Assistant Unit Manager for Social Services, Children and Youth

Eslövs kommun · Vollzeit

Gröna torg 2, Eslöv, Schweden

1 position(s). Do you want to help shape the future of social services? At Eslöv Municipality, we continue to build a workplace where trust is the foundation. By strengthening collaboration and providing both employees and managers with good opportunities to succeed, we create an organization where people can grow and thrive. As an assistant unit manager, you will be part of a safe and supportive management team that works closely together, shares responsibility, and has a clear holistic perspective. With us, you will lead an engaged team and contribute to ensuring that the best interests of the child always remain at the center. Your Assignment As an assistant unit manager, you will lead our social workers and create a work environment where employees feel security and professionalism in their role. The assignment combines strategic responsibility with presence in daily operations. The work takes place on-site to provide proximity to the team and the operations. You will: support and lead the team in daily work ensure structure in team meetings and case reviews provide support on matters concerning legislation, case handling, and BBIC drive and contribute to development work that strengthens quality and learning work to ensure that operations are cohesive and that silo thinking is minimized manage personnel responsibility, budget, and work environment responsibility Your Experience For you to thrive and succeed in the role, we see that you have: a degree in social work experience as a manager with personnel and budget responsibility several years of experience working with children and youth within social services strong knowledge of relevant legislation and BBIC Are You This Person? a confident and present leader who provides stability in daily operations you create engagement and trust by being attentive and clear unpretentious and naturally collaborate across boundaries you keep legal certainty and the best interests of the child in focus in all situations have experience leading, creating participation, and building engagement We Offer health and wellness allowance and flexible working hours workplace at Stadshuset, close to the train station and good communications Eslöv Municipality's own leadership development program Other Information In this recruitment, we use continuous selection, which means we continuously evaluate applications. All applications will be considered and no one will be hired before the advertisement closes. At Eslöv Municipality, we have chosen to remove the personal letter to create a more equal and transparent recruitment process. Instead, we base our evaluation on the questions asked in the application form and the competencies required for the position. See current salary statistics here: Lönestatistik — Eslövs kommun (https://eslov.se/arbete-och-arbetsmarknad/jobba-hos-oss/lonestatistik/) Why choose us as an employer? Learn more about what it is like to work at Eslöv Municipality on our website https://eslov.se/arbete-och-arbetsmarknad/jobba-hos-oss/kommunen-som-arbetsgivare/ To ensure quality in the recruitment process and enable good communication with our applicants, we ask you to submit your application digitally. If you experience problems with your application, please contact Visma support at 0771-693 693. Your application documents are public documents and are handled in accordance with the principle of public access. If you have a protected identity, you can submit your application in writing or deliver it to the Contact Center at Gröna Torg 2. Mark your application with the Recruitment Department and the advertisement's reference number. Staff are sought on the condition that the position does not need to be filled by already employed personnel or persons with priority rights. Salary form: Monthly salary. Form of employment: Permanent employment. Duration: Permanent, start date: 2026-12-01. We would appreciate a start date as soon as possible, but we will adjust the start date by agreement.