Unit Manager, Children and Youth Unit - Investigation and Early Interventions

Nässjö kommun · Vollzeit

Nässjö kommun, Nässjö, Schweden

Are you a social worker with broad experience and engaged leadership? Do you want to be part of a stable management team where we together meet today's and tomorrow's challenges within social services? Welcome to Nässjö! We work from a holistic perspective on people's needs. Therefore, we have a unified administration that is responsible for the entire social services mission under the motto "We support an independent life". The Children and Youth Unit is part of the Authority Exercise Department and works with children and young people aged 0–20 years and their families. The unit consists of approximately 65 employees within reception, child and youth investigation, family foster care, open care, family center, and structured cooperation with schools and preschools. The work is led by three unit managers responsible for investigation, placement, and interventions respectively. Nässjö municipality is leading in developing a more preventive and accessible social service. For several years we have developed work with Early Coordinated Interventions (TSI) and close cooperation between social services, schools, preschools, leisure activities, police, and healthcare. We have a well-developed home visiting program for the youngest children. Social workers from the unit are an integrated part of the municipality's school social teams at all primary schools and also participate in preschool social teams. We also work through SSPF to coordinate support measures for children and young people in need of early and preventive interventions. Through this work, we meet children and families early and create conditions for timely support. 1 position(s). JOB RESPONSIBILITIES As unit manager for the Children and Youth Unit, Investigation, you have personnel, budget, and operational responsibility for a reception function and two investigator groups. The unit currently consists of 25 employees, of which three team leaders lead and distribute the work in daily operations. Within the reception function, there is a special assignment linked to the municipality's school and preschool social teams, where social services work together with the children and education department to provide early support to children and families. Together with your employees, you ensure that authority exercise is conducted with legal certainty, good quality, and in accordance with current legislation. You have a central role in the municipality's continued transition to the new social services act and are responsible for further developing work with Early Coordinated Interventions. The assignment includes both traditional authority exercise and well-established preventive work in close cooperation with schools, preschools, and other important actors around children and young people. You lead the development of operations, work methods, and cooperation with the best interests of the child and early interventions in focus. You are responsible for goal and operational management and support and inspire employees to achieve set goals with good quality and resource efficiency. You participate in management groups at both department and unit levels, represent the board internally and externally, and present cases in the social board's individual committee and, if necessary, in administrative court. Nässjö municipality values employees' expertise and work environment and wants to provide good conditions for conducting activities with high quality. Within children and youth, digital process support and tools for workload measurement are used. Great emphasis is placed on introduction and systematic competence development. The Children and Youth Unit has been strengthened in recent years to meet increased needs and the social board's ambition to develop preventive and health-promoting interventions. QUALIFICATIONS We are looking for a social worker with experience of social services' authority exercise and preferably within children and youth. You have experience in work management or leadership. You also have experience with quality development, goal management, and systematic follow-up. We are looking for someone who creates engagement through trust-based leadership, clarity, and participation. You have the ability to make decisions in complex situations while building a work environment where employees feel support, responsibility, and development opportunities. You are a confident leader who creates structure, engagement, and participation. Through your relationship-building and attentive approach, you build trustful collaborations and achieve results together with others. You thrive in contexts where cooperation is crucial and have the ability to bring together different perspectives around common goals for the best interests of the child. You communicate well in speech and writing and can create direction and understanding even in complex matters. Great emphasis is placed on personal suitability. A category B driving license is a requirement. Salary form: Monthly salary. Employment form: Permanent employment. Duration, start date: 2027-01-11 or by agreement. Working hours: Daytime. Learn more about what it is like to work in Nässjö municipality at www.nassjo.se. To ensure efficient, quick, and secure processing of your application, we ask you to submit your application through our recruitment tool. Apply directly via the link in the job posting. If you have a protected identity and want to apply for the advertised position, you are welcome to send your application documents to [email protected]. 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