Social Secretary, Child and Family Services Unit

Smedjebackens kommun · plný úvazek

Smedjebacken, Švédsko

Welcome to Smedjebacken Municipality! Our strengths are unpretentiousness, dialogue, and short decision-making paths. As an employee with us, you become an important community builder, someone who makes a difference. We are convinced that together we can live up to our core values where welcoming, engagement, security, and future confidence are guiding principles. Smedjebacken offers good housing and our many associations, passionate people, and entrepreneurs contribute to quality of life, cohesion, and living traditions throughout the municipality. Individual and Family Care Individual and Family Care is an operation consisting of three units—child and family, adult, and administration—with a total of 20 employees. In the child and family unit and adult unit, both social secretaries and staff work with open care in various forms such as treatment, family support, or family therapy. The operation is led by a unit manager, and two group leaders are currently being recruited to the unit. The child and family unit is now seeking a social secretary. The unit consists of senior case managers and social secretaries who work with intake, investigation, and follow-up of interventions, family law, and foster care. It is a small municipality and a relatively small operation where collaboration is essential. We help and support each other with the cases the unit is responsible for. The unit handles cases concerning children and young people from 0 years old up to 21 years old. This involves the exercise of authority based on the Social Services Act and the Act on Care of Young People. The unit also investigates foster families, contact families, contact persons, and handles family law matters. We now also work with interventions without a support decision based on the new Social Services Act. Development work based on the new Social Services Act is ongoing, and you will be part of it. Responsibilities As a social secretary, your role includes: Maintain close collaboration with important people in the child's/young person's network with a focus on ensuring the child has a good and secure life Investigate and assess the child's needs, follow up on interventions, and share responsibility with colleagues for the unit's intake function Cooperate with both internal and external partners The role includes both the exercise of authority and, where necessary, therapeutic interventions based on the new Social Services Act. As a social secretary with us, you will follow cases from incoming notification/application, investigation, and through to potential implementation. Your work may include leading various group activities and, where needed, some evening duties. Other tasks may also occur, and the content and conditions of the work may change over time. We are a social office that values flexibility and unpretentiousness, and our work is characterized by solution-focused interventions. Qualifications Social work degree or other equivalent higher education in a relevant field Good ability to express yourself in Swedish, both verbally and in writing You must be well familiar with the case management requirements and legislation that govern the operation Good computer skills Driver's license (Category B) It is an advantage if you have prior experience with the Lifecare case management system and if you have previously worked with social services or the exercise of authority. Personal Qualities To thrive in the role of social secretary, we believe you have/are: Strong commitment and interest in social work Courage to make a difference for vulnerable people in society Drive and creativity that contribute to the unit's development Easy to collaborate with others and able to work independently in a responsible manner Social and capable of bringing enthusiasm and contributing to participation and consensus regarding the operation Ability to nurture and build good relationships Great emphasis is placed on personal suitability. For this position, a certificate from the criminal record registry will be required. A probationary period may apply. What We Offer You will receive training in the form of Professional Development Journey and training in Dialogue. We offer a workplace in a welcoming municipality with engagement, security, and future confidence. We believe in dialogue as a tool for development and value short decision-making paths and an unpretentious approach. Workplace environment is a focus area where the goal is for work life to be sustainable, healthy, and safe for all employees. You can read more about the benefits we offer at https://www.smedjebacken.se/arbete-och-naringsliv/formaner.html. Other Information In connection with a job offer, the candidate offered the position will need to prove their citizenship. This can be done with a passport or personal certificate together with an ID document. If you are not a citizen of Sweden, the EU, EEA, or Switzerland, you must provide proof of valid work authorization or be exempt from the requirement to have work authorization. Employment can only take place after verification of work authorization, which is required according to the Aliens Ordinance. We kindly but firmly decline all contact from advertisers and staffing agencies during the recruitment process, as the selection of recruitment channels has already been determined for this recruitment. Read more at smedjebacken.se about how we handle your personal data according to GDPR. All recruitment is done digitally and through our external link to the recruitment system Webcruiter. If you have problems registering your CV, please contact http://https://talentech-support.freshdesk.com/sv-SE/support/login/new. If you have protected personal data, contact the HR department through the municipality's main number and you will receive help with your application. Contact Information Camilla Eriksson, Unit Manager, 0240-66 02 91, [email protected] Maria Högstedt, Vision, 0240-66 00 91, [email protected] Workplace Vasagatan 14 777 81 Smedjebacken Important Information: Employer: Smedjebackens kommun Ref.nr: 5180356308 Position: 100% Permanent Employment Application Deadline: 2026-09-27