Vacant job

Essensa Foster Care is looking for a Foster Care Consultant with a requirement for supervisory training focused on foster care.

Do you want to work closely with children, foster families, and professional teams, in an organization where quality, relationships, and the best interests of the child are always at the center?

About Us

Essensa Foster Care is a specialist operation that provides consultant-supported foster care with a focus on children and young people with complex issues, often in combination with trauma, mental health issues, and neuropsychiatric difficulties.

We work in teams and in the child's home environment/foster home environment, with clear structure, continuous follow-up, and high professionalism.

About the Role

As a Foster Care Consultant with us, you play a central role in the work regarding the child and the foster family. You are responsible for supervision, education, recruitment, and follow-up of the foster families in their assignments, and you collaborate closely with social services and our internal team.

The work is independent but never solitary; you are part of a cross-professional team consisting of a director, specialist social worker, placement advisor, family therapist, DBT therapist, special educator, and skills trainer.

Responsibilities

• Supervision of foster families
• Regular contact and collaboration with social services
• Follow-up of care and implementation plans
• Documentation and reporting
• Participation in matching, follow-up meetings, and treatment conferences
• Recruitment and assessment of foster families
• Contribute to the development of the organization's quality and working methods

We are looking for you who

• Are a social worker or have other relevant higher education
• Have supervisory training focused on foster care
• Have experience from foster care
• Are courageous, have self-leadership, and are relationship-building
• Work independently, purposefully, and solution-focused
• Have good ability to express yourself in speech and writing
• Have a B-driver's license and a car

Merits

• Step 1 training in CBT, PDT, or family therapy
• DBT training

We offer

• A value-driven and quality-focused operation
• Close leadership and strong team support
• Opportunity to influence and develop working methods
• Fixed salary and good employment conditions
• Wellness allowance and opportunity to exercise during working hours
• A work climate characterized by trust, professionalism, and commitment

More about Essensa Foster Care

Essensa Foster Care provides consultant-supported foster care with a treatment orientation. The operation is part of Essensa Treatment and works on behalf of social services with children and young people who need structured, secure, and individualized interventions. The interventions are coordinated based on the child's needs and may include special pedagogical support, treatment, skills training, as well as support and supervision for foster families. Through close collaboration between different professions, cohesive and sustainable placements are created.

Essensa Foster Care works systematically with quality assurance and follow-up. The operation is characterized by clear structures, responsibility-taking, and regular self-control to ensure that interventions maintain high quality and are carried out in accordance with current legislation and assignments.

Our starting point is the best interests of the child. With courage, structure, and cross-professional collaboration, we develop foster care that is long-term sustainable and adapted to each child's individual needs.

Read more about our operation on our website http://www.essensa.nu

Workplace: Hybrid (from home and at foster homes)

Requirements:

• You primarily work from home and plan your work independently.
• You must be able to conduct home visits to your foster families at least three out of five working days per week.
• Travel is included in the position, and you need to be able to conduct business trips with a one-way travel time of up to approximately two hours.
• A B-driver's license and access to a personal car are required.

Application

Selection takes place on an ongoing basis.

Send us your application and CV – we look forward to hearing from you!