Child Welfare Officer Social Worker

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Do you want to make a real difference for children and young people? With us, you get a meaningful assignment in a dedicated and competent work team where the best interests of the child are always in focus. We are now looking for a child welfare officer who wants to help us continue developing our foster care services. Our department works to strengthen people's opportunities for independent living through; support and services for children, young people and adults, promoting adult learning and working to make people self-supporting. The activities include individual and family care, employment, integration and adult education, and are organized in three processes: Self-Support, A Safe and Healthy Life and Safe Children in Safe Families, as well as the Navigator Center unit which serves as a unified entrance to the entire department. The position is placed in the Family Unit within the Safe Children in Safe Families process. Here we work with authority functions for children and young people, where social workers, child welfare officers and foster care secretaries collaborate to ensure safe and good living conditions for Kristinehamn's children. The unit is led by two unit managers and supported by team leaders and social administrators. The entire unit is located together with our open care and other authority functions within the Department in our new beautiful municipal building, in premises that promote collaboration and well-being where offices are activity-based. Opportunities for remote work two days per week are available. Other benefits offered include flexible working hours, vacation exchanges and wellness allowances. 1 position(s). DUTIES As a child welfare officer, you have a central role in ensuring that placed children and young people's needs are met and their rights are protected. This includes primarily placements in foster homes, but also certain institutional placements. Your work is based on creating trusting relationships with both the child or young person, guardians and their network. You work closely with foster care secretaries, who provide support and guidance to foster families, as well as with other important actors such as schools, health care, child psychiatry and other parts of social services. Through regular meetings with the child or young person, you work to ensure they are involved in their own care, understand why they are placed and feel safe in their situation. An important part of the assignment is to ensure that the child can maintain and develop relationships with their parents and other significant people. In this role, you are responsible for ongoing documentation, conduct reviews and reassessments of care, and handle investigations that arise during the placement period. You also conduct safety assessments when needed. All case handling is carried out according to BBIC, the Signs of Safety approach and with support from the Social Services Act (SoL) and the Act with Special Provisions on Care of Young People (LVU). The position also includes participating in the handling of acute situations if needed. Travel occurs regularly. QUALIFICATIONS Formal qualifications: • Bachelor's degree in Social Work or equivalent social work qualification (requirement) • Category B driving license (requirement) • Several years of work experience in social work (meritorious) • Experience of authority functions within social services work with children and young people (meritorious) • Knowledge of and experience with the Signs of Safety approach (meritorious) Personal competencies: We are looking for someone with personal maturity and a professional approach. You are confident in yourself and your professional role, are emotionally stable and can distinguish between the personal and professional in interactions with others. To succeed in this role, you need to be relationship-building and have a talent for establishing trusting relationships through attentive, respectful and professional conduct. We also highly value collaboration and are therefore looking for someone who is a dedicated and helpful colleague who contributes to a good working environment and strong team spirit. You will have great opportunity to plan your own work, which requires that you can plan, structure and drive your work forward independently. At the same time, you are flexible and have the ability to adapt to changed circumstances, new needs and unforeseen situations without losing focus on the assignment. You handle challenging situations in a calm and constructive manner. We value the perspectives and experiences that diversity brings and therefore welcome applicants with different backgrounds and life experiences. Great weight will be placed on personal suitability. Employment type: Permanent position. Duration: Permanent, start date: To be agreed. If you are not a citizen of Sweden, EU, EEA or Switzerland and are offered employment, you must be able to prove that you have a valid work permit or are exempt from the requirement to have a work permit. In Kristinehamn Municipality, we work for active leadership and employee engagement. This is created through dialogue and interaction between managers and employees, which creates good conditions for job satisfaction in the organization. Our work environment is affected by how we treat each other and we all have a responsibility to contribute. Together we work to ensure that the department achieves its goals and that decisions made are also followed through. A curious mindset and willingness to collaborate are prerequisites for continuous improvements that lead to the best possible service to the municipality's residents. As an employee with us, you can expect support for new ideas, good development opportunities and that we provide you with the tools you need to perform your work well. Kristinehamn Municipality views diversity as a strength and we welcome all applicants. Our competence-based recruitment methodology aims to focus on the individual's competence and thereby also counteract discrimination. We warmly welcome your application! To ensure quality in the recruitment process and maintain good communication with you as a job applicant with us, we ask that you only submit your application via the application link in the ad. Questions regarding the recruitment process are handled by the recruitment unit.Do you want to make a real difference for children and young people? With us, you get a meaningful assignment in a dedicated and competent work team where the best interests of the child are always in focus. We are now looking for a child welfare officer who wants to help us continue developing our foster care services. Our department works to strengthen people's opportunities for independent living through; support and services for children, young people and adults, promoting adult learning and working to make people self-supporting. The activities include individual and family care,…

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job

Status

active

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public

City

Kristinehamn

Address

Kristinehamn kommun

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59.309949432482, 14.111380308644copyopen in

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Published

25. 6. 2026

Edited

1. 8. 2026

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