Family Law Secretary at Järva District Administration

Stockholms kommun · plný úvazek

Box 4066, Spånga, Švédsko

Stockholm – our capital with millions of dreams, expectations, and ambitions. We work for everyone who lives here today and in the future. Now we're looking for you who wants to think big, new, and differently with us – for Stockholmers. Welcome to us Do you want to make a real difference? Welcome to Järva – a district at the forefront! Järva is a vibrant and dynamic district where diversity, commitment, and development are central. Here we invest in the future, with focus on early and preventive measures for children and families. Through initiatives such as Children in Parents' Focus and Separate Worlds, we work to create safe growing conditions and strengthen family relationships. Together with eleven colleagues, group leaders, and a unit manager, you will work toward our vision: "Help when needed – or before." Now we're looking for a committed social worker who wants to be part of developing social work in a district where new working methods are tested and where change is driven with heart and competence. Järva is one of four pilot districts that are first in the transformation of social services in connection with the new Social Services Act. In our work, we are guided by empathy, courage, and respectful treatment. What we offer Here's how employees describe their workplace: "The fun thing about working here in family law is that there are such varied tasks, which means you develop in many different areas of social work" and "In family law, I get to do preventive work for real." Family Law is located in premises near Kista Centre, with good transportation via subway, bus, and commuter train. Most of our employees have their own offices. In Kista there is also a wide range of restaurants and shops. We also offer: external supervision individual competence development administrative support that relieves case management We have benefits such as fitness allowance of 3,000 kr/year, possibility of flexible vacation, and winter and summer working hours (reduced working hours May–August). Read more about our benefits here. Your role As a family law secretary, you work to support children and parents in family law matters based on the Parenthood Code and the Social Services Act – always with the best interests of the child in focus. Your tasks include: advice within family law voluntary cooperation meetings at the initiative of parents or on assignment from the district court handling of paternity, agreements, passport and name matters investigations regarding custody, residence, and visitation on assignment from the district court implementation of visitation with visitation support comprehensive investigations prior to adoption and follow-up reports conduct parenting classes and children's groups collaboration/cooperation with other parts of social services Your competence and experience We are looking for someone who has: a degree in social work good ability to express yourself well in Swedish, both spoken and written It is meritorious if you have: experience in family law work experience with government authority work, preferably with children and youth experience with investigation work, preferably with children and youth further education in family law, such as "Whole Child," "Separate Worlds," "Children in Parents' Focus" As a person, you are responsible and well-organized in your work. You are attentive, professional, and flexible and collaborate well with others. You are calm and stable in pressured situations and relationship-building in meetings with others. Last but not least, you are curious and engaged, both in meetings with the children and parents you meet and in contributing to development within your field of work. Are you someone who wants to work close to people's everyday lives, think in new ways, and contribute to long-term social change – then we want to hear from you! We place great emphasis on your personal qualities, your commitment, and your motivation for this position. Other information For work with children and youth in Stockholm city, it is required that you can provide an extract from the criminal record. The extract will be requested before employment. Selection and interviews may take place on an ongoing basis during the application period. Stockholm city works with competence-based recruitment aimed at seeing each person's competence and thus counteracting discrimination. Remember never to upload an extract from the Police (Data Protection Regulation, GDPR) in connection with your application. We recruit without a personal letter to strengthen focus on competence and experience for this role. When you submit your application, you will answer a number of questions. When we assess your application, we proceed from your CV and the questions you have answered. After the final application deadline, we review all applications. We see diversity as enriching and welcome all applicants. Welcome to Järva District Administration! To meet today's and future's challenges, Järva District Administration was established in 2023. In our district administration, we develop support and services with focus on all Järva residents. Our activities are characterized by collaboration, courage, empathy, and respectful treatment. We strive for open communication and respect for differences, and we believe that diversity and equal gender distribution contribute to developing our activities. We hope that you who apply want to develop together with us. Here you can read more about Järva District Administration.