Social Worker Wanted at Vallentuna Municipality

Do you have the courage to lead and create a Vallentuna where people and ideas thrive? Do you want to make a difference for children in need of care outside their own homes? We are now looking for an experienced social worker who, together with dedicated colleagues, will develop efforts to make a difference for children and youth in Vallentuna.

Vallentuna Municipality has the courage to lead. Our ambition is to be at the forefront when it comes to innovative solutions, smart working methods, and an efficient organization. As an employee, you play an important role in the development work. The municipality as a workplace is characterized by a consensus between politics and operations, where the common interest and responsibility for the best of Vallentuna shines through. Responsiveness, accessibility, and customer focus are important in our work for good results and increased quality.

Engagement, collaboration, and equal value for all should permeate our organization. You who are applying should of course share our common values.

About the Organization:

The Child and Family Unit consists of dedicated employees, most of whom have many years of experience working with the target group. We have close managerial support, share responsibilities, and help each other. The vision for the Child and Family Unit is to become the best at collaboration and to increase knowledge about social services among residents and partners.

The unit consists of a reception, a children's group, and a youth group that investigates and follows up on interventions. As one of our employees has had the opportunity to work with other tasks in the unit, we are now looking for a social worker for children placed in foster care. The position is located in the children's group, which works with children aged 0 to 12 years. The unit includes four specialist social workers whose tasks include supporting complex cases and working on method development. The specialist social workers also offer BBIC daily support every week as part of professional development. As a social worker, you will also have close collaboration with the department's internal open care, which is well-developed and works flexibly based on assignments from social workers.

As part of promoting a balance between work and leisure, we have chosen to offer the possibility of some remote work. On Mondays, we have evening hours until 18:30, which allows us to finish at 15:00 on Fridays. The day before a public holiday is a half-day, and we have low staffing on bridge days. We offer flexible hours, external supervision, the possibility of vacation exchange, wellness grants or wellness hours, and free employee parking. The social services department is affiliated with the Career Journey and thus offers regular professional development.

The workplace is centrally located in Vallentuna, just a stone's throw from the Roslagsbanan and several bus lines. With Roslagsbanan, you can reach Östra station in about 30 minutes. The municipal office is new and modern, with opportunities for close collaboration with other units and departments.

Job Responsibilities:

We are now looking for you who, together with dedicated colleagues, want to work to ensure that placed children and youth receive the best possible care. Through our mission, we strive to ensure that care is qualitative and legally secure, and that the children/youth placed have the same opportunities as all children.

As a social worker for placed children, you will collaborate with a colleague in the youth group who has the same role as you, as well as with our foster care secretary. Together with two specialist social workers, you form a team that meets with responsible group leaders every week. Contact secretaries also participate in these meetings. The aim is to ensure good foster care and highlight areas for development. For example, we have started work with schoolSAMS together with the Child and Education Administration. You will actively follow up through children's conversations and home visits and be responsible for considerations, reassessments, and investigations. You will also provide support in placement-related matters. The role includes regular contact with the child's own network as well as with schools and other professional contacts.

Qualifications:

• A degree in social work is required to work with the target group.
• Many years of experience in authority work regarding placed children.
• Driver's license (B)
• Very familiar with the laws governing the operations, especially SoL and LVU.
• Very good documentation skills, preferably with experience in the operational system Treserva.
• Very good knowledge of BBIC and preferably also within Signs of Safety and safety planning.
• It is an advantage to have knowledge in investigating foster homes, according to the Kälvesten method or "a lasting relationship".

Personal Qualities:

• You work towards results, demonstrate reliability, and take responsibility for planning and following up on your work.
• You strengthen relationships by helping others, collaborating, following rules and processes, and sharing information.
• You develop, improve, seek solutions, and learn on your own initiative.
• You are the link, provide service, show loyalty outward and inward, and monitor the environment.
• Common values are reflected in your approach.

Information:

As an employer, we want to take advantage of the qualities that a balanced gender distribution and cultural diversity bring. Vallentuna Municipality invests in professional development and a sustainable work life. To ensure the best possible conditions in your employee role, Vallentuna Municipality has an employee academy where you will receive training and tools.

The employment is a permanent full-time position with a start date by agreement. We apply individual salary setting.

Before any new employment, Vallentuna Municipality conducts background checks.

To ensure the quality of the recruitment process, we use the tool ReachMee. We ask you to submit your application by clicking on the application link in the ad. We do not accept applications/expressions of interest via email. If you have any questions, please feel free to contact us as below. Interviews will be conducted on an ongoing basis.

You are warmly welcome to send your application with a personal letter and CV no later than 2026-01-09.

For more information contact:

Charlotta Menander, group manager, 08-587 851 35, [email protected]

Christin Björnberg, acting unit manager, 08-587 854 81, [email protected]

More information and union representatives can be found at Vallentuna Municipality (https://www.vallentuna.se/naringsliv-och-arbete/arbeta-hos-oss/lokala-fackliga-foretradare/)