Foster Care Secretary at Stenungsund Municipality

Stenungsund, a good society with confidence in the future and development with humans and nature at the center.

Stenungsund Municipality is an expanding coastal municipality with approximately 28,030 residents, a strong business community, residential environments close to the sea, and good transport links. The municipality has a well-developed cultural and association life, as well as good conditions for outdoor activities and recreation. The municipality's key words are wholeness, openness, participation, and transparency.

The municipality's vision is to reach 35,000 residents by 2035. Stenungsund Municipality is part of the Gothenburg Region Municipal Association, which serves as a forum for cooperation and experience sharing, as well as in several other inter-municipal collaborations.

The Individual and Family Care (IFO) consists of both authority enforcement and service provision, meeting residents who need support in various ways. Within IFO, we have units such as Children and Youth, Foster Care, Family Law, Family Support, Maintenance Support, Adults, LSS (Support and Service for Persons with Certain Functional Impairments), Social Psychiatry, Elderly Assistance, and Administration.

The Foster Care, Family Law, and Administration unit is now looking for a new employee, as one of our experienced Foster Care Secretaries is moving on to other tasks. The Foster Care group is a stable work team consisting of five child secretaries and six foster care secretaries, along with two experienced supervisors. On the unit, we work with Skolfam, and therefore we have a special needs teacher and a psychologist working alongside us.

The workplace is centrally located in Stenungsund and is easily accessible by public transport from Gothenburg and Uddevalla. There is a wide range of shopping and lunch restaurants near the town hall, and outside the office window, you have the opportunity to see the sea!

1 position(s).

Job Description

Your main tasks as a Foster Care Secretary will be to recruit, investigate, train, and supervise foster homes. You will work in a team with child secretaries regarding ongoing placements. You will support and secure the foster homes to thereby provide children with good, safe, and secure care, as well as ensure the children's contact with their biological parents and their other network. The goal is for our foster homes to be self-managed and to receive qualified support at various levels based on the needs of the child and the family. Documentation is done in Lifecare. The work may involve short and long trips.

The role of Foster Care Secretary requires that you have a good ability to build and create relationships with the families you meet. We can offer you stimulating and developing work that engages and challenges you. You will join a group with experienced colleagues who are secure in their roles. We have fun together and are considerate of each other. The group has external supervision as well as regular method supervision. This autumn, we will implement Signs of Safety in the entire child welfare service. Are you interested in becoming part of our group? Apply to us!

Qualifications

You must have a degree in Social Work and preferably experience in foster care as well as authority enforcement for children and young people. Meritorious is education in the Kälvesten model. Knowledge of current legislation and good proficiency in Swedish are prerequisites. It is important that you enjoy working together but also independently. You need to be comfortable in meetings with both adults and children/young people, have an ease in conversation with them, and be able to hold space for their stories. You enjoy expressing yourself in speech and writing, are comfortable speaking in front of groups, and meeting people in various contexts. The work requires a good ability to promote our work in connection with recruitment efforts. A large portion of humility and flexibility facilitates the work. Great importance is attached to personal suitability.

As a person, you need to be calm and secure, having achieved both personal and professional maturity. Good knowledge of child development is desirable, as well as good structure, a high sense of responsibility, and a professional approach. A driver's license is a requirement.

There will be a major focus on developing foster care in the future, which means you need to be interested in trying new ways of working and being involved in that work.

Employment type: Permanent position.
Duration: Start date by agreement. Interviews are conducted continuously, so do not wait to submit your application!

We strive for an even gender distribution and see diversity as a strength, welcoming applicants with different backgrounds.

In connection with the recruitment process, we have taken a stand on recruitment channels and marketing. We therefore expressly decline contact with media sellers, recruitment sites, and similar.

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For salary ranges, we refer to our website: http://www.stenungsund.se/lonestatistik (http://www.stenungsund.se/lonestatistik)

If salary ranges are missing for the current position, you are referred to contact the responsible manager as stated in the advertisement.

Background checks may be conducted before employment.

We look forward to receiving your application!