Are you ready for the future? We are – and now we are looking for you!

Do you want to help develop foster care in Kristianstad? Do you have a desire to help children and young people who have been separated from their parents to have a safe and stable upbringing? If so, there is an opportunity for you to contribute your experiences and share knowledge with our skilled child secretaries.

Within the Department of Work and Welfare in Kristianstad, we are embarking on an exciting journey of change. Our vision is clear: A department – ready for the future! We are developing our organization to meet future needs and create even better conditions for our citizens. From April 2026, we will be working in a new organization – focusing on a modern, sustainable, and legally secure welfare.

We are now looking for more employees who want to join us on our journey of change. Are you driven, curious, and want to contribute to meaningful work? Then you might be the one we are looking for!

Your role with us

As a child secretary, you work in a team close to our experienced foster care secretaries, and together we have a lot of knowledge about foster care. From a strong child perspective, we constantly develop our processes and operations to better match needs!

As a child secretary, you are responsible for following up on children/youth placed in foster homes and handling investigations and interventions according to SoL and LVU. You are responsible, based on delegation, for a legally secure handling and decisions in individual cases, as well as ensuring that established routines are followed. In this role, it is important to create a supportive and trusting relationship with the child and to represent the child in various contexts. You will collaborate with the child's guardians and facilitate contact with the rest of the biological family, always based on the individual child's needs. We expect you to have an easy time collaborating within the department, but also with external partners such as schools, healthcare, police, and others.

The child and youth services in Kristianstad offer you a great opportunity for personal and professional development. Everyone is given the opportunity to undergo both basic and advanced training in Signs of Safety. You also have the opportunity to gain in-depth knowledge in a specific area by participating in competence teams or similar.

Here’s how child secretaries describe their role… “The role of the child’s social secretary is unique. The child's needs are at the core of all our work, and as a child secretary, you create sustainable relationships with foster-placed children as well as their networks. The best part of being a child secretary is that we get to follow the placed children and their development over time and be there both when it’s tough and when things are going well, which is most of the time! In all matters concerning the child, the child secretary is the one who ensures that the child's voice is heard, which is challenging but also developing. Our work is both varied and important!”

Who are we looking for?

We are looking for someone with a degree in social work and experience in public authority work within the social services' area of responsibility. Since communication and documentation are part of the job, you need to have a good ability to express yourself well in Swedish, both verbally and in writing. A B driver's license and cycling skills are required. We would also like you to have:

• completed training in BBIC and basic and advanced training in Signs of Safety
• experience in public authority work within social services for children and youth, foster care, BBiC, and Signs of Safety
• experience with the Lifecare operational system

To succeed in this role, you are a person who is secure in yourself, structured, flexible, creative, and courageous. This means you can make decisions and uphold good ethics. You need to be willing to see, take responsibility, and handle difficult and urgent situations. You are unpretentious and can work both independently and collaboratively with colleagues in a team. We appreciate the ability to listen, show empathy, and respect. When a candidate is offered employment, those who will directly and regularly come into contact with children must show an extract from the police criminal record according to the provisions of 2013:852 Social Services Act.

This is us

Today, around 480 dedicated employees work with us, making a difference for people at various stages of life. Together, we create safety, participation, and opportunities.

Meet the future with us in the Department of Work and Welfare. The department is responsible for individual and family care and certain labor market and educational initiatives in the municipality. We have a collective responsibility to prevent and combat exclusion and support citizens towards increased independence.

We offer

At the child and youth services in Kristianstad, there is a great opportunity for personal and professional development. Everyone is given the opportunity to undergo basic training in Signs of Safety. You also have the opportunity to gain in-depth knowledge in a specific area by participating in competence teams or temporarily assembled working groups, based on your interests and the needs of the organization.

We are over 7000 employees in Kristianstad municipality who make a difference in people's everyday lives, every day. With us, you will find employees who are passionate about welfare and want to turn ideas into reality. Kristianstad municipality offers several different career paths so that you can develop throughout your working life. Read more about our benefits and us as an employer here (https://www.kristianstad.se/jobbochforetagande/jobbochpraktik/kommunensomarbetsgivare.670.html).

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