At the City of Mölndal, we are proud to offer Sweden's most important work, where together we create the best possible daily life for our citizens. With knowledge, courage, and creativity, we develop our operations and contribute to making Mölndal an even better place to live and work. Welcome to make a difference in people's everyday lives!
We are a politically governed organization that operates on behalf of our residents through our elected representatives. We have a systemic approach and a strong focus on children, young people, and users.
The Attendance Team—School Social Collaboration is Mölndal's school social team. The Attendance Team has shared leadership consisting of a unit manager for open care at the Social and Labor Market Administration and a unit manager from the School Administration. The Attendance Team consists of three family therapists, one social pedagogue, 1.5 special educators, and a teacher with a service dog who works on an hourly basis.
The Attendance Team works with home and school in parallel, always with the goal of bringing students with high school absenteeism back to school. The team works intensively with children and young people and their families, and the work involves extensive collaboration with external actors.
The family therapists in the Attendance Team are part of the "Open Care Unit," which consists of 45 employees, three method supervisors, and three managers. The unit also includes four family therapist teams with different specializations, a family safety team, a field team, a visitation program, the Network Team, social workers at the police department, two family centers, and Mini-Maria.
1 position(s).
WORK RESPONSIBILITIES
You and the team work to break long-term school absenteeism by working closely with the family, their network, the social worker who approved the intervention, and school staff.
As a family therapist in Mölndal's Attendance Team, you are an important link between parents and the school, and together with the social pedagogue and special educators, you work to create conditions for the child/young person to feel good and have the prerequisites to resume schooling. Your tasks are varied, and you will be involved in developing collaboration and your role. You will, among other things:
• Work with the child/young person and their family at home and in activity facilities to build strong relationships and collaboration.
• Serve as a bridge to the family and to the school and enable a gradual return to school.
• Work closely with schools to help ensure a smooth return to school for the student.
• Listen in and create good conditions for collaboration.
• Plan and conduct family meetings, collaboration meetings, and network meetings.
• Evaluate progress and report results to a steering group and the respective board.
QUALIFICATIONS
We are looking for someone with a relevant academic degree such as social worker, behavioral scientist, or other education deemed equivalent. Experience in family therapy is a requirement. Experience working in public administration with children and young people, as well as individuals with neurodevelopmental variations, and social change work is a merit. You must be able to express yourself well in Swedish in speech and writing, as this is required in daily work.
We are looking for someone who is a confident and resilient team player who contributes to a good collaborative climate and takes shared responsibility for your common mission. You have a strong ability to build trusting relationships, value differences, and understand how background, culture, and group membership affect individuals. To succeed in this role, you need strong self-leadership. You dare to try, take initiative, and you are not afraid of making mistakes but see them as an opportunity to develop.
Become part of our Attendance Team and contribute to new working methods and collaborations for our children and students in Mölndal!
Welcome to apply!
Employment Form: Permanent employment.
Duration: Indefinite, Start date: To be agreed upon.
We view diversity as a strength and therefore welcome applicants from different backgrounds.
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Before a possible employment, we will verify citizenship. If you are not a citizen of Sweden, the EU, EEA, or Switzerland, you must be able to provide a valid residence/work permit or prove that you are exempt from the requirement to have a work permit.
Background checks may be conducted before employment.
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In planning our recruitment process, we have made decisions about recruitment channels and marketing. We therefore firmly decline contact from media sales representatives, recruitment sites, and similar entities.At the City of Mölndal, we are proud to offer Sweden's most important work, where together we create the best possible daily life for our citizens. With knowledge, courage, and creativity, we develop our operations and contribute to making Mölndal an even better place to live and work. Welcome to make a difference in people's everyday lives!
We are a politically governed organization that operates on behalf of our residents through our elected representatives. We have a systemic approach and a strong focus on children, young people, and users.
The Attendance Team—School Social Collaboration…