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Do you want to make a daily difference for young people and adults placed in foster care, working in a team that values a good work environment and is driven by developing family home services? Would you also like the opportunity to work at a company with exciting development prospects, where joy, engagement, and responsibility are key words? Now is your chance to become a Family Foster Care Consultant at Humana.

About the role

As a Family Foster Care Consultant at Humana, you will join a team currently consisting of three employees and a unit manager.

The department works with foster care assignments in collaboration with social services and the prison and probation service. In addition to foster placements, we also offer outpatient treatment. Our office is located in Råå, just outside Helsingborg, and our coverage area includes Skåne, Blekinge, Småland, and Halland.

The role of Family Foster Care Consultant offers great flexibility with the possibility of remote work. We are looking for someone based in or around Helsingborg who can attend meetings at our office when needed.

Your main responsibilities:

• Recruit, assess, and train foster families.

• Support and guide emergency and foster families in their assignments.

• Establish and maintain strong client relationships, as well as ensure continuous written documentation of treatment and supervision efforts.

• Coordinate cases involving combined foster placements and outpatient interventions.

• Work both collaboratively within the team and independently, taking ownership of your own cases.

• Participate in on-call duty (evenings and weekends may occur).

Who are you?

To thrive and succeed as a Family Foster Care Consultant, we are looking for someone who enjoys working closely with colleagues, generously shares knowledge, and actively contributes to an inclusive and positive work environment. We expect you to possess the following competencies:

• Collaboration and communication: You have the ability to handle and balance different perspectives between foster families, social services, and colleagues, even when opinions differ. You approach these situations with a solution-oriented and respectful mindset.

• You are experienced in driving processes forward, taking responsibility, and are comfortable making difficult decisions or guiding foster families through complex situations.

• You thrive on complex tasks and have strong confidence in your ability to find constructive solutions.

• You are stress-resistant, organized, and comfortable managing multiple processes simultaneously, even during high-pressure periods.

Duration/Working hours:

Permanent position, 100%, trust-based working hours. A 6-month probationary period applies. Start date: according to agreement.

What 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, wellness allowance, and access to our internal learning portal.

• A company car is provided as part of the role.

• Internal training in treatment methods for addiction care, mental health issues, and crime prevention.

Requirements for this position:

• A degree in Social Work (socionom).

• A valid B driver’s license and a comfort with driving, as the role involves regular travel to our foster families.

The following qualifications are a plus:

• Experience in assessing, training, and supervising foster families, or experience from a clinical/treatment position.

What happens next?

We warmly welcome your application! We review applications on an ongoing basis and look forward to hearing from you. The position may be filled before the deadline.

If you would like to know more about the role or the recruitment process, please feel free to contact us!

Contact information

Anja Johansson, Unit Manager: [email protected] | +46 76-1270596

Kemal Ovcina, Family Foster Care Consultant: [email protected] | +46 70-6699525