Ref: 20261668
Job Responsibilities
Are you a social worker with experience and a desire to work with young people? Welcome to Platform Malmö!
We work with young adults, adolescents and their parents, crime victims, and individuals who wish to leave crime and harmful substance use/addiction. Now there is an opportunity to work for one year in the Social Worker section at Police and Youth Services.
In this position, your primary responsibility will be to implement Youth Service sentences. Youth Service can be imposed instead of fines or other penalties for young offenders between 15 and 21 years old. Youth Service is a sanction consisting of both unpaid work and counseling sessions with a social worker at Youth Services. The reflective conversations are individual sessions that give the young person an opportunity to reflect on their situation and the crime(s) for which they have been convicted. Youth Service aims to prevent crime. Therefore, the conversations largely focus on discussing methods to avoid criminal activity. In your work, you coordinate and implement the sentence imposed by the District Court as an alternative to fines or shorter imprisonment. We have close collaboration with a number of workplaces, and you will therefore be in contact with our committed supervisors. You will also work on finding new supervisors.
The assignment also includes work with the police, where your main responsibility is to collaborate between social services and police. This means that as a social worker, you will be present during interrogations with minors under 18 years old and conduct conversations with the young person and their parents after interrogations. The work also includes meeting detained youth in custody each week. The purpose is to quickly understand the young person's needs and promptly convey this information to social services. You also have administrative responsibilities including staffing the shared phone, attending certain regular police meetings, forwarding incoming information to relevant parties, and planning for the activities.
Organizational development is an integral part of the work, and Lean is used as a tool for this. Documentation in Lifecare and Journal Digital are also part of your responsibilities.
You will become part of an engaged team consisting of four colleagues with similar assignments and areas of responsibility. Together, you work closely and support each other in daily work.
Qualifications
We are looking for someone with a degree in social work and experience in authority work within children and family services with a focus on adolescents. We also want you to have excellent ability to express yourself orally and in writing in Swedish.
The following are considered merits for the position:
Education in Crime as a Lifestyle
Experience in conversations with both young people and adults, preferably from a solution-focused perspective
Knowledge of LUL (Act with Special Provisions on Young Offenders)
Knowledge of crime, drugs, and victimization
Experience and knowledge of risk and protective factors
Experience and knowledge of the justice system
Experience working with Procapita/Lifecare or Journal Digital
Driver's license and driving experience with a manual transmission vehicle
As a person, we see that you are secure, stable, and have good self-insight. You feel comfortable having conversations with adolescents, young adults, and adults alike, and you work well both internally and externally. The position involves considerable teamwork, and therefore high demands are placed on collaboration skills.
To thrive in this role, it is important that you are self-directed and can plan, organize, and drive your work independently. In your work, you will meet people with different experiences and backgrounds. It is therefore important that you are attentive and can listen carefully to the person you meet in order to build good rapport. It is also important that you can easily adapt to changing circumstances and can focus on the right things while maintaining a realistic perspective even at a fast pace.
About the Workplace
The section is part of the Platform Malmö unit, which is a hub for several different activities. We work with young adults, adolescents and their parents, crime victims, and individuals who wish to leave crime and substance abuse. Based on the unit's mandate, we want to create the best conditions for support for Malmö residents who need us, working together with each other and others.
Platform Malmö offers you a workplace with good atmosphere, strong cohesion, and engaged and experienced colleagues who support each other. Would you like to be part of our activities? Then you are warmly welcome to submit your application!
At Sweden's largest employment and social services agency, approximately 2,800 employees work every day to strengthen Malmö residents. Together with Malmö residents, we want to increase opportunities for self-sufficiency, reduce homelessness, contribute to good living conditions for children and young people, and work to ensure that newly arrived residents have good conditions. It is important and rewarding work, but far from easy. Apply for a job with us—you will make a difference.
Malmö City's activities are organized into 14 departments. Our shared mission is to create welfare and sustainable societal development. Together with Malmö residents, we develop an even better city to live, work, and be in. Diversity, life experiences, and talents make Malmö a smart city in the heart of Europe. The world's knowledge is here.
Read about Malmö City as an employer here http://www.malmo.se/jobb
Job Information
Employment Type: Temporary position 1 year
Scope: Full-time
Number of Positions: 1
Start Date: September 1 or by agreement
Other Information
First interviews will be held during week 33.
Please note that Malmö City has removed the personal letter from the application process and replaced it with selection questions for a more inclusive recruitment process and efficient candidate experience. Your answers will be an important part of our selection process. Keep in mind that your answers should be supported and confirmed by your CV.
Applicants called for interview must present certificates of the required education at the interview. Applicants offered employment are required to provide extracts from the criminal record register and ID documents (passport or national ID card).
Malmö City aims for employees to represent the diversity that exists in our city. We therefore welcome applicants who can help us as an employer meet the needs of Malmö residents.Ref: 20261668
Job Responsibilities
Are you a social worker with experience and a desire to work with young people? Welcome to Platform Malmö!
We work with young adults, adolescents and their parents, crime victims, and individuals who wish to leave crime and harmful substance use/addiction. Now there is an opportunity to work for one year in the Social Worker section at Police and Youth Services.
In this position, your primary responsibility will be to implement Youth Service sentences. Youth Service can be imposed instead of fines or other penalties for young offenders between 15 and 21…