Värmdö is the meeting place of the archipelago with a unique combination of nature's quiet beauty and a more urban lifestyle. Our mission is not one but many: schools, properties, social services, harbors, healthcare, libraries, care, and much more. We work to ensure that all Värmdö residents can live a rich and free life. We want to be those who enable the dream of a vibrant, secure environment for homes, families, and businesses.
For us to succeed fully, we need diverse competencies and must work together for a shared and trusting work culture, built on courageous, responsible employees who understand the needs and wishes of residents.
Our Operations
Welcome to Värmdö Municipality and the Children and Youth Unit – a team of 35 employees working with investigations, interventions, family law, and family care. Within family care, we are a close-knit group consisting of two foster care secretaries, three child secretaries, one special educator, and one group leader with a shared drive to make a difference for children and young people who need a safe place to grow up.
Our mission is meaningful and important to society. We are responsible for the follow-up of children placed in emergency care and foster homes, and the foster care secretaries have a central role in recruiting, investigating, and supervising the families who take children into their homes. The work is conducted in close collaboration with placed children, biological families, and contractors.
We maintain a professional climate where quality and legal certainty guide everything we do – but never at the expense of warmth in our meetings with the people we serve. We offer continuous professional development, regular supervision, and collegial support where we help each other and learn from one another. Here you make a real difference in children's lives every day.
A reorganization is planned for the fall where family care will develop into a placement group with joint responsibility for the follow-up of children and young people placed outside their own homes, for example in foster homes, emergency care homes, HVB, SiS, and supported housing. The change has not yet been implemented but will affect the direction of the assignment over time.
Since January 2024, Värmdö Municipality has implemented a project where during the period 2024-2026 work hours are scheduled so that you as a social secretary work every 7th Friday. The other Fridays you are off.
Your Assignment
As a foster care secretary with us, you work with recruiting and investigating foster homes with the support of Kälvesten or equivalent method, conduct matchings prior to placement in foster homes, and supervise and provide ongoing support to foster homes during ongoing assignments. In this role, you continuously collaborate with child secretaries who are responsible for the placed child, biological parents, schools, healthcare, and other stakeholders, and ensure that documentation and follow-up take place in accordance with the Social Services Act and applicable guidelines. A class B driver's license is required as travel during work hours is part of the assignment, and presentation of a valid extract from the police's criminal record register is a requirement for employment.
Your Experience
Must-have requirements
- Degree in social work (socionom)
- At least 2 years of experience as a foster care secretary
- At least 2 years of experience as a social secretary within investigations, intervention follow-up, or as a child secretary
- Experience recruiting, investigating, and supervising foster homes
- Training in Kälvesten or another evidence-based investigation method for foster homes
- Class B driver's license
Meritorious:
- Training in Signs of Belonging
- Experience with evidence-based methods for structured supervision of foster homes
- Experience with evidence-based methods for supporting and strengthening foster homes in their assignments
Your Personal Qualities
You are a self-directed and organized social worker with genuine commitment to the well-being of children and young people. You work with quality awareness and take responsibility for your investigations meeting high legal standards. At the same time, you are warm in your interactions with people and have good collaborative skills – you thrive in a team but drive your work forward independently when needed.
We see that you are initiative-taking and not afraid to take responsibility in complex situations. Your ability to communicate clearly – with foster families, children, and colleagues – is central to the role. You are stable and persistent, and maintain focus and professionalism even in challenging situations.
We place great emphasis on personal suitability.
Application
We look forward to your application and hope you will become part of our operations. Selection and interviews take place continuously throughout the recruitment period, so please submit your application as soon as possible.
Värmdö Municipality offers wellness allowance, SL card at net salary deduction, and vacation exchange for extra days off. We also actively work to create health-promoting workplaces with a good work environment and implement smoke-free working hours.
We strive for balanced gender distribution and see diversity as a strength and therefore welcome applicants with different backgrounds.
If you want to know more, you are welcome to contact us; see contact person below.
Contact information for labor organizations can be found at https://www.varmdo.se/fackligaorganisationer or via Service Center, 08-570 470 00. We decline all offers of advertising and recruitment assistance in connection with this notice.Värmdö is the meeting place of the archipelago with a unique combination of nature's quiet beauty and a more urban lifestyle. Our mission is not one but many: schools, properties, social services, harbors, healthcare, libraries, care, and much more. We work to ensure that all Värmdö residents can live a rich and free life. We want to be those who enable the dream of a vibrant, secure environment for homes, families, and businesses.
For us to succeed fully, we need diverse competencies and must work together for a shared and trusting work culture, built on courageous, responsible employees who…