Senior Social Worker for IFO - Children and Youth
Welcome to a small and strength-based municipality with great opportunities - where your work makes a difference!
Here you have the chance to contribute important community services to those we are here for, together with your colleagues. We are based on health-promoting factors and have a strength-based approach that focuses on people's and the organization's strengths. That is also what we communicate and provide feedback on. You will be given sustainable working conditions, opportunities to grow, and contribute to collegial learning. We are guided by developmental strength, pride, and compassion, and we expect the same from you.
Come make a difference with us!
About the Operations
Do you want to be part of our Individual and Family Care services? Now you have the opportunity to become our Senior Social Worker for the intake and assessment team within IFO Children and Youth. We are a smaller operation with close collaboration where everyone's expertise is utilized and where a solution-focused and innovative approach characterizes our daily work.
IFO Children and Youth includes intake, assessment, placement of children and youth, family law, open care, administration, and open preschool. The operation is organized into three teams. In this position, you will work within the intake and assessment team and have supervisory responsibility for 6-7 employees.
As an employee with us, you are offered a safe and stimulating work environment with pleasant colleagues and close, daily support from the unit manager. We care about a good work environment and offer generous employee benefits such as wellness allowance, flexible time agreements, and the opportunity for vacation exchange. The unit also has access to massage chairs, workout breaks, and group training on Wednesdays. You also get the opportunity to work remotely one day a week, ongoing professional development, and access to Professional Development for Managers. We also offer competitive salaries in relation to your experience and qualifications.
Job Responsibilities
In your role as Senior Social Worker, you will supervise the intake and assessment team and are expected to be a close and accessible support for employees in daily work. You are responsible for ensuring good quality in case management and that work is conducted in accordance with applicable legislation, regulations, and guidelines.
The work includes, among other things, distributing cases, conducting ongoing case reviews, and supporting employees in prioritization and assessments. For more complex or challenging client meetings, you can participate if needed. You also have an important role as a process facilitator between the unit's different operational groups. In your role, you have good access to close management and decision support.
Qualifications
We are looking for someone who wants to take on a supervisory role in an operation with a focus on quality, collaboration, and development. You have stable professional experience in the children and youth field and a desire to contribute to both employee and organizational development.
Requirements for the position:
Social Work degree
Good knowledge of applicable legislation in the children and youth field
Good familiarity with national rules and guidelines that govern social services work
Extensive experience working in the children and family field
Class B driver's license
Meritorious:
Experience with management
Experience working with the Signs of Safety approach
To thrive and succeed in the role, you are a calm and confident person with good self-awareness. You are flexible and can adapt your working style to the operation's needs and goals while being self-directed and organized in your work. You have a good ability to build strong relationships and enjoy collaborating both within your own work group and with other operations.
Other Information
Selection and interviews may take place continuously during the application period. In this recruitment process, you apply only with your CV. We use competence-based recruitment with the support of work samples as a selection method to ensure a fair and accurate recruitment process.
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