Welcome to Sundsvall Municipality!

Sundsvall Municipality is one of Northern Sweden's largest employers with around 8,000 employees and over 300 professions. Together, we fulfill one of the most important missions in society – to create benefit and value for residents, businesses, and future generations. Regardless of the activity, we work towards the same goal: to be a great place to live, work, and thrive.

We are currently in an exciting phase of development. We are a pioneer in digital development and artificial intelligence, leading the work to create smart solutions for the future public sector.

Sundsvall plays a central role in the green transition in Northern Sweden. We are convinced that the right places for this transition are here. As a municipality, we are preparing to grow by preparing land, creating new educational opportunities, marketing the municipality, and welcoming new residents from all over the world.

Your new workplace

Do you want to contribute to a better life for children, youth, and their families in Sundsvall Municipality? Your new workplace, the Individual and Labor Market Administration (IAF), encompasses several areas: Children, Youth and Family, Substance Abuse and Mental Health, Adult Education, and Work and Support.

We create conditions for learning and work, improved living situations in cases of mental health issues and substance abuse, secure upbringing conditions, and reduced social exclusion.

We work preventively, with early support measures and group activities to provide advice and support to children and parents to prevent negative developments in the long term. We in Children, Youth, and Family have been intensively working to get closer to our citizens, conducting outreach work, and offering advice and support conversations without the need for assistance assessment. The goal of our operations is to ensure that children and youth in need of our services have access to them. Part of this involves our investigations that clarify the needs of children and their parents.

We need to strengthen our central team in Ljustadalen with a social worker. We are now looking for you who are a social worker and want to develop with us in our continued efforts to make a difference for those we serve.

Your contribution as a social worker

You will work to make a difference for children, youth, and their families in Sundsvall Municipality. The work is challenging, skill-enhancing, and offers opportunities for personal development. As a social worker in the Central Team, you will be responsible for investigating reports and applications regarding children and youth who may need support or protection under the Social Services Act and the Care of Young Persons Act (LVU). You will also work with the implementation and follow-up of open care measures, certain placements, and young offenders.

As a new employee, you will have access to a mentor and a gradual introduction to the various tasks. You will have good access to management and support in your work. We value our work environment and collegial support. You will be offered specific training on various methods such as ICDP and will be part of a regional training program on children and youth, which includes children's conversations, risk and protective factors, and goal setting. Read more about the training program here: Training Program (https://skr.se/skr/integrationsocialomsorg/socialomsorg/nationellkunskapsstyrningsocialtjanst/verksamhetsutvecklingochledarskap/yrkesresan.32120.html).

With us, you will have the opportunity to work according to the 6+2 work time model, which means 6 hours of workplace-based time per day. The other 2 hours are reserved for reflection, further education, and wellness activities. You will also have the opportunity for vacation exchange, where vacation day supplements are converted into additional vacation days.

Your qualifications and experience

For the position, you need to have a degree in social work and a B driver's license. We prefer that you have several years of experience in social work. Previous work within the social services authority regarding children and youth is considered an asset.

You have a good ability to express yourself well in both speech and writing. Experience and knowledge of BBIC, MI, and ICDP are also seen as advantageous. As a person, you easily adapt to changing circumstances while being structured and able to work goal-oriented.

To succeed in the job, you need to have personal maturity, which means you are emotionally stable, self-aware, and secure in yourself. You can distinguish between the personal and the professional. You have an empathetic ability and find it easy to collaborate.

Applicants with at least seven years of experience and further education in the field have the opportunity to be hired as a specialist social worker.

We place great emphasis on personal suitability!

About the recruitment process

Selection is ongoing. Interviews may occur before the application deadline, so you are welcome to submit your application today.

Those offered employment must, upon request, provide a copy of the police record and criminal background check according to SFS 2013:852.

Good to know

Are you interested in learning more about Sundsvall? Visit www.sundsvall.se (http://www.sundsvall.se) or if you are interested in what it would be like to live and work in Sundsvall, you can read more on.

We strive for a drug-free work environment, and drug testing may occur upon the hiring of staff. We implement smoke-free working hours.

In Sundsvall Municipality, we embrace diversity and welcome employees from various backgrounds. We value the benefits that gender balance and diversity bring to our operations and work to ensure that our workplaces are accessible to all.

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