Social Worker with Focus on Children and Families

Alvesta Municipality, with approximately 20,000 residents — the heart of southern Sweden — integrates local living with global opportunities. A position built on high-quality municipal services, a successful business community, and a good mix of urban and rural areas. Add a strong infrastructure with railways, air travel, and a well-developed road network, and you will understand why Alvesta Municipality is the right choice.

• Big enough for ideas to be born and developed
• Small enough for everyone to be seen and appreciated, with short decision-making paths

In the Alvesta municipal group, we have about 2,000 employees across various professions who work every day to make a difference for our residents. Our shared value base is “Together we create a better everyday life for our residents and ourselves as employees. We develop through good meetings and open dialogue. We achieve this through our value base built on “Participation, Engagement, and Trust.” Our focus is to create the best possible municipal service for those we serve: residents, entrepreneurs, and visitors. Alvesta Municipality operates based on a management model that emphasizes trust-based leadership and governance with a focus on Agenda 2030.

Do you want to join us on our exciting journey aimed at sustainable community development?

The Department of Work and Learning is responsible for, among other things, individual and family care, labor market and employment, as well as adult education and upper secondary school. Our core mission is to offer education and support based on individual needs and conditions. Through early, promoting, and preventive measures, we conduct targeted work in collaboration with other societal actors.

The Department of Individual and Family Care consists of four units: IFO Team 1, IFO Team 2, Housing Support Team, and Support and Treatment Unit. The department is responsible for processing and implementing within the areas of children (SoL and LVU) and adult substance abuse (SoL and LVM), financial assistance, social psychiatry (SoL), and domestic violence (SoL).

JOB DESCRIPTION

As a social worker focusing on children and families, you will investigate the needs for protection and support of children, youth, and their families based on applicable legislation (SoL and LVU) following incoming applications or reports. The work is conducted together with the children/youth and their parents, their networks, and in collaboration with other professionals who meet the target group. The work is extremely varied, where one day may consist of planned visits and documentation but also unplanned events that require urgent assessments.

Your daily tasks include meeting children and their families, documentation, home visits, and sometimes business trips.

Your tasks include, among others:

• Collaboration with internal and external actors.
• Investigative work according to SoL and LVU.
• Follow-up of approved measures.
• Prepare and present cases for the individual committee for decision.
• Represent the board in court.

Since we in IFO Team 1 and Team 2 work cross-professionally, it may be necessary for you to support colleagues in other professions as needed within the teams.

QUALIFICATIONS

A degree in social work or another suitable higher education including social law is required for the position. You have good knowledge of current legislation and documentation requirements and have a good ability to express yourself correctly in spoken and written Swedish. You should have previous experience in similar work. It is also an advantage if you have experience with Signs of Safety and Lifecare.

You have a good ability to, with empathy, engagement, and respect, professionally meet people in difficult life situations. Flexibility and teamwork skills are essential. You see collaboration as a natural part of your work.

Great emphasis will be placed on personal suitability. We expect you to be a secure person with good personal maturity and that you contribute to a good work environment. If you are the one we are looking for, we can offer you an opportunity to perform qualified social work together with engaged and competent colleagues, in a department with high ambitions regarding quality, organization, and results.

A valid driver's license for a manual vehicle is a requirement.

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