Social Worker at Skärholmen Youth Center

Stockholm – our capital city with millions of dreams, expectations, and ambitions. We work for everyone living here today and in the future. We are now looking for someone who wants to think big, new, and differently with us – for the people of Stockholm.

Skärholmen's district administration is one of Stockholm's 11 district administrations and includes the neighborhoods of Bredäng, Sätra, Skärholmen, and Vårberg. Here, more than 1,000 employees work for our 37,000 residents. We offer a municipal operation that we are proud of, and we have a fantastic diversity. Welcome with your unique contribution!

Welcome to us

As part of the social services, we work with promotional and preventive activities focusing on early interventions for children, youth, parents, and adults at risk.

This includes the Prevention Unit as well as Recreation and Play, and together we create safe environments and strengthen the residents of Skärholmen.

The Prevention Unit encompasses school social teams, counselors at the youth center, parental counseling, field assistants, and crime prevention work. The operation is led closely and engaged by the unit manager and group leaders. We are in a development phase where we are shaping new working methods to meet both the new social services law and the needs of the district. As an employee with us, you will become an important part of this.

Learn more about Skärholmen's social work

We are developing our outreach working methods and increasing our mobility and accessibility according to the intentions of the new social services law. To meet citizens' needs and strengthen the transition to first-line social services, the Youth Center is expanding with a counseling position.

Skärholmen's Youth Center promotes young people's physical, mental, and sexual health and is aimed at 12–23-year-olds. Here, midwives, counselors, and doctors work in a joint collaboration between Region Stockholm and Skärholmen's district committee. The unit manager for the preventive and promotional unit is responsible for the counseling operations.

The center receives youth from all over Stockholm County, with nearly half of the visitors coming from Skärholmen. To reach more young people, counselors and midwives actively and systematically work with outreach efforts.

We offer

A developing assignment where you make a real difference for children and youth. You will work with early interventions in an area where managers and colleagues have strong commitment and good knowledge of the district in a unit that is in constant development.

As one of Sweden's largest employers, the City of Stockholm cares about your quality of life and development. You will receive good flexible working conditions, vacation exchange, wellness compensation, and a favorable occupational pension. Gyms and swimming pools are close to the workplace, and annual passes to the city's swimming pools are offered at a very favorable price.

Your role

As a counselor, you primarily have advisory and supportive conversations, both individually and sometimes with families or couples. You have a central role during our drop-in hours where you engage with young people who need to talk. The work also includes outreach efforts, such as class visits, school visits, and collaboration with various actors in the municipality.

You will also become part of the unit's collegium with school social workers, parental advisors, field assistants, and social intervention groups.

Your skills and experience

We are looking for someone with great commitment and experience in promoting the health of children and youth.

We want you to have:

• a degree in social work or equivalent education
• experience working with youth, preferably in vulnerable areas

Meritorious qualifications for the position:

• experience in authority work within Children and Youth
• experience working with violence in close relationships
• sexology 1
• basic psychotherapy training
• training related to violence, violence prevention, and trauma
• training related to minority rights and anti-discrimination

We are looking for you with a strong commitment to equal health for children and youth. You can work independently and in a structured way but also unpretentiously in close interdisciplinary collaboration for the best interests of the young person. You see differences in the team as a strength. You create safety, work independently and structured, and thrive in close interdisciplinary collaboration.

We place great importance on your personal suitability, that you are secure, stable, and professional in your interactions with children and youth, and that you can create the conditions for more equal life chances for more children and youth with your expertise.

Your application

We recruit without a personal letter in this recruitment to strengthen the focus on the competencies and experiences required for this role. In assessing your application, we will only consider your CV and a number of questions you will be asked to answer when applying for the position.

The position includes a background check, and applicants must present an extract from the police's criminal record before employment occurs.

Welcome with your application! The City of Stockholm works with competency-based recruitment aimed at recognizing each person's competencies and thus counteracting discrimination.