Vacant job

We are looking for you who want to be part of our journey towards a better everyday life, a stronger future, and increased quality of life for the residents of Perstorp. With us, you will find a workplace where joy, commitment, and development are a natural part of everyday life. We believe in thinking new, working smart, and continuously improving together.

Perstorp municipality is located in the heart of northern Skåne, in the dynamic Öresund region – one of Sweden's most expansive areas. Here, the closeness and safety of a small town combine with proximity to both nature experiences and larger cities. The municipality has approximately 7,300 inhabitants and about 560 employees who together drive development forward.

We are proud of our strong business community and our focus on public health, sustainability, and quality of life. Here, there are good opportunities to influence, develop, and make a difference every day.

Description

Do you want to work in a meaningful role where you support both children, families, and foster homes – and contribute to safe and well-functioning family relationships? The position combines two central areas: work with foster homes and family law investigations and support measures.

This is a role for you who appreciate variation, responsibility, and close collaboration, where both investigative work and relationship-building are important parts of everyday life.

Responsibilities

As a foster home secretary, you will work with:

• Recruitment, investigation, and training of foster homes
• Support and guidance to foster homes in everyday life
• Matching children and foster homes in close collaboration with child secretaries
• Documentation and follow-up of care

In family law, you will work with:

• Cooperation talks with parents according to SoL
• Investigations and assessments on behalf of the District Court
• Contract writing regarding custody, residence, and visitation
• Advice to parents in separation and conflict situations
• Collaboration with courts, preschools/schools, and other relevant activities

The combined position offers a varied and developing job where you can contribute both to children's safety and to strengthening parental cooperation.

Qualifications

We are looking for you who have:

• A degree in social work or another equivalent relevant higher education
• Experience in social work, preferably within foster care and/or family law
• Good knowledge of social services legislation, mainly SoL and FB
• Confidence in investigative and documentation work

Personal qualities

We are looking for you who have:

• Good communicative and relationship-building skills. And the ability to work in a structured, independent, and professional manner.

Meritorious

It is meritorious if you have training in BBIC, experience in cooperation talks, or work with foster home investigations.

We offer

• A meaningful and varied job where you really make a difference
• Support from competent and engaged colleagues
• Supervision and opportunities for further education
• A work environment with good collaboration and short decision-making paths
• Wellness benefits via Epassi

In preparation for the recruitment, we have made decisions regarding recruitment channels and publication channels, therefore we kindly ask for no contact with salespeople in this matter.