Social Worker - Reception for Children and Youth

Come closer - come to Nykvarns Municipality. With nature as our neighbor and the pulse of the big city around the corner, 12,500 Nykvarnians are affected every day by what we do, and what you do. Our work rests on a stable foundation of trust, responsibility, commitment, and professionalism - for us, it's about working with both heart and mind. In Nykvarn, you're never just one in the crowd. Regardless of what shoes you wear and what steps you take, you become part of something bigger, where each workday builds the future. What is your next step? We at the Welfare and Service Office are proud to make a difference in both small and big ways. Short decision-making paths, close proximity to service users, and engaged employees make it possible for each of us to become a specialist in our respective field. We constantly develop and improve, taking responsibility by providing the right support to the right person at the right time. Job Duties Do you want to work in a smaller municipality where you have great influence, close leadership, and the opportunity to make a real difference for children and families? Then Nykvarn may be the right workplace for you. To the Children and Family Unit, we are now seeking an engaged social worker for our reception function for children and youth aged 0-20 years, as one of our dedicated social work professionals is retiring. Here you will have the opportunity to make a real difference for children, young people, and their families through important work in the social services' first contact with the individual. You will work with receiving and assessing incoming reports and applications, as well as conducting preliminary assessments and contributing to ensuring that the right support and interventions can be offered at an early stage. With the support of clear processes and close collaboration with colleagues, you will work to ensure lawful and quality case management where the child's best interests are always at the center. In the reception function, you will have a varied and developmental role where you meet children, young people, and their families at an early stage and make important assessments regarding need for support and protection. You will be an important part of ensuring that children and young people receive the right support at the right time. Because we are a smaller municipality, we work together across operational boundaries. This means you will gain experience from more parts of the operations than what is often possible in larger organizations. The role suits you if you appreciate variety, take responsibility, and thrive with collaborative teamwork. You will also be an important part of the unit's quality and development work. We work goal-oriented and would like to see you contribute with ideas and commitment to developing our work methods, routines, and collaboration forms. The assignment includes close collaboration with colleagues, guardians, and other professionals, both internally and externally, always with the child and family's best interests in focus. This is a permanent full-time position (100%). About the Operations We at the Children and Family Unit look forward to welcoming you as our new colleague! With us, you will work in an operation where quality, collaboration, and development are in focus. We know that sustainable social work requires a sustainable working life. Therefore, we invest in close leadership, a helpful work climate, and good conditions for you to perform professional and lawful work. We are a smaller municipality and see it as one of our greatest strengths. Here, decision-making paths are short, collaboration is close, and your ideas are valued. Active employee engagement and clear leadership are the foundation of our operations, and we care about a work environment characterized by openness, respect, trust, and job satisfaction. The unit consists of a unit manager, a group leader, three social workers in the reception function, five social workers working with investigations and follow-up of interventions, a case manager for foster-placed children, and two social workers responsible for foster care, family law, and contact secretary activities. We invest in your development. You are offered external supervision once a month, regular case supervision in groups, and close support in your daily work from both the group leader and unit manager. You work in modern premises in Nykvarns municipal building within walking distance to the train station and with free parking. With Mälartåg, you can easily get to Nykvarn if you use public transport. We share premises with the Adult Unit, which creates good conditions for close collaboration when families' needs span multiple operational areas. Qualifications Requirements: You have a degree in social work (socionomexamen) You have several years of recent experience in investigation work since graduation You have experience with placements according to SoL and LVU You are secure and stable with a high degree of empathy and a positive mindset You are flexible and have good collaboration and initiative skills You must be able to express yourself well in both speech and writing in Swedish You have a driver's license You are attracted to working in an exciting developing municipality where you want to be part of driving development work Meritorious: You have experience working in a reception function within the field of children and youth You have experience with and interest in development issues, quality assurance, collaboration, and team-based working methods You have experience working according to the Signs of Safety approach With us, you will have the opportunity for professional development, as this is an area we actively work with. Additionally, we have close collaboration between the unit working with adults and those who perform the interventions, which contributes to workplace learning. Other Information Nykvarns Municipality is a Finnish administrative area, and we consider it a merit if you speak Finnish. For this position, you must have a category B driver's license. Application We decline offers of advertising and recruitment assistance. For this position, interviews may take place continuously throughout the recruitment process. We decline offers of advertising and recruitment assistance. We place great emphasis on your personal qualities.

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