Substitute Social Worker for the School Social Services Team

Description:

For a living Kiruna. One thing is certain. With us, you make a difference. We are Kiruna, we usually say. We are the care staff who hold elderly mother's hand and the teacher who gets little brother to read his first words. We are the childcare worker who helps someone grow every day and the social worker who does what it takes to change lives. We are the personal assistant who provides freedom and the librarian who brings literature close. We are the home support staff who drive to the villages in snowstorms like the midnight sun to be there. We are hundreds of competencies, thousands of people and generations of experience that together provide security, care, inspire, teach, save lives, think new, move cities, support each other and care for people. With pride and consideration. From mountain to city. Today and tomorrow for a living Kiruna. There is something beautiful in that. Do you also want to work for life, people and the future in Kiruna municipality? Do you want to create value and really make a difference for what matters? The Social Services Department's mission is to meet people's need for security. The department shall work to ensure that the municipality's residents receive social care in various forms and with a special responsibility to safeguard the needs and interests of vulnerable groups. We constantly work for good quality that benefits the users of our services. We look forward to hearing from you! 1 position(s). JOB DUTIES • Collaborate with guardians, social services, preschool/school staff, student health services and other functions. • Early identification of children and students in need of support, in dialogue with guardians and preschool/school. • Contribute with the preschool's/school's expertise in children and family in preventive work. • Provide advice, support and short-term interventions directly to children, students and their guardians. • When needed, motivate and refer to social services' regular interventions. • Monitor and initiate interventions for groups of guardians. • Participate in and lead collaboration meetings with student health services, social services, preschool/school and other actors. • Document and follow up implemented interventions according to applicable laws and guidelines. • Actively contribute to establishing, developing and shaping the school social services team's working methods and approaches. Start as soon as possible, fixed-term employment until January 31, 2027 with possibility of extension. QUALIFICATIONS As a social worker in the school social services team, a social work degree or other education deemed equivalent by the employer is required. Experience working in social services' child and youth sector is meritorious. Good knowledge of the Social Services Act (SoL), the Education Act and confidentiality legislation is meritorious. Experience with collaboration between school, social services and other actors is meritorious. Ability to create trusting relationships with children, young people and parents is meritorious. Personal qualities that are meritorious include: · Good collaboration skills and communication competence. · Ability to create good relationships. · Engaged in developing preventive work for children and youth. · Flexible and solution-focused. · Independent and initiative-taking. The social worker in the school social services team will be organized under social services' Open Care with a shared workplace in connection with Open Care and the Family Center. The team will be provided relevant supervision. We place great emphasis on personal suitability. A class B driver's license is required. Interviews may be conducted on a rolling basis during the application period. Criminal Record Register: Before any employment, you must submit an extract from the criminal record register (which includes the suspicion register) in an unopened envelope. The extract can be ordered via the Police website. https://polisen.se/belastningsregistret?mtm_campaign=utdrag&mtm_kwd=post0623 Type of employment: Fixed-term employment. Duration: 6 months or longer, start: Start as soon as possible, fixed-term employment with possibility of extension., end: January 31, 2027. To work with us, you must share Kiruna municipality's common values where respect, responsibility and collaboration are the guiding principles. We offer a pleasant work environment and stimulating job tasks and that you as an employee get a good balance between work and leisure. We have many different benefits where you as an employee can exercise free of charge at various exercise facilities up to 5000 SEK/year, we have cabins in the mountains that you can rent, we offer the opportunity to exchange salary for extra days off. We strive for equal gender distribution and see diversity as a strength, we welcome employees from different backgrounds and work to make our workplaces accessible to all. Kiruna municipality sees full-time as a right and part-time as an opportunity. It is meritorious if you have knowledge of Finnish, Sami and/or Meänkieli as Kiruna municipality is an administrative area for these languages. Kiruna municipality has conducted procurement for this recruitment and therefore asks that we not be contacted by ad sellers or other sellers of recruitment services.

Overview

Type

job

Status

active

Visibility

public

City

Kiruna

Address

Stadshustorget 1

GPS

67.8454507, 20.2623241copyopen in

Email

[email protected]

Phone

098070600

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2

Published

12. 6. 2026

Edited

21. 6. 2026

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