Social Worker for the Placement Team, Child and Youth Unit

Mönsterås Municipality is located on the coast in the middle of Kalmar County, and we have approximately 13,000 citizens to provide good service to. Here you will find one of the region's best business climates, and we are proud to be ranked as one of the country's best municipalities regarding the public's and businesses' perception of municipal service and case processing.

Mönsterås Municipality is the municipality's largest workplace with approximately 1,300 permanent employees. We are a secure employer and a smaller municipality. This means you have close proximity to both citizens, colleagues, and decision-makers, and you get to be involved in developing the individual, the operations, and society!

It is important to us to be an attractive employer, and we offer several different staff benefits, including a high fitness allowance, and strive for every employee to have a good balance between work and leisure.

About the Unit

The Individual and Family Care in Mönsterås Municipality consists of four units: The Child and Youth Unit, The Treatment Unit, The Adult Unit, and The Assistance Unit.

The Child and Youth Unit consists of eleven case workers who work with children and young people aged 0–21 and their families, as well as two case workers who work with foster homes. The unit is divided into three teams: The Reception Team, The Investigation Team, and The Placement Team.

We are now looking for a social worker for the Placement Team who will work with placed children and young people in foster homes, in residential care (HVB), and in youth care institutions (SiS). The team consists of three child and youth case workers and two foster home secretaries.

The Child and Youth Unit has a unit manager who leads and distributes the work. The unit manager is also available for support and guidance in daily work.

As a new employee in the Child and Youth Unit, you will have access to a mentor who will guide you into the professional role. Your colleagues at the unit have experience in the work and will give you the best conditions for your new role with us.

The Individual and Family Care in Mönsterås works actively for good cooperation both within our department and administration, as well as with our cooperation partners out in society.

At the unit, we work closely together, are non-hierarchical, and we are a cheerful group that cares about taking care of each other and driving the operations forward. We have a clear child's perspective that permeates our work.

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Job Description

The work within Individual and Family Care is important and varied. As a social worker in the Placement Team of the Child and Youth Unit, you will be responsible for ensuring that placed children and young people receive good care and support.

You will collaborate closely with the foster home secretaries. You will process cases according to the Social Services Act (SoL) and the Act with Special Provisions on the Care of Young Persons (LVU). You are responsible, based on delegation, for legally secure case processing and decisions in individual cases, as well as ensuring that established routines are followed.

We work according to BBIC and document in Lifecare. The goal is to conduct high-quality social work built on evidence, continuity, participation, and a holistic view.

Qualifications

• We are looking for you who are a social worker (socionom) or have another academic education validated to correspond to a social work degree.
• You have a good ability to understand people's varying living conditions and meet them with respect and sensitivity.
• You are an empathetic, secure person with personal maturity, good collaboration skills, and contribute to a good work climate.
• You are responsible and have the ability to work in a structured and independent manner.
• The work requires that you are familiar with the Social Services Act, LVU legislation, and public authority exercise.
• It is meritorious if you have experience with BBIC and Lifecare.
• You express yourself well in speech and writing.
• You have an easy time motivating people to change and act from a salutogenic approach.
• You find it stimulating to work in a small municipality with closeness in cooperation and to decision-makers.

Employment and Conditions

Employment type: Permanent position.

We offer:

• Positive and knowledgeable colleagues in a lovely work group.
• External supervision.
• Access to close management.
• Generous fitness allowance.
• Opportunity for some remote work.

We place great emphasis on personal suitability. Experience in public authority exercise is meritorious. A driver's license is a requirement! We want you to show an extract from the Swedish Police Authority's criminal record register prior to a potential employment.

Mönsterås Municipality checks identity and right to work before anyone is employed. This means that you who apply for a job with us need to show identification. If relevant, you may also need to show your residence and work permit. We decline offers and sales calls regarding advertising and recruitment assistance in connection with this position.

To ensure the quality of the recruitment process at Mönsterås Municipality and to enable good communication with our applicants, we want you to submit your application digitally. This applies to everyone except if you have a protected identity. In that case, contact the recruitment manager via the provided contact details instead.