Vacant job

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 you who want to think big, new, and differently with us – for the people of Stockholm.

The Hässelby-Vällingby district administration is located in western Stockholm, close to beautiful natural areas and good communications. We are about 1,700 proud and dedicated employees who provide high-quality service to the residents of the district every day. Our work environment is characterized by collaboration, courage, and participation. Our strength is that the diversity among residents is also present among our employees. Together we make a difference!

Welcome to us

At the Children’s Unit, we work to investigate and follow up on approved measures for children aged 0–12 years.

Our mission is to create an accessible and knowledge-based social service that is based on the needs of the residents. To work closer to our clients and build long-term trust, we continuously develop our working methods and approaches.

We are now looking for a new colleague to our dedicated team!

Supporting the team are two transition social workers who assist in the daily work and contribute to developing new working methods. We also have two method developers in the field who provide introduction, knowledge, and structure, as well as two team leaders who lead and distribute the work. The unit consists of a total of 14 social workers, two team leaders, and one unit manager – all with a shared focus on meeting the district's children and their families in the investigation work and in following up on approved measures.

“It’s a great group that really cares – both about each other and about the district. Here we help each other and support each other’s work.”

– Employee at the Children’s Unit

We offer

With us, you will be part of an actively developing and changing organization. We have developed a new value base and vision and will now work to bring it to life in daily work to meet new demands and needs with a focus on a common direction and improved quality for the client.

We particularly focus on:

• Signs of Safety - as a long-term approach and learning. We train all staff and each unit works to integrate the method deeply. The focus is on:
• A network-based approach where we actively involve the family’s and child’s network and utilize their own resources and strengths in planning and change work.
• Balancing strengths and difficulties
• Creating maximum transparency

The transition work according to the new Social Services Act – this is highly prioritized with us. We have already established new positions and are reviewing working methods and organization to stay at the forefront.

Additionally, we offer:

• External supervision and continuous professional development
• Flexible working hours and summer and winter working time
• Vacation exchange and access to the administration's gym
• Health care allowance (3000 SEK in 2026) and the opportunity to purchase annual passes to the city's swimming pools/gyms at a favorable price

Greetings from your future manager:
”The best thing about the Children’s Unit is our dedicated employees and that we get to be a voice for the most vulnerable children. Thanks to our driven and attentive caseworkers, we contribute to providing children with a safer everyday life.”

Your role

As a social worker at the Children’s Unit, you will work with:

• Investigations according to SoL and LVU
• Follow-up of approved measures
• Collaboration internally and externally, for example with schools, preschools, BVC, child and adolescent psychiatry.

We constantly work to develop our methods to offer professional support and create lasting change. You will be part of a team that collectively takes responsibility for the entire process from investigation to follow-up. We work two on the cases - one primary and one co-worker.

Your competence and experience

We are looking for someone who has:

• A degree in social work
• Good knowledge of the Swedish language, both spoken and written

We consider it an advantage if you also have experience in social work with children and adolescents or have experience in authority work within social services. We place great importance on the following personal competencies:

You are structured and can keep track of your cases, while being goal- and result-oriented with a clear focus on creating the best possible conditions for children and families. You are relationship-building and have the ability to build trust and good collaborations, both with clients and their networks. Furthermore, we value that you are collaborative and enjoy working closely with both colleagues and other partners to achieve common goals. You also act professionally and can relate in a way that is adapted to the role. You are confident, stable, and have self-awareness.

Other

We see diversity as enriching and welcome all applicants. We recruit without a personal letter to strengthen the focus on competence and experience for this role. When you submit your application, you will answer a number of questions. When we assess your application, we will base it on your CV and the questions you have answered. We will review applications on an ongoing basis. In this recruitment process, it may be relevant to conduct selection tests as part of the assessment. For this position, you must have a valid extract from the criminal record.

Warm welcome with your application!

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