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Family Home Secretary for Children and Young People

Welcome to join us!

Do you want to make a difference for children and young people? We are now looking for a Family Home Secretary for our department of Children and Young People.

We are a team of 7 Family Home Secretaries working within the Children and Young People unit. In total, the Children and Young People department consists of 25 social secretaries, 3 family law secretaries, 4 team leaders, 2 unit managers, and 2 administrators.

Why should you apply?

Here, you will meet a caring, experienced, and competent work group where you will have the opportunity to grow into your role. We offer an introduction and training tailored to your needs. You will receive continuous external supervision and participate in regular case reviews. All employees are also part of "Yrkesresan," a national initiative that strengthens professional development.

We offer good employment conditions, including annual working hours, the possibility of holiday exchange, and a wellness allowance. You also have the opportunity to work remotely one day a week, subject to agreement. Currently, we are running a trial period with reduced working hours, meaning a full-time week corresponds to 35 hours.

About the position

The work as a Family Home Secretary is varied, developmental, and meaningful. You will play a key role in creating conditions for children and young people to have safe and stable upbringing environments, together with social secretaries, family therapists, and external collaboration partners.

In this role, you work with recruiting and investigating individuals who wish to become emergency foster homes, foster homes, therapeutic families, contact families, or contact persons. You match service providers with the right child or youth and follow up on interventions through support and supervision. The work also includes documentation in the business system Treserva, determining compensation levels, and drawing up agreements. You are also an important part of the department's development work, where we jointly work to improve and develop our methods.

The position also involves on-call duties according to a rotating schedule, approximately one week every other month, during which you are available for our foster homes during evenings and weekends.

The Family Home Secretaries have different areas of responsibility. For this specific position, the focus is on recruiting, matching, and supervising contact persons and contact families for children and young people, as well as investigating foster homes.

Who are we looking for?

We are looking for you who are a social worker or have another university education that we assess as equivalent. We would also appreciate if you have experience of social work with authority functions in the field of children and young people, as well as good ability to apply current legislation and guidelines.

Personal suitability is of great importance.

We consider it an advantage if you have:

• experience of investigating, matching, and supervising service providers
• supervision training
• knowledge of the Signs of Safety approach

To thrive and succeed in the role, we see that you are:

Calm and empathetic – you treat people with respect and security

Engaged and solution-focused – you want to make a difference and find ways forward in complex situations

Structured and self-reliant – you plan, prioritize, and drive your work forward

Reflective and analytical – you make well-founded assessments and can justify them

Communicative – you express yourself well orally and in writing and contribute to good collaboration

Creative – you think new thoughts and contribute to the development of the department

Employment and application

Your employment will be as a Family Home Secretary at the Children and Young People unit.

We warmly welcome your application! Selection and interviews are conducted continuously, so do not wait to apply.

About the administration

We are here for people. We offer various types of support to children, young people, families, and adults who in some way need our interventions. We provide the support needed so that individuals can then move forward on their own to work, studies, or otherwise receive help to develop. We care for our elderly when they need support in their daily lives. We are one of the few municipalities in Sweden with a consolidated social services department. This means that authority functions, as well as treatment and support measures, are located in the same administration. We see this as a great strength. We create value for our citizens and contribute to a good and dignified life – for everyone, regardless of circumstances. We place great emphasis on early interventions and preventive work, professionally and individually adapted support. We are a learning workplace – We make each other better through our quality work focused on those we serve. We are the Social and Care Administration – a part of Hudiksvall Municipality.

About Hudiksvall Municipality

In the middle of Sweden, by the beautiful Hälsingland coast, lies Hudiksvall Municipality – perhaps better known as Glada Hudik. Here live 37,600 happy Hudik residents, and more than half of us live in the countryside.

In Hudiksvall Municipality, distances are short to most things you want to do and need, and you have time left over for what is important in life. Here you are close to contrasting environments, an active club life, and a business community with great drive – many world-leading companies have their headquarters in our municipality.

Hudiksvall Municipality is the largest employer in the municipality. Together we are 3,800 employees, within 300 different professions, who work every day to create value for those we serve – our citizens. This is a large and important assignment that should be permeated by security, openness, participation, and equality. In this way, we help each other build a society where all people are equally valuable.

About your application

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Read more about what we as an employer can offer you: www.hudiksvall.se/jobbahososs (http://www.hudiksvall.se/jobbahososs)