Social Worker for Children and Youth Group

Do you want to work in a structured way with a focus on the needs of children and young people? We are looking for a social worker who wants to contribute with both professionalism and commitment.

Workplace

The Social Services in Karlsborg is responsible for elderly care, care for people with disabilities, municipal health care, and individual and family care. The department has about 250 employees.

At IFO, you are part of a team that has the opportunity to work broadly and variedly, close to decision-makers and with good collaboration with schools and other actors. We care for our staff by ensuring a good working environment and following it up. Staff receive ongoing training, external supervision, and we also offer flexible working hours.

We are a small unit with a lot of will, joy, and commitment. You will be part of a wonderful team that always goes the extra mile for our residents and colleagues. Coffee breaks, laughter, and collegial interaction are key to managing the difficult work we do daily.

As an employee at IFO, you will be involved in the development of our operations. We are currently in an exciting transition work based on the new Social Services Act. In our small municipality, we all help each other to find new ways to meet our residents in accordance with the new law; to be accessible and to work preventively. If you would like to be part of finding the way for the new social services together with us, perhaps you are just the colleague we are looking for.

Job Responsibilities

As a social worker in the Children and Youth Group, you will investigate children and young people according to the Social Services Act. If there is a need for interventions, you will initiate the intervention for the child/young person and their guardians. The interventions can be, for example, outpatient care in the form of family treatment or contact families, placement in foster homes, supported housing, or HVB. You will work closely with the first social worker and your colleagues. As a social worker, you will follow up on the approved intervention to ensure that it produces a positive result for the child/young person. If necessary, other interventions can be added.

In the Children and Youth Group, conversations with the child/young person, guardians, and other important people for the child are included. Collaboration with other actors such as outpatient care, schools, the region, and BUP is often crucial. An important part of the work is documentation in the form of journals, investigations, follow-ups, etc.

Qualifications

We are looking for someone who is a trained social worker and wants to work with children and young people within public authority. It is an advantage if you have previous experience working with child welfare investigations and BBiC.

It is important that you see the family itself, the family's own network, and the other professional network as important resources in the family's change work.

What do we offer?

As an employee of Karlsborg Municipality, you will benefit from a variety of perks such as paid vacation from the first year of employment and individual salary setting. There are also a number of other benefits that employees of Karlsborg Municipality may be entitled to. Please read more about them here (https://karlsborg.se/naringsliv--arbete/jobba-hos-oss/formaner/).

You are our most important resource, and we want to help create conditions for a healthy life. We do this by investing in a broad wellness offer through free swimming, water aerobics, the possibility of free massage, and wellness grants or wellness hours based on your and the organization's conditions. You also have flexible working hours and the possibility to work from home partially if the organization allows it. Take part in all benefits via our here (https://karlsborg.se/naringsliv--arbete/jobba-hos-oss/formaner/).

Other

Karlsborg Municipality uses the recruitment tool Varbi to manage applications, which is also part of ensuring the quality of our recruitment process. You apply for the job through the link in the advertisement.

Applications are reviewed continuously, and current candidates may be called for interviews before the application period has ended.

Karlsborg Municipality as an Employer

Karlsborg Municipality, with its approximately 7,000 inhabitants, welcomes you to a fantastic living environment and rich recreational opportunities! Karlsborg is the small municipality with a grand location by the shores of Lake Vättern. The fantastic landscape, the proximity to the Tiveden forests, along with the lakes and waterways give Karlsborg its unique character - a golden place indeed, which you can take part in via film here (https://youtu.be/aiKLf7PYHiQ).

At Karlsborg Municipality, it is important that every employee can feel pride in their contribution and their work. We believe this is created by giving everyone the opportunity to develop, learn new things, and participate in improvement and development work.

There are good commuting opportunities to and from, among others, Skövde, for those who are not ready to move here yet. The municipality has about 500 employees. Feel free to check in and take part in our daily life on our Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/karlsborgs_kommun/).