Vacant job

The city of Västerås has removed the personal letter from the application process. We do this to achieve a better and fairer recruitment process. When you submit your application, you will be asked to answer a number of questions that will be an important part of our selection work.

We are deepening the collaboration between schools and social services through school social teams. School social teams are a new initiative. We have previously started work at two middle schools and one high school, and now we are expanding with two more primary-middle schools and one high school. Take the opportunity to be involved from the beginning and shape this important work.

Your tasks

Your mission is to work together with the rest of the team to enable children and young people with norm-breaking behavior to receive interventions to reverse negative development and achieve a functioning school experience. Working within the school environment allows for building trust and confidence to reach parents of children and young people who would otherwise decline assistance through formal notification.

You are part of a school social team and provide the therapeutic competence and knowledge about child and youth work within social services at large. Your individual assignments are received through the student health team, where you are a member, and you are also proactive in identifying children and young people at risk of continued norm-breaking behavior and criminality.

You work with individual children, young people, and their parents within the framework of assistance without means testing (new SoL). In your individual-focused work, you provide interventions such as skills training for children and young people, as well as parent education/family treatment content for parents. You will also participate in the general school social work at the school to build relationships.

You participate in the SSPF work (school, social services, police, and leisure) and will be a bridge builder between social services, schools, and other entities such as family centers. It is important that the school social worker becomes a known and trusted person for students and parents, and therefore you participate in the school's general school social activities.

Your competence

You have a degree in social work and experience in psychosocial work with children and young people with norm-breaking behavior and their parents. It is an advantage if you also have experience in therapeutic interventions. You have good knowledge of the social services' work within the field of children and youth and a clear interest and commitment to work with this target group.

You find it easy to establish a professional relationship with young people and parents. You are confident in your professional role and can clearly contribute a family treatment perspective to the work with students for teachers, EHT staff, and management. You collaborate by highlighting your assessments and what you can contribute in current issues. Additionally, you are unpretentious and want to be involved in the school's general school social activities, as you understand that it provides opportunities to connect with the children and young people who need us.

We offer

You are part of open care for children and youth and thus have the opportunity to collaborate closely with staff with various competencies within treatment. You will participate in working group meetings with other school social workers, individual guidance with team leaders, and external supervision. Your introduction is tailored based on your previous experience, and you will have the opportunity for professional development in areas needed for the role.

Here, you become part of something bigger! With warmth and respect, we show action in both big and small matters. We live our values in our interactions with each other and those we serve. Every day, all year round, we ensure that Västerås functions. Together with your approximately 11,500 colleagues throughout the city, you will have Sweden's most important job.

Read more about opportunities, career paths, and our offerings here: https://www.vasteras.se/jobbochkarriär (https://www.vasteras.se/jobbochkarri%C3%A4r)

Other information

Before you can be employed, you need to present an approved extract from the police criminal record.

In connection with the interview, you need to prove your citizenship. You can do this with a passport or a personal certificate along with an ID document. If you are not a citizen of Sweden, the EU, EEA, or Switzerland, you must show that you have a valid work permit or are exempt from the requirement to have a work permit. Employment can only occur after verification of the work permit, which is required according to the Aliens Ordinance. All offers of recruitment and advertising assistance are declined.