Welcome to Herrljunga! With a strategic location in Västra Götaland and proximity to major cities, you can easily commute and enjoy big city amenities while maintaining the charm and community spirit of a small town. With nature at your doorstep, there are plenty of opportunities for outdoor activities and recreation.
With us, you get the chance to work in a stimulating environment where your work truly makes a difference. We put people at the center and strive to ensure every employee feels welcome and valued.
Want to help shape the future of Herrljunga? Join us in making our municipality the best place to live, work, and thrive. Together we're building a growing Herrljunga!
1 position(s).
JOB RESPONSIBILITIES
Our Children and Youth unit currently consists of a work group with investigating social secretaries, social secretaries for placed children, foster care secretaries, reception staff, a senior social secretary, and a unit manager.
We are now seeking a colleague for the role of foster care secretary. The position includes supporting and mentoring our foster families, and ensuring that children have a safe and stable environment.
You will collaborate internally with child secretaries and other colleagues in the unit, and externally with other stakeholders. An important part of the work is also to recruit, evaluate, and match new foster families based on children's needs.
Based on your competence and previous experience, other tasks may also become relevant.
In our unit, we have been working with BBiC for several years, which is a well-established approach.
What we offer you
• A workplace with strong team cohesion where we care for each other and maintain an open and supportive work culture.
• Mentoring and continuous professional development are taken for granted.
• Skills development through, among other things, Yrkesresan
• Introduction including a dedicated mentor
• Opportunity for some remote work when operations permit
• Wellness allowance
• Together with your colleagues, you are responsible for developing and advancing the unit. Welcome to a workplace where we make a difference!
QUALIFICATIONS
We are looking for someone with:
• A degree in social work or equivalent education as deemed by the employer
• Experience with public authority work from social services and documented strong knowledge in case management and documentation
• Strong knowledge of relevant legislation
• Experience working with BBIC
• Experience collaborating with both internal and external stakeholders
• Strong Swedish language skills, both verbal and written
• Category B driving license
• Adequate training to mentor foster families
To thrive in the role of social secretary / foster care secretary in the Children and Youth unit, we see that you have experience with and enjoy meeting people in various life situations. You have good collaboration skills and experience cooperating with other stakeholders in your daily work.
We will place great emphasis on personal suitability.
It is a merit if you have:
• Knowledge of the Combine case management system
Category B driving license for manual transmission and e-identification are required.
Employment type: Permanent position.
Duration: Permanent, start date: By agreement.
To ensure quality in the recruitment process at Herrljunga Municipality and enable good communication with our applicants, we ask that you submit your application digitally and not via email or paper format.
We look forward to receiving your application!
To staffing and recruitment companies and to you as a salesperson:
Herrljunga Municipality has completed its recruitment process and asks that you refrain from offering advertising and recruitment services in connection with this vacancy.
The selection process will be ongoing and recruitment may occur before the final application deadline. Therefore, submit your application today!Welcome to Herrljunga! With a strategic location in Västra Götaland and proximity to major cities, you can easily commute and enjoy big city amenities while maintaining the charm and community spirit of a small town. With nature at your doorstep, there are plenty of opportunities for outdoor activities and recreation.
With us, you get the chance to work in a stimulating environment where your work truly makes a difference. We put people at the center and strive to ensure every employee feels welcome and valued.
Want to help shape the future of Herrljunga? Join us in making our municipality…