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About the Job

We are looking for a Senior Social Worker for Placement 3.

A unit with great commitment, high complexity, and a clear mission: to ensure safe, legally sound, and quality care for children and young people placed in foster homes. The position is within the Social Administration Nordost, located at Rymdtorget in Bergsjön.

With us, you will be part of a management team with strong professional pride, good cohesion, and high competence. You will work closely with other senior social workers in both your own unit and the nearby unit, providing stable and experienced collegial support.

Your role is central to creating structure, work peace, and a professional approach in daily operations. You will lead a group of about five child social workers through method guidance, case reviews, and ongoing operational support, both in groups and individually.

You will actively develop working methods, quality, and legal security within the unit. The position involves representing the board in court, collaborating with other units, and contributing to the city's joint development work. We work with Signs of Safety, LÖSA, and BBIC, and you will be offered continuous professional development and process guidance.

Northeast Gothenburg is a dynamic part of the city with a great need for stability, clarity, and professional leadership. We are looking for someone who wants to be present in everyday life, who enjoys the complexity of the task, and who contributes to a safe and learning work environment.

Qualifications

We are looking for someone with a degree in social work and solid experience in public authority work with children and young people. You also need to have very good knowledge of BBIC and a secure understanding of case processes. Experience in a leadership role or mentoring colleagues is an advantage. We also consider experience with Treserva and familiarity with Signs of Safety or other structured working methods as merits.

You need to be able to provide clear, pedagogical, and practically useful guidance and translate knowledge into concrete steps in case work. You listen, articulate assessments, and create understanding. You have high integrity and a secure, warm, and professional demeanor. In this role, you also need the ability to prioritize, structure, and create work peace even in complex cases.

We are looking for a leader who:

• Creates safety through presence.
• Is curious, exploratory, and clear in their assessments.
• Can hold a group together and support both experienced and new caseworkers.
• Takes responsibility for quality and legal security.
• Sees relational leadership as the foundation for everything else.

With us, you will receive:

• A workplace with engaged colleagues and strong professional competence.
• Regular process guidance.
• The opportunity to actively shape working methods and contribute to quality development.
• Development opportunities in both leadership and methodology.
• A mission where you make a real difference.

Selection and interviews are ongoing.

Welcome with your application!

Other

For positions that involve direct and regular contact with children under 18 years, you must be able to present a valid extract from the criminal record before you start working with us. The extract is ordered directly from the Police's website here (https://polisen.se/belastningsregistret?mtm_campaign=utdrag&mtm_kwd=post0623).

To ensure the quality of the recruitment process, meet GDPR requirements, and facilitate good communication with our applicants, we ask you to submit your application digitally and not via email or letter. If you have protected personal information, you should NOT apply through the system but contact the recruiting manager for handling your application.

The City of Gothenburg is one of Sweden's largest employers. Our mission is to create a good everyday life for the residents, visitors, and businesses of Gothenburg. As an employee of the city, you have a secure employment with many career paths where you have the opportunity for interesting and meaningful work tasks. The City of Gothenburg actively works to promote equal rights and opportunities and to combat discrimination.

About Us

The Social Administration Nordost works to provide residents in northeast Gothenburg with equitable and effective welfare, allowing them to live safe and independent lives. The administration provides support to individuals and families according to the Social Services Act. We also offer activities and meeting places that can provide children and young people with a meaningful leisure time. Additionally, the administration actively works with crisis support, safety issues, community life, public health, and contacts with residents and civil society.

Welcome to a vibrant administration in a dynamic urban area - here we work for community and openness with a focus on those we are here for!