Sous-chef for Angerlarsimaffik Ivaneq

Deputy Chef for Angerlarsimaffik Ivaneq sought to handle management and administrative tasks in the absence of the director. Responsible for staff care, development, and implementation of the institution's goals and values. Collaboration with the director and management team to ensure visibility of core values in everyday life.

Angerlarsimaffik Ivaneq seeks Deputy Chef

Employment by agreement

Institution's ownership

Angerlarsimaffik Ivaneq is owned by the Government of Greenland and is organizationally under the Social Authority.

Places and departments

Ivaneq has 25 places distributed by age groups in 6 departments. The age group is 0-17 years.

Purpose

The purpose of Ivaneq is to offer a safe, homely, and structured care environment with stable and accommodating adults who take responsibility for the children's well-being, development, and learning. The children should feel that they are seen and heard and included in the social community. It is also a significant purpose that the children learn to navigate different types of relationships and communities, including institutional life, schooling, leisure, and friendships. Ivaneq emphasizes supporting the child's right to contact and interaction with parents and other close relationships. Finally, it is a purpose that the children learn to master everyday tasks and challenges, so they are equipped for an independent and responsible life after leaving the institution.

Social pedagogical method

Ivaneq is based on recognition and relationship and attachment pedagogy. It is in the meeting and interaction with other people that the child develops self-understanding, self-esteem, and self-confidence, just as it is in interaction with other people that the child learns to give and receive recognition. A stable, inclusive, and recognizing adult contact is the foundation for the child to thrive and unfold its potential. The primary and secondary educators play a key role as a safe and secure haven for the child. Other key concepts in the efforts and collaboration at Ivaneq are recognition, decency, responsibility, and professionalism.

• All important pedagogical methods we use A secure base for the child – use of primary and secondary educators
• Structure and predictability – fixed daily rhythms for all departments
• An active everyday life – all children should be offered age-appropriate activities every day
• A common attitude towards well-being – house rules in all departments, etc.

Collaborative relationships beyond the Social Authority and municipalities

Ivaneq emphasizes maintaining good collaboration with local schools as well as the healthcare system and the police. There is also collaboration with external psychologists on teaching and supervision.

Special offers/facilities

Ivaneq often uses nature as a framework for the social pedagogical efforts, including sailing and stays in cabins.

Travel handbooks and descriptions

Responsibility and competence distribution – Deputy Chef/acting director

• Overall, the Deputy Chef reports to the director and together with this forms the management team of Angerlarsimaffik Ivaneq.
• The Deputy Chef handles management and administrative tasks in the absence of the director.
• The Deputy Chef engages in a loyal and proactive collaboration with the director and is an inspiring sparring partner for this.
• The Deputy Chef ensures, in collaboration with the director and the rest of the management team, the development and implementation of the institution's goals and values.
• The Deputy Chef is jointly responsible for staff care, development, maintenance, and anchoring and implementation of the Children's Home's pedagogical work.
• The Deputy Chef is jointly responsible for the development and maintenance of the institution's objectives, strategy, and method in collaboration with the management team.
• The Deputy Chef is jointly responsible for ensuring that the residential institution's core values (responsibility, recognizability, dialogue, and care) are visible in everyday life.

About you

• Educated Educator or similar.
• With management experience.
• With experience in the residential institution area.
• Positive mindset that loves challenges and is good at finding solutions rather than limitations.

Concrete

The Deputy Chef handles the following tasks:

• Administration Specific management tasks by agreement with the director
• Staff Joint responsibility for pedagogical appointments and other permanent appointments
• Joint responsibility in staff conversations and MUS conversations
• Sparring partner for department leaders
• Overall coordination and responsibility for students at Angerlarsimaffik Ivaneq
• Management representative in safety committees and joint responsibility for the working environment
• Pedagogical Participation in the development of Development Plans and status reports for individual residents
• Participation in management meetings and parts of staff meetings
• Teaching and guidance of staff
• Representation and external partners Specific tasks in relation to external partners such as school, hospital, MISI, police, etc.
• A number of representative tasks by agreement with the director
• Overall responsible for collaboration with school management and MISI

The Deputy Chef is obliged to show up at the institution in crisis situations.

Salary and employment conditions
Salary - and employment conditions, including the right to travel for recruitment and relocation, according to the agreement/collective agreement in force at the time of commencement between the Government of Greenland and the relevant negotiating organization.
For an applicant with the right documentable competencies, employment can occur as a special consultant, chief consultant, or senior advisor according to the applicable collective agreement.

Housing
No staff housing is provided for the position. If an applicant already has staff housing through employment in the Self-Government, the right to assigned staff housing is retained. The staff housing is linked to the employment relationship and must be vacated upon termination of the employment relationship.

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