We Are Looking for Foster Families

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Hello Olofström! Olofström Municipality is committed to providing excellent service to our residents. To deliver the service our residents expect, our employees are our greatest asset. Engaged and involved employees who dare to try new things and strive for quality make Olofström Municipality an attractive place to live, work, and visit. Through open and clear communication, we create a positive work environment that promotes well-being in the workplace. At Olofström Municipality, it is your talent, ambition, and competence that matter. Welcome to Olofström! Become a Foster Family? An Important Assignment Becoming a foster family is an opportunity to make a difference for children who need it most. There are several reasons why a child may need to live in a different home than their own. It could be due to parents' neglect, difficult circumstances such as violence or substance abuse, the child's own behavior, or the child being unaccompanied and arriving in Sweden without parents. There are different forms of foster care. When the foster family already has a relationship with the placed child, such as a relative or close friend, it is called a kinship care home. When a child is placed in foster care, the goal is to reunify the child with their parents as soon as the purpose of the placement is achieved. However, sometimes reunification is not best for the child. The length of time a child needs to stay in foster care varies from a single day to their entire childhood. We are looking for: - Secure adults who want to make a difference for a child - Homes that have both practical and emotional space to take care of a child - Both couples and single individuals Being a Foster Family Means: As a foster family, your task is to provide daily care, a secure environment, and a good upbringing for the child. You work closely with your municipal social services to ensure the child's needs are met. Your work may include helping the child with schooling, ensuring the child receives health and medical care, supporting the child's contact with family and friends, collaborating with the child's parents, and keeping social services informed about the child's well-being. What Is Required to Become a Foster Family? The social services in your municipality will assess you and your family's ability to care for a child in your home. The assessment includes interviews, home visits, and reference checks. If you and your family are deemed suitable as a foster family, a matching process will follow. The municipality will then determine whether you have the ability to care for the specific child that social services needs to place. The social services in your municipality will provide you with the training you need when you become a foster family. Once the child is placed, social services will also offer advice, support, and other assistance you need to fulfill your role. As a foster family, you receive financial compensation that covers your costs for the child and a fixed fee for the assignment itself. We Offer: Compensation according to SKR's circular Ongoing advice, support, and supervision Training, including "A Home to Grow In" Want to know more? Contact us and schedule a consultation with one of our foster care coordinators in Olofström! You can also use our e-service for registering your interest: Interest Registration Foster Family - Olofström Municipality When hiring for the Social Services and Support Administration at Olofström Municipality, an extract from the criminal records registry for foster care work must be provided. You can order an extract from the criminal records registry using the link below. https://polisen.se/tjanster-tillstand/belastningsregistret/hvb-hem/ Vision and Values Live Life in Olofström Municipality! Throughout our beautiful municipality, everyone can live, work, and grow. Together, we give every person the opportunity to develop throughout their lifetime. As an employee with us, you are an important resource. Regardless of where you work, you are a representative of Olofström Municipality. It is important that you share our values and work according to our core principles: courage, engagement, participation, and quality. Other Information Olofström Municipality places all permanent employees on emergency reserve. Olofström Municipality conducts drug testing before employment decisions. The link below contains comprehensive information about the main benefits available in the collective agreement at Olofström Municipality, including vacation, salary and compensation, parental leave, insurance, skills development, and pension. Say Hello to Your Collective Agreement! Application We do not accept applications via email. Applications are submitted via a link on www.olofstrom.se/lediga-jobb. Please attach your CV and a personal letter. To staffing and recruitment companies and sales representatives: We politely but firmly decline offers for advertising and recruitment services in connection with this announcement.

Overview

Type

job

Status

active

Visibility

public

City

Olofström

Address

Box 302

GPS

56.2750494, 14.5439502copyopen in

Email

[email protected]

Phone

0454-93204

Views

6

Published

8. 6. 2026

Edited

21. 6. 2026

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