Do you want to make a difference for children and families – and have fun at work at the same time?
At the Family Unit in Kumla, you'll find a secure and well-functioning social service with stable finances, engaged colleagues, and a culture where we care for each other. Our guiding principles are: secure work environment, support in daily life, development, and community. We are a mixed group of both newly graduated and experienced social workers – and we enjoy working together!
"We have a great sense of community and help each other – you can tell that everyone cares."
– Employee at the Family Unit
We work closely with children, parents, and foster families, with a focus on participation, respect, and collaboration. Our unit is divided into a regulatory group and open care, which allows us to work broadly and in a coordinated way around our families.
In Kumla, we work to offer our own foster families to placed children as much as possible. This allows us to work in close teams around the placed children, teams consisting of family home secretaries, child coordinators, and sometimes family home counselors.
1 position(s).
WORK TASKS
The role of family home secretary involves you being responsible for assessing foster homes and emergency homes, recruiting and evaluating contact persons and contact families, matching service providers, and supervising foster families. Work as a family home secretary means having regular contact with the foster homes you are responsible for; you work to provide them with guidance and support so they can carry out their assignment and give the child the best care during placement. As a family home secretary, you work closely with your family home secretary colleague but also closely with our child coordinators who are responsible for the child's placement.
Our goal is that you should have:
• a reasonable workload and close support in daily life
• guidance and support from experienced group leaders
• work in a team with colleagues
• a clear introduction and opportunity for mentorship
• opportunity for flexible working hours and remote work
We invest in your development! Each year we develop a competence development plan that matches the organization's needs with your goals. You will receive training in MI (Motivational Interviewing), a method that permeates our entire organization.
QUALIFICATIONS
We are looking for someone who:
• has a social work degree, behavioral scientist with additional education in social law, or other education that the employer deems appropriate.
• is committed, responsible, and confident in meeting with people
• enjoys working independently but also as part of a team
• has a driver's license (category B)
Meritorious is experience working with children and young people. We will place great emphasis on personal suitability.
Want to know more? We'd be happy to have coffee with you and tell you more about what it's like to work with us!
Interviews will be held on an ongoing basis, so please send in your application today!
Employment type: Permanent employment.
Duration: Permanent, start date: Start date by agreement.
Working hours: Daytime.
You apply for the position through the Public Jobs electronic application form. The appointment of the position will be based on the information you provide, and it is therefore of the utmost importance that you are careful when filling out your application. In your application, you must state your citizenship. If you are not a citizen of Sweden, EU, EEA, or Switzerland, you must also be able to provide proof that you have a valid work permit or are exempt from the requirement to have a work permit. Employment can only take place after verification of the work permit, which is required according to the Aliens Ordinance.
Do you have protected personal information? Contact the HR department directly at phone 019-588 000 and we'll help you with a secure application.
Before employment, you must provide a valid form of identification and, if required by the position, a valid extract from the criminal record register.
We decline contact from advertisers and staffing and recruitment companies.
Kumla Municipality is a growing municipality centrally located in Örebro County with just over 22,600 inhabitants. The municipality is home to successful businesses, a rich cultural and leisure offering, good municipal services, and excellent communications. Kumla's Vision 2040 means Kumla is a safe, family-friendly place where people feel a sense of community and belonging. The thriving and green small town has housing, but also the jobs, services, and offerings needed for a complete daily life.Do you want to make a difference for children and families – and have fun at work at the same time?
At the Family Unit in Kumla, you'll find a secure and well-functioning social service with stable finances, engaged colleagues, and a culture where we care for each other. Our guiding principles are: secure work environment, support in daily life, development, and community. We are a mixed group of both newly graduated and experienced social workers – and we enjoy working together!
"We have a great sense of community and help each other – you can tell that everyone cares."
– Employee at the…