Family Therapist at Jönköping Municipality

Jönköping Municipality is a large employer with hundreds of different professional roles. We are growing in line with the development of the municipality, with more residents, more housing, and a larger range of services. We are always on the lookout for new skills - employees with diverse backgrounds and experiences, united by the common drive to create a better municipality to visit, live, work, and reside in.

Are you passionate about children, youth, and parents, and do you want to help improve family relationships? Do you have experience in working with family change processes? Then we have a position for you as a family therapist.

Your New Job

As a family therapist, you will work with children and youth aged 0-20 years and their families. The focus is on ensuring that children and youth receive support, protection, and treatment to grow up safely within their original families. The foundation for all work within Children's and Youth's Open Care is a systemic theoretical approach, which aims to work with the individual, the family, and the entire network.

As a family therapist, you will utilize resources from the individual, family, and their network to develop protective factors and reduce risk factors in the child's/youth's upbringing environment. You will work individually or together with a colleague to lead the change process in the family based on the assignment formulated by the Children's and Youth's investigation unit.

The assignments may include treatment to understand and meet the needs of children and youth, practical and pedagogical guidance in the parental role, change processes in family relationships and interactions, crisis conversations, etc. In your role as a family therapist, you will have many internal and external contacts such as social workers, schools, and healthcare.

Some of the methods we use include MI, the Safety Circle, and Functional Family Therapy (FFT).

Your Competence

The position requires a higher education degree of at least 180 higher education credits, which means a bachelor's degree or equivalent such as:

• social worker
• social educator (only if the higher education is approved with 180 credits)
• behavioral scientist
• another approved and completed three-year higher education or university degree of at least 180 credits that the employer assesses as equivalent education

We prefer that you have experience in treatment work with children/youth, experience working with problematic school attendance, domestic violence, substance abuse, as well as experience with some of the methods used.

To be successful as a family therapist with us, you should be engaged, persistent, and curious about people. Furthermore, you should be confident in yourself and your professional role. You should be able to meet people in need of social services support in a clear and trustworthy manner.

We will also place great importance on the following:

• You work well with complex issues involving many stakeholders and have good collaboration skills
• You are goal- and result-oriented and take initiative to facilitate changes in treatment work
• You have good empathetic skills, are structured, and can document your work.

Good knowledge of the Swedish language is required, both in reading comprehension, listening comprehension, writing, and speaking, and you have good computer skills.

A valid driver's license is a requirement for the position.

Great emphasis will be placed on personal suitability.

What We Offer You

Of course, as an employee of Jönköping Municipality, you will receive a secure employment and can take advantage of general benefits such as wellness contributions, read more here (https://www.jonkoping.se/jobba-hos-oss/jonkopings-kommun-som-arbetsgivare-/detta-far-du-nar-du-jobbar-hos-oss).

Welcome to Us

The goal of the operation is to ensure that vulnerable children and youth aged 0-21 years receive the support and protection they are entitled to. We work with assessed assistance measures, aiming for children and youth to feel safe and develop within their original families or equivalent.

The Open Care has two workgroups of about 20 therapists each, two coordinators, and two unit managers. The unit also includes a newly established MST team. We are a workgroup striving for an even distribution regarding both age and gender. You will join a workgroup with good competence, curiosity, flexibility, and a very good working climate.

You can find us at Kapellgatan 2 in Jönköping.

Good to Know

The recruitment refers to a permanent position, full-time, with start date according to agreement. We work during the day, but some work outside office hours may occur.

We use ongoing selection. A probationary period may apply.

In your application, we would like you to include a CV as well as attached diploma and current employment certificates. All your employment must be verifiable with certificates showing the position and the extent of your work. Even if you already work with us, you need to present diplomas and employment certificates for positions you have held outside the municipality. Applications that do not meet this requirement will not be prioritized.

At the job interview, an extract from the National Police Board's criminal and suspicion register must be submitted according to the provisions of the law (2007:171) on register control for such homes for care or accommodation that receive children. Please order this in good time and bring it with you to the interview.

Want to Know More?

Welcome to contact unit manager Andreas Andersson with any questions.

Union representatives: here (https://www.jonkoping.se/fackligasoc).

Together we make Jönköping Municipality better – for everyone. Come and work with us. Welcome to apply for the position as a therapist in Children's and Youth Open Care!

Jönköping Municipality strives to provide an attractive workplace that is free from discrimination and offers equal opportunities for all.

In preparation for the recruitment work, we have made decisions regarding recruitment channels and marketing. Therefore, we kindly but firmly decline all calls regarding advertising and recruitment assistance.