Social Secretary, Children and Family Unit

Now you have the chance to become one of us! We work together with heart and quality to provide the best possible service to the residents of Ronneby Municipality. Ronneby is beautifully situated between sea and forest in the middle of Blekinge. We also have good connections by car, train, and plane. Your 2500 future colleagues are skilled at meeting future challenges and our residents' increased expectations through digitalization, collaboration, and engaged leadership. Together with you, we make Ronneby even better! Learn more about Ronneby Municipality via https://bit.ly/ArbetapåRonnebykommun The Children and Family Unit consists of 26 employees working with children and young people aged 0-21 years and their parents. The unit is led by a unit manager supported by two team leaders and is divided into an intake group, an investigation group, a child secretary group, and a foster care secretary group. We also have an administrator who is part of the unit and provides support to the social secretaries in administrative work. We are now seeking an employee for our investigation group. 1 position(s). WORK DUTIES As a social secretary in our investigation group, you will work together with your 8 colleagues to handle cases according to the Social Services Act and the Care of Young Persons Act concerning children and young people aged 0-21 years. Your duties include receiving reports of concern, applications, and conducting protection and preliminary assessments. The work involves investigating children's needs according to BBIC, assessing and deciding on interventions, as well as following up on approved interventions such as open care. You will work closely with other social secretaries within the unit as well as with our open care services, and with external cooperation partners. You will be supervised by a team leader and unit manager in your daily work. The workplace has well-functioning and established routines and structures. The unit continuously works on developing its own working methods and practices within the framework of the work. All social secretaries in the group have been trained in the evidence-based risk assessment methods Earl and Savry. As a social secretary in the investigation group, you will also receive training in these methods. Ronneby Municipality participates in SKR's Career Journey in which all employees participate. We have made significant progress in our transition work based on the new Social Services Act with, for example, well-established SSI work and NPA (interventions without needs assessment) as well as increased accessibility for our citizens. Since 2025, social secretaries have the option of using speech recognition/reading services for documentation to reduce administrative time. We offer you external supervision, competence development, and wellness activities during work time or a wellness allowance. You will receive an individually adapted introduction based on your needs. As our new colleague, you will have experienced and dedicated coworkers, community, and colleagues who support each other. QUALIFICATIONS We are looking for someone with a degree in social work and previous experience with investigation work concerning children and young people. You should have good knowledge of current legislation, the Social Services Act and the Care of Young Persons Act, as well as BBIC. As a person, we see that you are secure, stable, and have good self-insight. In your work, you are relationship-building and enjoy collaboration both within your own work group and with other activities and authorities. It is a prerequisite that you can communicate well in both spoken and written language. We place great emphasis on personal suitability. A driver's license is required. We will begin interviews during the application period. Employment form: Permanent employment. Please note that Ronneby Municipality has removed the personal letter from the application process. As an applicant for a position with us, you will instead answer a number of questions in the application process where you describe your competence in the requested area. In the selection process, we will base our assessment on these answers as a complement to your CV, and will not request a personal letter. Where there are legal requirements for a criminal record check, you will need to provide one. For certain positions in Ronneby Municipality, we conduct background checks of final candidates. At Ronneby Municipality, our employees are covered by central collective agreements (HÖK and AB). We apply individual and differentiated salary setting, and offer compensation according to the collective agreement provisions. Our salary policy work is based on central collective agreements. If you have questions, you are welcome to contact the Personnel Department at [email protected]. To ensure quality in the recruitment process and enable good communication with you as an applicant, we ask that you apply via the application link in the ad.

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