Leading Social Worker

As lead social worker, you will directly supervise the family counselling staff and be responsible for leading and organising daily work. You will ensure smooth multidisciplinary cooperation and take responsibility for service quality, client and occupational safety, and wellbeing at work. A key part of your role is developing family counselling services at Varha level and other early-stage services in cooperation with other supervisors and partners. You will develop service processes and customer service, coordinate services, and participate in planning operations and premises. You will work closely especially with actors within the wellbeing services county. As lead social worker for family counselling in the central area, you will directly supervise a multidisciplinary team working at five locations in Aura, Kaarina, Lieto, Loimaa and Paimio. Family counselling in the area is established, and several professionals have worked in their roles for a long time. Your primary workplace is the family counselling service in Kaarina, Veitenmäentie 29, 20780 Kaarina. In this role, you can have a concrete impact on the smooth running of staff work, multidisciplinary cooperation, and the quality and availability of services for children and families. You will also have the opportunity to develop family services broadly in a changing operating environment. What we offer You will receive support in your supervisory work from the supervisors responsible for family counselling services in Varha's other areas and from the management team for centralised family centre services. We will ensure adequate induction, and you will work in a positive multidisciplinary work community. We offer you the opportunity to develop both your own work and the work carried out in the unit. Flexible working hours and the possibility of remote work are available in accordance with the organisation's guidelines. The organisation also offers high-quality continuing education. What we expect from you Experience working with families with children, particularly in family counselling, as well as experience leading multidisciplinary work and development work will support success in the role. The eligibility requirement is a licence as a social worker under the Act on Professionals in Social Welfare (817/2015), together with experience in leadership and development in the field. The language requirement is good spoken and written Finnish and satisfactory spoken and written Swedish. If you want to combine frontline leadership, social work expertise and the development of services for families, apply to become lead social worker at the family counselling service in the central area. Apply through the electronic application form. If you cannot submit an electronic application, you may send a paper application by post to Varha, Registry Office, P.O. Box 52, 20521 Turku.