Vacant job

At Norrtälje Municipality, we are proud to be part of the democratic foundation of society and to be a part of our residents' important everyday lives. In our broad operations with our knowledge and experience, we have a common drive – we want to enable people and opportunities to grow. We take pride in each other and how we together enrich the lives of our residents.

We offer you a skilled and meticulous employee sought for the Family Home and Intervention Unit!

This position is aimed at those who want to work in social work. For real. In Norrtälje Municipality, we want you who work in social services to be able to focus fully on the foster homes and parents who need our support. Here, our values - The Resident First, Equal Value for All, High Expectations - are the foundation we stand on to make a difference for our families, children, and youth together. We formulate goals together, as this is how we want to conduct social work!

Today we offer our employees:

• the opportunity for remote work
• annual working hours, which means flexible working hours
• close contact with team leaders
• continuous further education including learning breakfasts, legal breakfasts, and supervision
• systematic quality work that you and your colleagues participate in
• great support in administration
• wellness allowance
• training through the Career Journey
• If you are newly recruited in Norrtälje Municipality, you may rent accommodation at Campus Roslagen
• We will introduce a 36-hour work week in 2026 for staff with client-related work and therefore need to strengthen with more employees.

For us, it is important to take care of those who start working with us. As a new employee, you will receive an introduction tailored to your needs and circumstances, as well as a special mentor who guides you in your work. We care about ensuring that employees have a good working environment and therefore encourage recovery and reflection time.

The Assignment The Family Home Group works to recruit, investigate, and method-guide our foster homes, contact families, and contact persons. The work includes negotiating compensation and writing contracts with our contractors. We also recruit foster homes from consultant-supported companies when the child's needs require it. We work on behalf of the child's caseworker, and great importance is placed on collaboration with other units in the social office as well as with foster homes and the guardians of the children/youth. We have undergone training in "A Lasting Relationship" and want to investigate our foster homes in this way. We use the Lifecare management system and strive to work digitally. We work in teams with the child's caseworker and therefore travel to follow-up meetings all over Sweden, which is a relatively large part of the job.

This is what you need to bring with you A degree in social work is required, and it is advantageous if you have prior experience in foster home work. You have good self-awareness, can balance the task of guiding foster homes based on the assignment they have received, and can work to ensure that guardians and foster homes can collaborate around the placed child. It is also advantageous if you have worked with case management according to SoL and LVU of children's and youth cases within social services and have training in BBIC and Signs of Safety.

We appreciate if you as a person have the following abilities:

• You take initiative and see opportunities even when it is difficult
• You express yourself well in speech and writing

The role requires a brave and independent person who has the ability to see the whole picture and is secure and strong in themselves, stress-resistant, and able to act calmly, composed, and independently in acute situations. Personal qualities weigh heavily for this position. We prefer that you easily understand and empathize with others' feelings and behaviors. Humor, flexibility, and humility are qualities we highly value. We want you to have a clear child perspective in your work and to support the approach of working closely in collaboration with the child and their network.

Great emphasis is placed on personal suitability. A driver's license is required as we drive a lot when visiting our children.

It is advantageous if you have completed training in "A Lasting Relationship".

We are looking for you who have the competence to contribute to our operations regardless of gender, gender identity or expression, age, ethnic affiliation, religion or other beliefs, sexual orientation, or disability.

Employment form, scope, and start

• Employment form: Permanent
• Scope: Full-time
• Start: By agreement

In the case of permanent employment, a probationary period may apply. All those hired to work with children and youth must submit a criminal record extract from the police authority's criminal record, e-service for application via digital extract or form can be found on the police's website.

We conduct interviews on an ongoing basis – so do not wait to apply!

About us We are Norrtälje – a municipality where old traditions meet new ideas. Where proximity to magnificent nature and urban pulse is within reach. Here we are over 3,400 employees who work every day to ensure that our more than 66,000 residents can live in a safe and thriving community. Here we want to make room for different perspectives, thoughts, and needs. We want to help each other and share lessons, successes, and joy as we together develop Norrtälje Municipality. Please read more about our values The Resident First - Equal Value for All - High Expectations and Our Vision We will be the most attractive and safe place to live, work, and visit. We offer smaller rental apartments during the first year of your new employment – so that you can take your time to find your dream home. Proximity to Stockholm, Uppsala, Arlanda, and Kapellskär means that the rest of the world is always within reach. Everyone who works with us is a member of Club Communalis – the staff association that adds a golden touch to everyday work with community, joy, and activities for all. We have a wide range of benefits related to activities, wellness, insurance, pensions, remote work, and vacation: Our Benefits. Norrtälje Municipality is part of the Finnish administrative area, and we view positively if you are Finnish-speaking or if you know any of the minority languages or other languages. Application documents for this position are considered public documents that we may disclose upon request. We have chosen our partners in this recruitment and therefore kindly ask for no contact with salespeople of recruitment services.