Family Foster Care Secretary for Children and Youth

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Business Description Would you like to be part of something exciting, educational, and create a safe environment for children, youth, and families in our community? We can offer you a varied and challenging job with good development opportunities and possibilities for further training. In Gällivare Municipality, we have a unit that exercises all government authority within the areas of social services. We are now seeking a family foster care secretary who wants to work with foster families for child placements, contact families, and contact persons. Job Responsibilities The job duties consist of recruiting and investigating foster families, emergency care homes, contact families, and contact persons. The position also includes training and supervising service providers and, together with the social worker, ensuring that children in emergency care and foster care placements receive the care they need. The work includes collaboration with other colleagues within our operation as well as internal and external cooperation. The position includes on-call duty services. It is an advantage if you have a B-category driver's license and must have good Swedish language skills, both spoken and written. Qualifications You have a degree in social work or education deemed relevant for the position. You must have good knowledge of current legislation and a humanistic view of people. You find it easy to work independently but also enjoy collaborating in groups and are able to maintain good relationships. You are service-oriented, solution-focused, and have a flexible approach as the work may involve urgent decision-making. You need to be confident in yourself and have the ability to set boundaries as well as maintain a professional approach. Other Benefits Gällivare Municipality offers you: Wellness benefit in the form of strength training/group training/Dundret Free swimming up to 12 times per month Wellness hour Access to the workplace's Wellness bonus Membership in GKFF (Gällivare Municipality's recreation association) Possibility of vacation exchange We focus on close leadership, supervisors for mentoring, and external mentoring together with other case managers. You will be offered the opportunity to participate in Yrkesresan, which is a national competency supply initiative for social services, where they have begun with children and youth as well as foster care work. Working Hours/Duration Full-time, permanent employment. The Assistance Unit has reduced working hours with a weekly working time of 35.92 hours/week. The position includes on-call duty services. A probationary period may be applied. Salary Monthly salary. We apply individual salary setting. Please indicate a salary expectation in your application. Start Date/Application With your application, we would like you to include a CV and a cover letter. Original documents will be provided upon request. Interviews may take place on a rolling basis. Start date: By agreement Application deadline: 2026-08-08 Information Operation Manager Maria Apelqvist 0970–818 312 Union Representatives Akademikerförbundet SSR Vision [email protected]Business Description Would you like to be part of something exciting, educational, and create a safe environment for children, youth, and families in our community? We can offer you a varied and challenging job with good development opportunities and possibilities for further training. In Gällivare Municipality, we have a unit that exercises all government authority within the areas of social services. We are now seeking a family foster care secretary who wants to work with foster families for child placements, contact families, and contact persons. Job Responsibilities The job duties consist…

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job

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active

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public

City

Gällivare

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67.1504595, 20.6136595copyopen in

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Published

6. 7. 2026

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22. 7. 2026

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