on activating both the private and professional networks. The intervention may vary depending on the needs, which may require work during early mornings and evenings. We have regular process supervision with an external supervisor as well as internal method supervision.

Our High-Intensity Team is in a creative and expansive phase where we are collectively developing the forms of our work. With us, you will have the opportunity to contribute to this exciting work!

Qualifications

We are looking for someone who is a trained social worker or has a 3-year social pedagogical education. You need to have experience working with various forms of family therapy, youth work, or parental support, as well as good knowledge of children's and youth's development, needs, and behavior patterns. It is an advantage if you also have experience in government operations concerning children and youth. The same applies to experience working with children, youth, or families in full-time care.

A significant part of our work involves documentation, so it is important that you can express yourself well in both speech and writing and have experience with documentation. We document in the program Treserva.

It is advantageous if you are trained in methods aimed at our target group, focusing on strengthening interaction and developing parental strategies, such as FFT, COS-P, ABFT, or CBT-based methods. It is also beneficial if you are trained in MI and TMO.

To fit into the role, it is important that you are committed to meeting families in a way that creates a trusting collaboration and motivation for change. You take responsibility for your tasks with the organization's/users' best interests in focus. You need to be self-driven, work systematically and methodically, be able to make independent decisions, and have good collaboration skills. You enjoy and see opportunities for change and create situations where new ideas and proposals can develop. You take your tasks seriously, are committed to completing what you have started, and ensure that the work is done correctly. You show respect and consideration for those you meet in your professional role and have an open and positive attitude, as you base your actions on the needs of the user/client. You have the ability to work together with others and contribute to the whole. You establish clear goals and follow up on your interventions to measure the impact of your work.

At our workplace, we strive for diversity to enhance the quality of our work and to reflect the population we serve, and we therefore welcome applicants with varying experiences, backgrounds, and language skills.

We hope we have piqued your interest - welcome with your application!

About Us

The Social Administration of Hisingen is part of the social services in the City of Gothenburg. We are one of four social administrations. We work purposefully to create a better everyday life for the residents of Hisingen.

We offer support in individual and family care, social emergency services, assistance with substance abuse, and integration issues. We also work with recreational activities and preventive work around, for example, public health, community planning, local safety work, and integration issues.

If you want an important and meaningful job, welcome to us at the Social Administration of Hisingen!