Team Leader for Family Foster Care Team

Description:

Östra Göinge municipality, with just over 13,800 residents, is centrally located in southern Sweden. Here, open agricultural landscape meets lush forest countryside. In Östra Göinge, there is good living with secure housing, good schools, magnificent nature, broad cultural offerings, vibrant community life, and good communications. Östra Göinge is one of the country's boldest and most innovative municipalities. Here, setbacks have been turned into success and proud residents thrive! 1 position(s). JOB RESPONSIBILITIES We are now seeking a team leader for our family foster care team that works with placed children and youth. In your role as team leader within IFO Children and Youth, you are responsible for operational management, in close collaboration with the unit manager, of 2 family home secretaries, 5 child secretaries, and one parent secretary. The team leader is responsible for distributing work tasks to the caseworkers and for making decisions in individual cases, according to applicable delegation regulations. The role of team leader also includes management and supervision in individual cases. The team leader shall ensure that applicable legislation, delegation regulations, guidelines, and procedures are followed in the unit. It also includes assisting the unit manager with operational and quality development in the unit and serving as management support in relevant work tasks where the unit manager is responsible. During the unit manager's longer absence, the team leader receives temporary delegation equivalent to the unit manager. The team leader will represent the municipality in certain collaboration forums within the unit's areas of responsibility. QUALIFICATIONS The position requires a degree in social work (socionomexamen). In this role, you are expected to have extensive knowledge of the area of responsibility, relevant legislation, and be a guarantor that procedures and legal certainty are maintained. You must have several years of experience with authority operations within social services for children and youth. You must be well-versed in case management and documentation, as well as the laws governing our operations. Education in and knowledge of Signs of Safety, Signs of Belonging is meritorious, as the entire unit works based on this. You need a very good ability to express yourself well in Swedish, both verbally and in writing. You need good knowledge of English. A class B driver's license is a requirement for employment. You have good computer skills. Experience with social services management systems is meritorious. An extract from the police's criminal record register is required for this position. Employment form: Permanent employment. Duration: Permanent, start date: by mutual agreement. Warmly welcome to Östra Göinge municipality—Scania's green heart! Read more about how we handle your personal data here: https://www.ostragoinge.se/behandling-av-personuppgifter/ In Östra Göinge municipality, we strive for equal gender distribution and see diversity as a strength, and therefore welcome applicants with different backgrounds. Östra Göinge municipality applies smoke-free working hours. In preparation for our recruitment work, we have taken a position on recruitment channels and marketing. We therefore kindly but firmly decline contact from media sales representatives, recruitment websites, and similar.

Overview

Type

job

Status

active

Visibility

public

City

BROBY

Address

Storgatan 4

GPS

56.255447439602, 14.078706036536copyopen in

Email

[email protected]

Phone

044-775 62 57

Views

6

Published

15. 6. 2026

Edited

21. 6. 2026

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