Social Worker for Reception and Investigation of Youth, Family and Disabilities

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

The Skarpnäck district administration offers you a workplace where active employee participation and clear leadership are the foundation for providing the best services to the people of Stockholm. Since we collectively create our work environment, openness, respect, and responsiveness are important.

Welcome to us

Do you want to work in a positive environment with competent colleagues in the Reception and Investigation Unit for Youth, Family, and Disabilities within the Child and Family Area? Do you want to help further develop our unit while also having the opportunity to grow yourself? Come and work with us!

One of our colleagues is moving on to new challenges, and therefore we are looking for a social worker for a permanent position in the reception for children and youth.

We strive for a workplace with diversity where we can utilize our employees' diversity. We value employees' knowledge and understanding of families' differences in relation to ethnic and cultural backgrounds, disabilities, sexual orientation, and more.

We are located at the administration's office in Björkhagen, situated right next to the subway and Nacka Nature Reserve.

We offer

Development, challenges, and many happy laughs await you with us. You will be offered summer working hours, the possibility of vacation exchange, wellness compensation, and good pension and parental benefits. We provide regular supervision with an external leader.

The Department of Individual and Family Support at Skarpnäck district administration is a workplace where active employee participation and clear leadership are the foundation for providing the best services to the people of Stockholm. Since we collectively contribute to each other's work environment, openness, respect, and responsiveness are important to us.

Your role

We are looking for a social worker for our reception group. The group is part of the Reception and Investigation Unit for Youth, Family, and Disabilities, which is included in the Child and Family Area. We work family-oriented, meaning the entire family system should receive a comprehensive and coordinated needs assessment. It is important for us that you also want to continue improving the unit's work with children, youth, and their families. We need you who are driven by interest in development issues, quality assurance, employee support, and team-based working methods.

In the unit for Reception and Investigation of Youth, Family, and Disabilities, there is a youth group, a reception group, child caseworkers for LSS 0-20 years, and adult caseworkers for parents seeking their own support regarding LSS, social psychiatry, and substance abuse.

As a social worker in the reception group, you will receive reports and applications regarding children and youth aged 0-20 years and be responsible for preliminary assessments in these cases. A preliminary assessment includes conversations with children/youth, guardians, and reporters. If we initiate an investigation, the case will be forwarded to the investigation groups for children or youth. The reception is also responsible for certain statements according to LUL and for receiving LSS applications, informing, and then forwarding to the investigation group. We have a goal-oriented working method, and through your work, you will contribute to achieving the organization's goals effectively.

Your work includes collaborating with other professionals both within the unit, within the administration, and externally, for the benefit of children and families. You will have close cooperation with other caseworkers and managers in the unit, municipal and private providers, and other stakeholders within the operational area.

Your qualifications and experience

• Degree in Social Work
• Experience in authority practice regarding children/youth
• Good knowledge of current legislation.

It is meritorious if you have worked with instruments such as Signs of Safety and BBIC. It is especially positive if you also have experience with knowledge of SAVRY/EARL, ADAD, MI, iRisk, and/or FREDA short questions.

You are comfortable working independently, but also have an interest in participating in developing the group's shared competence and work community. Since a large part of the work consists of documentation and administration, you need to have a good ability to express yourself in speech and writing and be computer literate. You have a good ability to structure and plan your work.

As a person, you are unpretentious, curious, attentive, and collaborative with the ability to remain calm in demanding situations.

The City of Stockholm works with competence-based recruitment aimed at recognizing each person's competence and thus counteracting discrimination.