Job Duties The Family Foster Care Unit in Nordost – Bergsjön is a unit focused on placed children and foster families. We have a unit with great team spirit, good management, external supervision, and solid competence development. We are seeking an employee for the permanent foster care service. The Family Foster Care Unit is divided into four different groups: on-call group, recruitment group, foster care group, and contact services. The operation consists of a unit manager, two senior social workers, and approximately 25 family foster care secretaries. We are seeking staff for permanent foster care (the foster care group) where the work is primarily focused on providing individual support, advice, and guidance to foster families. To succeed in this role, you need to work closely with the child social workers. The work also involves investigating new foster families, ongoing documentation, and managing agreements and foster family compensation. You work closely with school-family teams and other external partners. You have both a child perspective and a foster family perspective in your work. The work is multifaceted, exciting, and challenging, which gives you great opportunities for development. We value teamwork between family foster care secretaries, child social workers, investigating social workers, family therapists, and other partners. Therefore, we have common method, team, and well-being days. We have trust-based leadership and leverage the capacity and strengths that exist among all children, relatives, and family foster care secretaries. We believe that together we can achieve the best for our placed children and foster families. Foster families are primarily located in Västra Götaland, Hallands län, and Bohuslän, which involves some travel in your work by car and other means of transport. Occasionally, evening work occurs. Geographically, you will work at the social office in Bergsjön. Qualifications We are looking for someone with a degree in social work. It is desirable that you have a genuine interest in working with this target group. Previous experience in foster care and with government authority work is advantageous. The role involves travel, so a B-class driver's license is a requirement. You are well familiar with current legislation and regulations within the sector. As a family foster care secretary, meeting families in need of support is part of your daily work. It is therefore important that you have a good approach, adapt easily to changed circumstances and new information, and adjust your working methods accordingly. We also see that you are responsible, taking ownership of both your individual tasks and shared work assignments with the best interests of the operation and clients in focus. You take your tasks seriously, are committed to completing what you start, and ensure that work is done correctly. As a family foster care secretary, you plan and organize your work efficiently and can easily reprioritize your tasks as needed during the workday. In your professional role, we see that you are calm and stable, you separate facts from people, and make well-founded decisions within the scope of your assignment. You act independently based on what the situation requires without needing support from others. You have good reflection and analytical skills. For this position, you need strong communication skills and good experience with documentation. Therefore, it is required that you can express yourself well in Swedish, both verbally and in writing. Good computer skills are a requirement, and knowledge of Treserva is considered advantageous. Other Information For positions involving direct and regular contact with children under 18 years old, you must be able to provide a valid extract from the criminal record register before you start working with us. The extract can be ordered directly from the Police website https://polisen.se/belastningsregistret?mtm_campaign=utdrag&mtm_kwd=post0623 Gothenburg City applies individual and differentiated salary setting. Here you can find more information about salary statistics. Salary, compensation, and benefits - Gothenburg City To quality assure the recruitment process, meet GDPR requirements, and enable good communication with our applicants, we ask that you submit your application digitally and not via email or mail. If you have protected personal data, you should NOT apply through the system but instead contact the recruiting manager for handling of your application. Gothenburg City is one of Sweden's largest employers. Our mission is to create a good daily life for Gothenburg's residents, visitors, and entrepreneurs. As an employee in the city, you have a secure employment with many career paths where you get the opportunity for interesting and meaningful work tasks. Gothenburg City actively works to promote equal rights and opportunities and to prevent discrimination. About Us The Social Administration Nordost works to provide residents in northeastern Gothenburg with equal and efficient welfare with the opportunity to live secure and independent lives. The administration provides support to individuals and families in accordance with the Social Services Act. We also offer activities and meeting places that can give children and young people a meaningful leisure time. Additionally, the administration actively works with crisis support, security issues, associations, public health, and contacts with residents and civil society. Welcome to a vibrant administration in a dynamic urban area - here we work for community and openness with a focus on those we serve!
- Město
- Göteborg
- Adresa
- Göteborgs Stad
- GPS
- 57.705114058146, 11.968068971252
- Publikováno
- 10. 8. 2026
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