Child Welfare Secretary at the Social Administration Southwest

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About the Job Would you like a challenging and rewarding position focused on placed children and their families? Are you a social worker (socionom)? Then you should apply to work with us! As a child welfare secretary, you have official responsibility according to SoL and LVU and closely monitor the child's or youth's placement. You work with investigations, considerations, and reassessments. You naturally also follow up on other interventions for the child, such as School Family support, and maintain continuous contact with children and young people placed in family homes and HVB/supported housing. You work with the child's biological parents and network based on what is best for the placed child. The child welfare secretary team is a positive group of mixed ages with great commitment to ensuring that children and young people get what they need. Our unit consists of 18 employees: 15 child welfare secretaries, two senior social secretaries, and a unit manager. Management is stable, with extensive experience and high availability for daily support. We value development and ensure that we deepen our expertise in various areas, including custody transfers, child conversations, children and young people with special needs, the Väster Model, and LÖSA. In our administration and unit, we have invested in close management. For us, it is important to be unpretentious, work closely together, and help each other. We believe in participation in development work that affects both the field of placed children and new social services legislation. We consider it important to utilize the family's own resources and solutions. We have close collaboration and are co-located with family home secretaries. An important part for us is giving placed children and young people participation in their processes, and we apply methods such as taping and LÖSA, as well as through our in-depth collaboration with our resource unit. Dialogue, trust, and laughter are natural parts of daily work. As a new member of the team, you will receive a thorough introduction and the opportunity to work together in a good work environment where you get the support you need to meet our children and their families in the best way. As a child welfare secretary with us, you work in a team with family home secretaries. We have access to an open care unit with broad and excellent expertise. Because one of our colleagues is leaving due to moving from Gothenburg and another is going on parental leave, we are now looking for you to join our team. About You We are looking for someone with experience working with placed children and ideally as a child welfare secretary. You have a degree in social work (socionom) and may already be working with official authority duties. You need to have a clear child perspective in your work and base your approach on children's rights. You have knowledge of legislation (SoL and LVU) and work according to BBIC (Children's Needs in Focus). You handle documentation well and express yourself respectfully in speech and writing. A driver's license is a requirement. We consider it a merit if you have other qualifications that broaden and strengthen our collective expertise. You are calm and secure in demanding and difficult situations. You have a good ability to balance demands and can make well-founded decisions even under tight time constraints. You take responsibility for both your own and the team's work tasks. You keep the children's best interests in focus and do your best to perform and follow up on your work tasks. You are pleasant and helpful to other people even in stressful situations. You show respect for everyone you meet at work. You plan, organize, and prioritize work efficiently. You ensure that work is completed on time and follow up on results. Does this sound like a job for you? We welcome your application! Other Information In this recruitment process, we will not ask for a cover letter. Instead, during the application process, you will answer several questions about your competence in the requested area. To comply with GDPR requirements and enable good communication with our applicants, we ask you to submit your application digitally and not via email or letter. Do you have protected personal information? Then do not apply through the system; instead, contact the recruiting manager for handling of your application. The City of Gothenburg is one of Sweden's largest employers. Our mission is to create a good everyday life for Gothenburg's residents, visitors, and business owners. As an employee of the city, you have a secure employment with many career paths where you have the opportunity for interesting and meaningful work tasks. The intended salary range for the position is 37,000 - 48,000 SEK per month. The salary is based on an overall assessment of your education, experience, and skills you bring to the role. The City of Gothenburg applies individual and differentiated salary setting. You can find more information about, among other things, salary statistics here: goteborg.se/Work in Gothenburg City/What It's Like to Work in Gothenburg City/Salary, Compensation and Benefits. Since we have already decided on the recruitment channels we wish to use for this recruitment, we kindly but firmly decline to be contacted with additional offers for skills mediation, advertising, and recruitment assistance. About Us The Social Administration Southwest is one of four social administrations in Gothenburg City with approximately 900 employees. In the southwestern city area, approximately 120,000 residents live, and the area stretches from Billdal to Högsbohöjd and to the southern archipelago. The administration's mission is to ensure that children, young people, and adults can live a safe and independent life and that children and young people have a rich leisure time. The administration also works to support people experiencing homelessness toward sustainable housing. Through collaboration with civil society, local business, and other actors, we will increase public health and safety in the area. In the Social Administration Southwest, we want to make use of the commitment of all employees. With us, you can influence both your own work and others' lives.About the Job Would you like a challenging and rewarding position focused on placed children and their families? Are you a social worker (socionom)? Then you should apply to work with us! As a child welfare secretary, you have official responsibility according to SoL and LVU and closely monitor the child's or youth's placement. You work with investigations, considerations, and reassessments. You naturally also follow up on other interventions for the child, such as School Family support, and maintain continuous contact with children and young people placed in family homes and HVB/supported…

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job

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active

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public

Price

37 000 SEK /month

City

Göteborg

Address

Göteborgs Stad

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57.705114058146, 11.968068971252copyopen in

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Published

17. 7. 2026

Edited

3. 8. 2026

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