Social Secretary for Children and Youth

Linköpings kommun · Full-time

Linköpings kommun, Socialförvaltningen, Linköping, Sweden

The position is placed within the Social Services Administration, one of eight administrations in Linköping Municipality. The Social Services Administration is responsible for exercising authority, commissioning services, and in-house operations within the areas of individual and family care, LSS, and social psychiatry. We ensure that all residents receive the support they are entitled to. Would you like to brighten everyday life and improve the quality of life for Linköping residents? With us, you can make a meaningful difference and contribute to making Linköping a better place. Welcome to join us! Your responsibilities We are expanding with more social secretaries to our units that work with investigations and follow-ups. As a social secretary with us, we offer meaningful work where you get to help our children and young people achieve better living conditions. For those interested in working as a social secretary with a focus on investigations: As an investigator, you primarily work with investigating Children and Young People ages 0-20 and following up on open care services. However, follow-up of placed children does occur and you work with both SOL and LVU. For those interested in working as a social secretary with a focus on follow-ups: As a follow-up specialist, you primarily work with following up on Children and Young People ages 0-20 who are in municipal care, including foster families, HVB, and supported housing. However, investigation work does occur and you work with both SOL and LVU. The investigation and follow-up units consist of several teams with social secretaries who work either investigating reports and applications or following up on children in municipal care. The team is led by a Senior Social Secretary. Within the group, we share responsibility for our cases. This gives us good opportunities to maintain high quality in our work, develop our methods, and collaborate with the user in focus. Our office is located in central Linköping and working hours are Monday-Friday 7:50-17:00, which allows for shorter workdays during the summer months. We apply flexible work agreements and work in newly renovated open office landscapes at Drottninggatan 45. Your workplace At the workplace there are four investigation and follow-up units. The department is tasked with investigating, following up, implementing, and providing services based on the target group's needs, as well as conducting quality and development work with a focus on children and young people. The department consists of approximately 210 employees. The department also includes units for Recruitment and Matching, Housing, and Open Care. The department is led by a Department Head and 8 Unit and Operations Managers as well as 13 Team Leaders and Senior Social Secretaries. The department collaborates with other departments, for example the Close Social Services department where our reception services for children and adults are organized, as well as family law and other open care services. About you We are looking for someone with a degree in social work or a behavioral science degree with courses in social work, social law, administrative law, and psychology. Previous experience working with authority administration or work experience in social work with children and young people is considered meritorious. You need a driver's license (category B) as travel occurs in the work. Good knowledge of Swedish in speaking and writing is required as the role of social secretary involves documentation and contact with authorities. To succeed in the role, we see that you are secure and stable and view relationships in their proper perspective. You take responsibility for your tasks and structure your work to drive your processes forward while you are good at collaborating with other people. You are skilled at putting yourself in others' perspectives without taking on their emotions and you maintain a realistic perspective on situations while focusing on the right things. We will request an extract from the criminal record. Order your extract only if you are called for an interview. Welcome to submit your application! Other information In this application, you do not include a personal letter. You apply with e-ID. Do you lack e-ID? Contact the responsible HR consultant or manager, and we will help you. Start date: By agreement Type of employment: Permanent position Employment rate: 100% Number of vacant positions: 2 Ref. no.: 17871 Please visit https://www.linkoping.se/arbete-och-lediga-jobb/jobba-hos-oss to learn about employee stories, benefits, collective agreements, and salary statistics. Here there is room for both courage and joy We are courageous, thoughtful, and knowledgeable colleagues who together support nearly 170,000 residents in all stages of life. By daring to think and act in new ways, we grow as individuals, while contributing to Linköping's continued development.