Team Leader for Family Support Child Team

Helsingborgs kommun · Full-time

Stortorget 17, Helsingborg, Sweden

Do you want to lead treatment work without being a manager? We are now looking for a team leader for family support, with a focus on children and their families. This is the role for you who wants to support family treatment specialists in finding solutions and being flexible in their treatment work, developing quality and creating structure. You lead based on evidence and proven experience. About the workplace In the city, the social services department is responsible for individual and family care. Our mission is to enable residents to become independent in life so they can take an active part in society. Our entire social services department is based on the Signs of Safety approach. All employees—social workers, treatment specialists, administrative staff, HR, finance and political management—are trained in the method. This means that as a team leader, you step into an organization where consensus, transparency, participation and a clear safety focus permeate both authority and treatment work. Job responsibilities As a team leader, you are the operational leader in daily operations. You lead and distribute work in a team that works with children, young people and families within family support and treatment initiatives. You have no personnel or budget responsibility, but you have a clear mandate to maintain quality, structure and method and to ensure that the team is effective and meets families' needs. You are responsible for: Leading and structuring daily work Ensuring quality and goal fulfillment in initiatives Conducting case reviews and providing methodological support Ensuring an evidence-based approach Strengthening work in line with Signs of Safety and its approach Collaborating with internal and external stakeholders Contributing to business development together with the unit manager In practice, this means that you lead case reviews where risk, protection and safety planning are clear. You support treatment specialists in working in a structured and relational way. You help ensure that the child's voice and the network's resources remain alive in the process—not as theory, but in daily work. You work in close collaboration with the unit manager and other team leaders. Together you form a leadership team of three: one for children, one for youth and one for adults, where you jointly drive the development of family support. We are looking for you as a present and secure leader. You create clarity without micromanaging, drive quality without taking over and build engagement in daily operations. What we offer A developmentally challenging and responsible assignment with significant professional influence A department where Signs of Safety is the common foundation across the entire organization Support from unit manager and management group Collegial leadership support in a team with other team leaders A service that actively wants to develop and strengthen quality in treatment work Wellness benefit of 3 000 kr/year Qualifications Sociology degree At least 4 years of experience in social work with children, youth and their families and networks, preferably from work within social services Experience of treatment work Experience with evidence-based methods Good knowledge of the social services mandate and legislation Good Swedish in speech and writing Category B driver's license and ability to drive Meritorious It is meritorious if you have experience working according to Signs of Safety or similar structured and systemic approaches. Systems theory competence Knowledge of for example FFT, KIBB, Marte Meo or other structured methods Leadership experience Who are you? You want to influence the quality of work not through administration, but by being close to practice. You see structure as a support for relational work. You believe in transparency, participation and that safety is created together with families and networks. You dare to set requirements, maintain boundaries and at the same time create security. Working in Helsingborg city Do you want to help create a better city together with the residents of Helsingborg? Then you should work in Helsingborg city. Here you can use your creativity and drive to make life easier and safer for our residents, visitors and business community. Together with curious and helpful colleagues, you make a difference in people's lives, both today and in the future. A good job today, a better city tomorrow. Here you can read more about what it's like to work in the city: https://helsingborg.se/arbete/sa-ar-det-att-jobba-i-staden/ Other information Selection is ongoing so welcome to submit your application today. Interviews will be held on 7/10 and 15/10. Application deadline: 2026-10-11 Employment type: Permanent Scope: Full-time Start date: By agreement Number of positions: 1 To ensure quality in the recruitment process in Helsingborg city, we use the recruitment tool ReachMee. Therefore, we ask you to submit your application via ReachMee by clicking the application link in the ad. Your CV and other documents relevant to the position should be attached to your application, for example certificates of education or professional credentials. You will also answer selection questions. If you don't hear from us, check your spam folder as emails sometimes get sorted there. 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