Family Treatment Specialist in Aftercare Project for Youth at Risk of Criminal Involvement

Stockholms kommun · Full-time

Måsholmstorget 20, Skärholmen, Sweden

Stockholm – our capital with millions of dreams, expectations, and ambitions. We work for everyone living here today and in the future. Now we're looking for you who wants to think big, new, and differently with us – for the people of Stockholm. Skärholmen District Administration is one of Stockholm's 11 district administrations and encompasses the districts of Bredäng, Sätra, Skärholmen, and Vårberg. More than 1,000 employees work here for our 38,000 residents. We offer a municipal operation we are proud of, and we have fantastic diversity. Welcome with your unique contribution! We are looking for a family treatment specialist for an exciting project position! Welcome to Us Welcome to the Unit for Prevention and Promotion in Skärholmen. Here you will have the opportunity to work with development-oriented preventive activities that focus on early interventions. Our unit includes field workers, school social workers, parent counseling, social intervention teams, and SSPF. The area is in an exciting phase; we are working intensively to develop working methods to meet the new Social Services Act and the district's needs. As an employee with us, you are part of this work. Within the High Availability Aftercare Project for Youth at Risk of Criminal Involvement, 3 family treatment specialists currently work. Skärholmen, together with three other district administrations, has been granted funding to develop aftercare interventions for youth as they leave state care. The target group is youth aged 13-17 with norm-breaking behavior, with emphasis on those involved in criminal activity. The work will involve close cooperation with actors outside our own unit, such as police, schools, the regional health authority, and others. The project started in 2025 and is planned to continue until December 2027. High Availability Aftercare for Youth at Risk of Criminal Involvement means that a special team consisting of family treatment specialists has been established in the relevant district administrations. The teams' main mission is to create conditions for a socially functioning life for youth leaving state care by offering coordinated and qualified support. The support is designed based on the youth's and parents' needs and is characterized by a high degree of flexibility regarding choice of method, intensity, and meetings with consideration to time, place, and form. The intervention is distinguished by high availability. To ensure flexibility and rapid interventions linked to needs, family treatment specialists and social workers exercising authority work closely together, among other things through frequent and regular check-ins. Your Role You work as a family treatment specialist and provide a structured aftercare intervention to youth leaving state care. The intervention includes different phases for planning, implementation, and maintenance and constitutes a comprehensive solution where social interventions are implemented at different levels in parallel. You work with the youth individually through behavior and skills training, with communication and interaction in the family from a systemic perspective, and with mobilizing and coordinating a prosocial network with both private contacts and professional actors. When needed, the intervention also offers practical support and guidance to establish necessary contacts, for example within healthcare, school, or organized leisure activities. This position is a project employment for 1 year. On-call duty is included. What We Offer We work to make a difference for our children and youth in Skärholmen. We offer developmental work where you have the opportunity to work with engaged and experienced colleagues and with an exciting target group. With us, you receive close leadership in a well-cohesive unit in a district where you can make a great difference for residents through your work. As an employee with us, you receive a wellness allowance and the opportunity to benefit from favorable offers at several gym chains and swimming facilities. Feel free to read more about our benefits. Your Competence and Experience We are looking for someone with an excellent ability to work in a team and drive work forward in close collaboration with others. You take initiative and come up with ideas and stay motivated in processes that require perseverance. You are a stable and reassuring person who is good at creating, maintaining, and developing working relationships with youth, their parents, colleagues, and cooperation partners. We see that you approach your tasks in a structured way and can plan and prioritize your work based on changing conditions. For this position, you must have: A degree in Social Work or other university education that the employer considers equivalent Several years of experience working with children and youth Driver's license category B Merits for the position include: Experience working with the current target group Basic psychotherapy training equivalent to level 1 or other further training in the field of psychosocial treatment work Experience with systemic family treatment work focusing on youth, their parents, and other network members Experience from social services' authority-exercising activities Experience in psychosocial treatment work Other Information This position is a project employment until December 2027. Interviews may take place during the application period. A background check will be conducted before the employment contract is signed. Welcome with your application! Stockholm City works with competence-based recruitment aimed at recognizing each person's competence and thus preventing discrimination. Please note: never upload criminal records from the Swedish Police (Data Protection Regulation, GDPR) with your application.