Do you want to make a difference for children and families – and have fun at work?

At our Family Unit in Kumla, you will meet a secure and well-functioning social services department with a stable economy, engaged colleagues, and a culture where we care for each other. Our key words are: safe working environment, support in daily life, development, and community. We are a mixed group of both newly graduated and experienced social workers – and we enjoy working together!

"We have a great community and help each other – it is evident that everyone cares."

– Employee at the Family Unit

We work closely with children, parents, and foster homes, focusing on participation, respect, and cooperation. Our unit is divided into an authority group and open care, which allows us to work broadly and coordinated around our families.

In Kumla, we strive to offer our own foster homes to placed children as much as possible. This enables us to work in close teams around the placed children, teams consisting of foster home secretaries, child followers, and sometimes foster home therapists.

1 position(s).

RESPONSIBILITIES

The role of Foster Home Secretary involves responsibility for investigating foster homes and emergency homes, recruiting and investigating contact persons and contact families, matching service providers, and supervising foster homes. The work as a Foster Home Secretary involves regular contact with the foster homes you are responsible for; you work on providing them with supervision and support so they can manage their assignments and give the child the best possible care during placement. As a Foster Home Secretary, you work closely with your Foster Home Secretary colleague but also closely with our child followers who are responsible for the child's placement.

Our goal is for you to have:

• a reasonable workload and close support in daily life
• supervision and support from experienced group leaders
• work in a team with colleagues
• a clear introduction and opportunity for mentorship
• possibility of flexible working hours and remote work

We invest in your development! Every year we create a competence development plan that matches the organization's needs with your goals. You will receive training in MI (Motivational Interviewing), a method that permeates our entire operation.

QUALIFICATIONS

We are looking for you who:

• have a degree in social work, behavioral science with additional training in social law, or other education that the employer deems suitable.
• are engaged, responsible, and secure in meetings with people
• enjoy working independently but also in a team
• have a B driver's license

Experience working with the target group of children and young people is meritorious. We will place great emphasis on personal suitability.

Want to know more? We are happy to offer coffee and tell you more about what it is like to work with us!

Interviews will be conducted continuously, so please send in your application today!

Employment type: Permanent.
Duration: Permanent.
Working hours: Daytime.

You apply for the position via the Public Jobs electronic application form. The appointment to the position will be based on the information you provide, and therefore it is of utmost importance that you are careful when filling out your application. In your application, you must state your citizenship. If you are not a citizen of Sweden, the EU, EEA, or Switzerland, you must also be able to prove that you have a valid work permit or are exempt from the obligation to have a work permit. The employment can only take place after verification of the work permit, which is required according to the Aliens Ordinance.

Do you have protected personal data? Contact the HR department directly at phone 019-588 000 so we can help you with a secure application.

Before employment, you must show a valid identity document and, in cases where the position requires it, a valid extract from the criminal record.

We decline contact with advertisers and staffing and recruitment agencies.

Kumla Municipality is a growing municipality located centrally in Örebro County and has just over 22,600 inhabitants. The municipality has successful companies, a rich cultural and leisure offer, good municipal services, and excellent communications. Kumla's Vision 2040 means Kumla is a safe, family-friendly place where people feel a sense of belonging and connection. The blooming and green small town has housing, but also the jobs, services, and offerings needed for a complete everyday life.