Child Welfare Secretary Needed for Family Support and Foster Care Unit

Härryda kommun · Full-time

Skolvägen 1, Mölnlycke, Sweden

1 position(s). Your Workplace Härryda kommun is conveniently located within commuting distance to Göteborg and surrounding municipalities. Buses and trains run frequently and stop near the office. The office is centrally located with proximity to grocery stores, pharmacies, and lunch restaurants. The Family Support and Foster Care Unit is one of three units within the Children and Family services at the social services sector in Härryda kommun. The unit employs five child welfare secretaries and five foster care secretaries, as well as seven family treatment workers and one, soon two, youth treatment workers. The unit also has three team leaders and a unit manager. Access to support in daily work is therefore high. We are now seeking you to work as a social worker (child welfare secretary) for children living in foster care. We who work at the Family Support and Foster Care Unit strive to maintain good and close contact with children and important people in the child's life. We place great emphasis on social work and are given the space to be creative. The group of child welfare secretaries is engaged, experienced, and has a strong focus on children's care and development. It is a group that cares deeply for each other and enjoys working together. In the group, it is natural to help one another and morale is high. Child welfare secretaries and foster care secretaries work closely together and therefore also provide natural support for each other. Proximity to family treatment workers means that flexible solutions can quickly be found for children in foster care who need additional support. We are committed to development and continuously working to increase security and prepare our placed children for the future. Together with researchers and two other municipalities, we are part of the Leaving care project, which aims to optimize support for young adults in the final stages of public care or who have recently left it. As part of this, we are developing aftercare support that will be provided by child welfare secretaries as a service without means testing after placement ends. We have also decided to implement Skolfam with a planned start in spring 2027. We want you as an employee to feel comfortable working with us and to have a good work environment. We trust in your abilities and competence, and we encourage and welcome new ideas. We have good and close collaboration between our units within Children and Family services and with other important partners within and outside the municipality, such as schools. Your Assignment As a child welfare secretary, your assignment is to follow up and work to ensure that our placed children are doing well and have the most favorable development possible. You do this by creating good and trusting relationships with children and with significant people around them, such as parents and foster families. It is important to us that you treat everyone with respect and that you adapt your working approach based on what the child needs to have a secure and stable situation. You work in close team with foster care secretaries both through joint meetings and by planning care. You have regular visits to the foster home, individual conversations with the child, and conversations with foster parents, custodians, and other important people in the children's networks. A functioning school situation is an important success factor for children, and therefore great focus should be placed on good collaboration with schools. As a child welfare secretary, your assignment includes regularly reviewing or reconsidering care and, when necessary, conducting investigations under SoL or LVU. You actively participate in our ongoing development work and contribute your experience and knowledge. What This Position Requires We are seeking someone with a social work degree and at least a couple of years' experience in public authority work with children and young people. Additional experience within the profession and experience working with children in any capacity are merits. We place great importance on personal suitability, strong ability to create supportive and trusting relationships, and strong collaboration skills. To thrive in the role of child welfare secretary, it helps if you are organized and conscientious. It is important that you can work independently and by planning, organizing, and prioritizing your work well. You need to be able to understand different perspectives and have problem-solving analytical ability. The position requires that you express yourself well both verbally and in writing. The work involves travel, so a Class B driver's license is required. To obtain employment, a certificate from the Police Records must be presented. A certificate from the Suspicion Register may also be relevant depending on the position. What We Offer You Read more on our website about what we offer you. (https://www.harryda.se/arbete/arbetaiharrydakommun/detharerbjudervidig.4.4bd770a51817ff14fcd13400.html) About Härryda kommun Härryda is a municipality that dares! Here we aim to have Sweden's best schools and business climate, care of the highest quality, and attractive community development. Together we are 3,000 employees who make interaction with Härryda kommun simple. With courage, innovative thinking, and decisive action, we inspire each other and deliver service with competence and quality. Over the past six years, Härryda kommun has ranked at the top in Dagens Samhälle's annual ranking of Municipality of the Year. We are seeking someone who is engaged, open to different perspectives, and wants to create solutions that will stand the test of time for future generations. You'll find us between Göteborg and Borås with Landvetter airport in the heart of the municipality. Together we accomplish more! Other Information Interviews may begin during the advertising period. We want to inform you that your application is public information according to the principle of public access. If you as an applicant have protected personal information, please send your application in paper form to: Härryda kommun, Personnel Function, Sofia Götberg, 435 80 Mölnlycke. Your application will be handled according to the municipality's procedures for handling protected personal information in recruitment and employment. Include the job posting's reference number in your application so we know which position you are applying for. We prefer that you apply for the position through our recruitment system. In preparing the recruitment process, we have made decisions regarding recruitment channels and marketing. We therefore expressly decline contact from media sales representatives, job boards, and similar services. Employment Type: Permanent position. Duration: Permanent, start date: By agreement.