Family Care Secretary

In Ludvika, children and young people are important! We demonstrate this by making children and young people the hub of the municipal organization. Most resources directed toward children and young people have been gathered under one and the same board. Here you will find preschool, primary school, adapted primary school, and individual and family care services. What is common to all activities is conscious quality work to continuously develop and improve work with children and young people. Our workplace and the exciting journey ahead The Individual and Family Care (IFO) department in Ludvika has approximately 120 fantastic employees. To meet the demands of the external world and to create an even better and more sustainable work environment, we are now undertaking an exciting reorganization. From September onwards, we will bring together the entire child welfare side in one strong unit. Here you will find functions for intake, investigation work, support services, placed children, and family law. Our strength is the short path to decisions, proximity to each other, and a culture where we collaborate with the client's best interests in focus. We are now looking for a committed family care secretary who wants to be part of creating safe, sustainable, and high-quality family care placements. With us, you will become part of an operation where collaboration, commitment, and development are in focus. We work together to provide children, young people, and families with the support they need and value a work climate where we help each other, share knowledge, and develop together. Since 2024, Ludvika Municipality has been one of eleven municipalities in Dalarna that collaborate through Dalarnas Familjehemsresurs (DFR). Through this collaboration, foster families are recruited to a joint foster family bank, which strengthens the opportunities to find the right family for each child and contributes to a long-term sustainable foster care service. Here's what we think you will appreciate about us: Getting to work with a meaningful assignment where you make a difference for children and families every day. Being part of a close and supportive team with committed colleagues where we collaborate, share knowledge, and develop together. Working in an operation that values quality, collaboration, and a sustainable work environment. Having the opportunity to develop in your professional role through Yrkesresan, which offers a clear structure for continuous learning and competency development. Job Responsibilities In the role of family care secretary, you are responsible for recruiting, investigating, and supporting foster families, contact families, and contact persons. You are an important support to foster families in their assignment and contribute to creating safe and stable conditions for placed children to develop. Your work tasks include, among other things: Recruiting and investigating foster families, contact families, and contact persons. Providing support, guidance, and training to foster families. Following up and quality-assuring ongoing placements. Collaborating with child secretaries and other professionals to ensure a holistic approach to the child's needs. Ensuring that both children and foster families receive appropriate support based on individual needs. You work in close collaboration with child secretaries and other internal and external partners. Together, you are responsible for ensuring that services provided to the child and foster family maintain high quality, are characterized by good collaboration, and always prioritize the child's best interests. Qualifications Requirements We are looking for you if you: Have a degree in social work or other relevant higher education. Have a category B driver's license. Have very good ability to express yourself in Swedish both verbally and in writing. It is an advantage if you have experience in foster care or other authority work within social services. Personal Qualities To thrive and succeed in the role, you are relationship-building and find it easy to create trusting collaborations with children, foster families, colleagues, and other partners. You work in a structured manner and take responsibility for planning and prioritizing your work, while being flexible and able to adapt when circumstances change. You are attentive, professional, and have a genuine commitment to contributing to safe and sustainable solutions with the child's best interests in focus. We place great emphasis on your personal qualities. What you get from us! In addition to working with exciting issues in a varied day, you will have the opportunity to become part of an organization that maintains important societal functions for residents in Ludvika Municipality. As an employee with us, you have access to wellness benefits, good opportunities for competency development, and the option to convert extra vacation days. Please read more at ludvika.se under the heading "Work with us." In Ludvika Municipality, we work according to our values foundation Lagandan, which consists of four principles: Relations, Joy, Learning, and Drive. It is based on collaboration and cooperation, a sense of "we" and a desire to continue developing. It is with Lagandan that we undertake our assignment and strive toward our vision of being a municipality of the future, growth, and opportunity. Employment Form Employment type: Permanent position Scope: 100% Work hours: Daytime Salary: Monthly salary Start date: By agreement. Number of positions: 1 Additional Information An extract from the criminal record register must be available in case of employment. You must be able to present identification and provide certificates of education at interview. If you have a protected identity, you should not apply here on the website; contact us instead. Information Department Head: Kim Trosell, 0240-860 30, [email protected]. 1st Social Secretary Louise Thegel Öjefelt, 0240-862 67, [email protected] Employee organizations can be reached via switchboard, 0240-860 00. Application We welcome your application no later than September 6, 2026. Selection will be made on an ongoing basis during the application period, and interviews may be held before the final application deadline. We decline all offers of candidate referral services and advertising and recruitment assistance in connection with this announcement. We look forward to your application and hope to welcome you to the Individual and Family Care department in Ludvika Municipality, where we work to make a difference for children and young people – every day. Employer: Ludvika Municipality, Department of Social Services and Education

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