Senior Social Worker (1st Level) for Child and Family Unit in Borlänge

Do you want to work in a meaningful role where you contribute to security, change, and hope for people in vulnerable life situations every day? This might be the job for you.

The Child and Family Unit (BFE) in Borlänge Municipality is now looking for a Senior Social Worker (1st Level) for one of our child and youth groups. Here, we perform qualified social authority work in a practice where collaboration, care, and professionalism go hand in hand.

About the Role and the Unit

As a Senior Social Worker within the Child and Family Unit in Borlänge Municipality, you will help create security and change in the lives of children and young people. Here you will meet a dedicated unit, clear methods, and social work where the child's needs are always at the center.

The Child and Family Unit is part of the Individual and Family Care department and consists of several specialized work groups working together for children, young people, and adults. Each work group is led by one or two Senior Social Workers. In addition, there is a Unit Manager and three Deputy Unit Managers. In one of our three child and youth groups, three social workers work with adults connected to domestic violence.

We value close collaboration within work groups, within the unit (BFE), with other parts of the social services, and with external partners. Our managers are present and accessible, and the leadership is clear. Our core values permeate the entire operation:

• I am here for the people of Borlänge
• I like challenges
• I meet every person with openness

Responsibilities

The Child and Family Unit (BFE) has expanded during the year with social workers to meet the needs in Borlänge and to enable work on development and improvements within the field. For this reason, the unit also needs to strengthen its leadership team with a Senior Social Worker.

Are you an engaged social worker who wants to work with supervisory tasks? Then we welcome your application to our inclusive, expanding, and ambitious unit!

As a Senior Social Worker, you primarily work as a close supervisory support to social workers. You lead individual case reviews with social workers, as well as joint case reviews with the entire work group. You also work with routines, guidelines, and development work within the field.

You are part of the Child and Family Unit's (BFE) management group and collaborate closely with other Senior Social Workers in the unit.

On the unit, we always work with the children's needs at the center, and we have implemented the working method Signs of Safety. We believe in meeting the people of Borlänge where they are and helping and guiding the individual to find their own capacity to make lasting changes.

The work is based on existing legislation, guidelines, and knowledge support, and you work based on evidence-based practice. Important to us are secure case processing and very good treatment of individuals.

What We Offer

We offer our employees:

• A thorough introduction
• Training in MI, BBIC, Signs of Safety
• Daily case processing support
• Proximity to managers
• Systematic quality work that everyone is part of
• Methodological support
• Flexible working hours
• Wellness allowance
• Active work environment work and much more!

In addition to the internal introduction program, participation in Yrkesresan (The Professional Journey) is included. Yrkesresan is a concept for introduction and competence development from the National Board of Health and Welfare, adapted for social services employees. It was developed through a collaboration between SKR, the National Board of Health and Welfare, and Regional Collaboration and Support Structures (RSS).

Qualifications and Merits

Basic Requirements

• A degree in Social Work or another higher education degree (at least 180 ECTS) in a relevant area deemed equivalent by the employer, along with course certificates in:
  • Social Law 7.5 ECTS (focus on children and young people if only 7.5 ECTS)
  • Administrative Law 7.5 ECTS
  • Psychology 7.5 ECTS (should be developmental psychology if only 7.5 ECTS)
• Experience of authority work within individual and family care
• Valid driver's license (Category B)
• Very good knowledge of Swedish in speech and writing

Personal Qualities

We are looking for someone who is confident in themselves, has good collaboration skills, and wants to make a difference, especially for our young people in Borlänge. We also see that you:

• Have the ability to work effectively towards set goals
• Are creative and flexible
• Are open and curious and can handle that we are an operation in constant development
• Work in a structured and focused manner even in stressful situations

Meritorious Qualifications

• Training in MI (Motivational Interviewing)
• Training in Signs of Safety
• Training in BBIC
• Experience working in the VIVA system
• Experience working with domestic violence, FREDA, SARA, and PATRIARK, as well as training in honor-related violence
• Leadership training, experience in supervisory tasks within social services or other authorities
• Knowledge of a language other than Swedish

Practical Information

Salary: Monthly salary.
Employment type: Permanent position.
Duration: Permanent, start date: By agreement.
Working hours: Daytime.

In connection with the interview, you as a candidate must provide proof of citizenship in Sweden/EU/EEA or a valid work and residence permit.

For those offered employment, a certificate of good conduct (extract from the police record) is required according to the Act on Register Control from 2001-01-01.

For you with protected personal data, we offer an extra protected application procedure. Contact the recruiting manager before you submit your application, so we can ensure your details are handled in a secure and correct manner according to current routines.

To ensure quality in the recruitment process in Borlänge Municipality and to enable good communication with our applicants, we ask you to submit your application digitally via the link and not in any other way.

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