Vacant job

The city of Västerås has removed the personal letter from the application process. We do this to achieve a better and fairer recruitment process. When you submit your application, you will be asked to answer a number of questions that will be an important part of our selection work.

Are you an inspirer and ambassador for social work and have an interest in leadership? With us, you will have a trust-based workplace with strong collegial support. We are proud to make a difference for children and young people every day with a high degree of legal certainty.

Your tasks

In our unit, we work to investigate, grant assistance, and follow up on interventions for the target group aged 0–18 years. We work with a cohesive handling from investigation until the interventions are concluded for our clients. We develop our work based on the societal developments that occur, and we have a particular focus on three target groups: children and young people at risk of crime, children and young people with disabilities and psychiatric issues, and children and young people placed in emergency and foster homes. We see that these target groups require special collaboration with both internal and external parties.

We constantly strive to improve what we do, and you are an important piece of the puzzle in continuing to develop our unit and our working methods. A typical day at work involves leading and distributing work for social workers. You support and guide in both planning and documentation and ensure that there is a high degree of legal certainty in the handling of cases, as well as good quality in response and documentation. You are part of the unit's management team together with three team leaders and a unit manager. Collaboration occurs daily, both internally with other units and functions and externally as well. Sometimes you also represent the board in court hearings. When we get new employees, you will help introduce them to the job. In the role of team leader, you will also be part of the operational development of the unit.

Your competence

We are looking for someone who has an interest in motivating, coaching, and guiding others. You have a degree in social work or other relevant education and validation to work with authority for children and young people. We also want you to have several years of experience in authority work and case handling within social services for children and young people. You are confident in social services legislation and are used to working with LVU. If you also have experience working in a supervisory or coordinating role, that is an advantage. As travel may occur in the position, it is a plus if you have a driver's license. Important qualities in you are that you are flexible and can adapt to changing circumstances. We believe that you are unpretentious and can communicate clearly with both employees and managers. You have strong support from your team leader colleagues, and since the role involves collective leadership in many aspects, we see that you have a particularly good ability to collaborate and cooperate. You have a sense of when you need to listen and be accommodating, while at the same time being proactive and driving your processes forward. You are confident and stable and have the ability to remain calm in pressured situations. We believe that you are resilient and motivated to be effective even during tough periods or when the pace is high.

We offer

Children and Youth 1 consists of a unit manager, three team leaders, a senior caseworker, and about twenty caseworkers working as social workers and assistant social workers. We are a stable unit where we work closely together and have a wide range of competencies that we are happy to share with each other. In our newly built Social Services House, right by the station area, all authority units in the individual and family administration are located, which facilitates collaboration so that our clients can receive the best possible help. Read more about social services here: Social Services (https://www.vasteras.se/naringsliv-och-arbete/jobb-och-karriar/vara-yrken/jobba-inom-socialtjansten.html)

Here you will be part of something bigger! With warmth and respect, we show initiative in both big and small matters. We live our values in our interactions with each other and those we serve. Every day, year-round, we ensure that Västerås functions. Together with your approximately 11,500 colleagues throughout the city, you will have Sweden's most important job.

Read more about opportunities, career paths, and our offerings here: Career (https://www.vasteras.se/jobbochkarri%C3%A4r)

Other information

Before you can be employed, you need to present a valid extract from the police's criminal record.

In connection with the interview, you need to prove your citizenship. You can do this with a passport or a personal certificate along with an ID. If you are not a citizen of Sweden, the EU, EEA, or Switzerland, you must present that you have a valid work permit or are exempt from the requirement to have a work permit. Employment can only occur after verification of the work permit, which is required according to the Aliens Ordinance. All offers of recruitment and advertising assistance are declined.