Vårgårda Municipality – here we succeed together!
Welcome to Vårgårda Municipality and a workplace where you get to develop and make a difference every day. With respectful treatment and high availability, we do everything to deliver welfare services that exceed residents' expectations. Based on our vision, our shared values, and clear political goals, we build for strong growth and an attractive employer brand.
In Vårgårda Municipality, we work together with a focus on the organization's purpose and residents' needs. We want to be a place where dreams can become reality, where safety and activity go hand in hand, and where everyone can feel at home. Together we continue to develop a municipality where it is good to live, reside, and work!
We are a joint IFO unit that includes children and youth, adults, functional support, and LSS. The unit is led by two unit managers who are also 1st social secretaries for their respective areas: children and youth (which includes family home secretaries, child secretaries, and contact secretaries) and adults/functional support/LSS.
Our offices are located in the municipal building in central Vårgårda.
We are looking for you who want to continue the good social work being done in Vårgårda Municipality and contribute to the future of social services based on the new Social Services Act, together with us, with a focus on those we serve!
As a social secretary for children and youth, you and your colleagues conduct investigations and follow up on granted services. Your work is based on current legislation, guidelines, and knowledge support. The work is conducted using the Signs of Safety approach with a focus on resources, strengths, and risks present in the family and network. Your work is very significant as you, in dialogue with children, youth, family, and network, work to find the best solution for each child.
One of our social secretaries will be on parental leave, and we have chosen to make a permanent appointment of a new social secretary to cover the need during her parental leave and also for the future. She has worked part of her position in the intake unit, and this may also be relevant in this position, but change work is underway to implement the new Social Services Act, so we are having an ongoing dialogue about how we should build our intake in the best way going forward.
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DUTIES
As a social secretary for children and youth, you and your colleagues conduct investigations and follow up on granted services. Your work is based on current legislation, guidelines, and knowledge support. The work is conducted using the Signs of Safety approach with a focus on resources, strengths, and risks present in the family and network. Your work is very significant as you, in dialogue with children, youth, family, and network, work to find the best solution for each child.
Most of your future colleagues have experience in the profession. They are open and unpretentious, which creates a workplace characterized by both high competence and a good and warm atmosphere. It is important to us that we help each other, support one another, and maintain good work for the children, youth, and families we meet.
An important part of the work is collaboration with colleagues within the unit and our open care unit, as well as with external actors such as schools, leisure activities, police, and healthcare. In your work, you have continuous and close support from both your manager/1st social secretary and colleagues. You participate regularly in method meetings and external supervision. Everyone who starts in the unit receives an individual introduction plan and internal training in Signs of Safety. Based on your experience and interests, you are expected to be active in our ongoing development work and continued work with Signs of Safety.
To thrive in the role of social secretary, it is important that you work in a structured and responsible manner by planning and prioritizing your work efficiently based on set goals, structures, and timelines. At the same time, you have the ability to adapt to changed circumstances and to switch between different tasks. Since the work involves many contact points both within and outside the unit, it is important that you are good at and enjoy collaborating and cooperating with others. Good client treatment and a helpful and supportive approach toward your colleagues are essential to us. The work can sometimes be demanding and the pace high, which requires that you are calm, stable, and secure in both pressured and stressful situations. We are constantly working toward a reasonable workload and very rarely experience threats or violent situations.
QUALIFICATIONS
You must have:
• Social worker degree (Socionomexamen)
• Understanding and good knowledge of legislation and its application in relevant areas
• Good ability to express yourself well in Swedish both orally and in writing
• Current professional experience as a social secretary with authority functions in children and youth
It is meritorious if you also have:
• Training and experience with Signs of Safety
Type of employment: Permanent employment.
Duration and start date: As soon as possible or by agreement.
To ensure quality in the recruitment process at Vårgårda Municipality and enable good communication with our applicants, we ask that you submit your application digitally and not via email or paper format.
For certain positions in the municipality, an extract from the suspicion and conviction register is required before employment can take place. We will therefore request this from you if you are offered employment at Vårgårda Municipality. The extract must not be older than 6 months.
Warm welcome with your application!
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Welcome to Vårgårda Municipality and a workplace where you get to develop and make a difference every day. With respectful treatment and high availability, we do everything to deliver welfare services that exceed residents' expectations. Based on our vision, our shared values, and clear political goals, we build for strong growth and an attractive employer brand.
In Vårgårda Municipality, we work together with a focus on the organization's purpose and residents' needs. We want to be a place where dreams can become reality, where safety and…