Welcome to Sundsvall Municipality!

Sundsvall Municipality is one of the largest employers in Norrland with around 8,000 employees and over 300 professions. Together, we fulfill one of the most important missions in society – to create benefit and value for residents, businesses, and future generations. Regardless of the activity, we work towards the same goal: to be a good place to live, work, and thrive.

We are currently in an exciting phase of development. We are a pioneer in digital development and artificial intelligence, leading the work to create smart solutions for the future public sector.

Sundsvall plays a central role in the green transition in northern Sweden. We are convinced that the right places for this transition are here. As a municipality, we are preparing to grow by preparing land, creating new educational opportunities, marketing the municipality, and welcoming new residents from around the world.

Your new workplace

In 2025, four school social teams will be established in Sundsvall.

The schools currently having school social teams are Höglunda, Haga, Bergsåker, and Sundsvalls Gymnasium, Västermalm. The school social teams consist of two employees: one from the Department of Education and one from the Department of Social Services and Labor Market. We are now looking for two new employees who will belong to the Department of Social Services and Labor Market.

You and your colleague from the Department of Education will combine your expertise to support students, families, and schools, with schools as the primary workplace.

We offer wellness benefits, such as gym memberships, access to ski trails at Södra berget, and the municipality's recreational facilities.

How you contribute in the role of family therapist:

In the role of family therapist within the school social team, you will work preventively and with early interventions to increase school attendance and strengthen students' opportunities to achieve their educational goals in primary school. The work is carried out in close collaboration with schools, social services, guardians, and other stakeholders. The focus is on providing support to the student, the family, and the school, both individually and in groups.

Your tasks may include:

• Coordinating the support the student receives from various stakeholders.
• Offering psychosocial support, motivational conversations, social training, and help in creating structure in daily life.
• Supporting and guiding guardians.
• Working preventively and promoting on an individual and group level, for example, through training for parent groups, professional development for school staff, or activities for student groups.
• Continuing to develop the work with the school social teams together with the other teams.

Your skills and experience:

You who are applying are a social worker, behavioral scientist, or have another relevant higher education that the employer considers suitable. It is an advantage if you have several years of experience in psychosocial treatment work and in social services.

Desirable qualifications:

• Further education in systems theory or CBT

As a person, you are flexible, positive, and engaged, and you easily adapt to changing circumstances. You have good personal maturity, which means you are emotionally stable, have self-awareness, and are secure in yourself. You can distinguish between the personal and the professional. You have a good empathetic ability, are easy to collaborate with, and have a curious and exploratory attitude.

To work with us, you need to have a B driver's license.

We place great emphasis on personal suitability.

Good to know

Are you interested in learning more about Sundsvall? Click on www.sundsvall.se (http://www.sundsvall.se) or if you are interested in what it would be like to live and work in Sundsvall, you can read more on.

We strive for a drug-free work environment and drug testing may occur upon hiring. We apply smoke-free working hours.

In Sundsvall Municipality, we embrace diversity and welcome employees from various backgrounds. We value the contributions that gender balance and diversity bring to our operations and work to ensure that our workplaces are accessible to all.

To ensure the quality of the recruitment process and enable good communication with our applicants, we ask you to apply for the position through the link in this ad.

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