Social worker / social education worker (m/f/d)

Wolfsburg is a dynamic, cosmopolitan and modern city - an attractive location for business, life and leisure. Around 3,000 employees of the city administration are involved in a variety of occupational profiles in order to be able to offer comprehensive and service-oriented services to the more than 127,000 inhabitants. As an employer, the City of Wolfsburg offers its employees a job with a secure future and a secure location and the opportunity to actively help shape the city through their talents and abilities.

The Social Services department comprises the areas of ASD, UMA, youth welfare in criminal proceedings, foster children and adoption services, entry management and economic youth welfare. The management team consists of a head of department and four department heads. Together, they responsibly and innovatively shape and develop these core youth welfare issues for the city of Wolfsburg.

Your activities:

• Specialist and personnel responsibility for two specialist areas in the Social Services department with a total of 12 employees
• Organizational and conceptual development of the specialist areas in coordination with the department management
• Responsibility for personnel and deployment planning
• Ensuring and further developing the defined specialist processes and standards in the area of SGB VIII, in particular the Child and Youth Strengthening Act (KJSG)
• Dealing with fundamental issues in the specialist areas and special case constellations
• Networking with various cooperation partners and institutions as well as participation in working committees of the Social Services Department, the Youth Division and external working groups
• Actively supporting and accompanying employees in child welfare reviews and assuming on-call duties
• Due to the extensive range of tasks, full-time employment is required

You bring with you:

• a completed university degree in social work / social pedagogy with state recognition
• Qualification for career group 2, 1st entry-level post specializing in health and social services (No. 1 Annex 4 NLVO)
• Experience in working in general social services / foster child and adoption services / youth welfare in criminal proceedings
• Management experience and experience in quality or process management are desirable
• IT skills (MS Office and the in-house program OK JUS)
• Ability to work under pressure and flexibility with regard to the management mandate and working hours (crisis situations, child protection and on-call duty)
• Good communication skills and a willingness to take responsibility for representing the city's interests internally and externally and to make decisions at short notice in given situations
• Knowledge of and commitment to cultural and gender diversity

Your advantages with us:

• If the requirements under civil service law are met, a transfer to civil servant status is also possible after two years of employment.
• Independent work in an appreciative environment
• Interesting projects and topics with room for innovative ideas
• flexible working hours (trust-based working hours) for a good work-life balance
• After consultation with the line manager, there is the possibility of partial mobile working; mobile devices (iPhone, iPad) are provided.
• 30 days vacation and 2 regeneration days per year
• Supervision and management development according to individual needs
• A comprehensive range of training opportunities as well as promotion and development programs
• A diverse company health management program and company fitness with WELLPASS
• Parking space for business use of private car
• Company pension scheme and capital-forming benefits

Equal opportunities, diversity and the compatibility of private life and work are components of the personnel policy practiced by our city administration. Therefore, we welcome applications from all age groups, regardless of gender, sexual orientation, cultural and social origin, disability, religion and ideology. Severely disabled applicants and applicants with equal status will be given priority in the event of otherwise equal suitability.

So, do you feel like helping to shape Wolfsburg?

Then please apply by 09.04.2024 with your complete documents (cover letter, CV and proof of qualifications as a summarized pdf file) by e-mail or post. Please note: In the case of a paper application, please only send us copies, as the documents will not be returned. All documents will be destroyed at the end of the selection process.

City of Wolfsburg
Human Resources Division
PO Box 10 09 44
38409 Wolfsburg
bewerbung@stadt.wolfsburg.de

We look forward to getting to know you!

Do you have any questions? Then please feel free to contact us.