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Do you want to work daily making a difference for children placed in foster care, in a team that values workplace environment and is driven by developing foster care services? Do you also want the opportunity to work at a company with exciting development possibilities, where joy, engagement, and responsibility are key words? Now you have the chance to become a Foster Care Consultant at Humana.

About the role

As a Foster Care Consultant at Humana, you will become a central part of a team consisting of seven creative colleagues. We work closely together to enable safe and inclusive environments for our children. Our office is located in Västra Frölunda, and our coverage area covers large parts of Västra Götaland.

The role of Foster Care Consultant offers great flexibility with the possibility of remote work. We are looking for someone who is based in or around Gothenburg or Västra Götaland County, with the ability to attend meetings at our office.

In this role, you will work with recruiting, investigating, educating, and supervising foster homes. You act as a professional support in their important mission. We have close cooperation with our outpatient care unit and can offer combined interventions. The position may involve coordinating cases regarding both foster care placement and outpatient care.

Your main responsibilities:

• Recruit, investigate, and educate foster homes.
• Support and guide emergency and foster homes in their mission.
• Establish and maintain good customer contacts and ensure ongoing written documentation of supervision efforts.
• Coordinate cases with combined foster care placements and outpatient care interventions.
• Actively contribute to the development of our consultant-supported foster care through evidence-based methods.
• Be part of our team but also work independently and take responsibility for your own cases.
• Participate in on-call duty (evenings and weekends occur).

Who are you?

To thrive and succeed in the role of Foster Care Consultant, we are looking for you who is a secure and non-hierarchical team player. You enjoy working closely with colleagues, generously share your knowledge, and actively contribute to an inclusive and positive work environment. We see that you possess the following competencies:

• Collaboration and communication: You are a skilled communicator who navigates safely in complex collaborative relationships. You have the ability to handle and balance different perspectives between foster homes, social services, and colleagues, even in situations where opinions differ, and you do this with a solution-oriented and respectful approach.
• Motivation and entrepreneurial spirit: You are used to driving processes forward, take responsibility, and do not hesitate to make difficult decisions or guide foster homes in complex situations.
• Problem-solving skills: You thrive with complex tasks and have strong confidence in your own ability to find constructive solutions.
• Stress management: You are stress-resistant, organized, and enjoy keeping many processes going simultaneously, even during periods of high tempo.

Duration/Working hours: Permanent position, 100%, trust-based working hours. 6 months probationary period applies. Start date: according to agreement.

We offer:

• An open work climate shaped by our core values: joy, engagement, and responsibility.
• Developing work with access to high competence and supervision.
• Internal and external training opportunities.
• Collective agreement, occupational pension, insurance, fitness allowance, and access to our internal learning portal.

For this position, you must:

• be a trained social worker with at least three years of experience from work in municipal social services
• have a B driver's license and enjoy driving, as the position involves regular travel out to our foster homes.

It is also meritorious if you:

• have experience in investigating, educating, and supervising foster homes or have experience from a therapeutic position.

What happens now?

We warmly welcome your application! We review the selection continuously and look forward to hearing from you. The position may be filled before the final application deadline.

If you want to know more about the position or the recruitment process, you are warmly welcome to contact us!

Contact Information

Louise Cederholm, Unit Manager: [email protected] 070-747 87 20

Mariann Walkeapää, Regional Manager: [email protected] 072-577 05 85