Your Mission

As an employee with us, you will be part of the municipality's initiative to prevent violence in close relationships.

Trygghetens hus is a new unit that will be organized together with SBC. The mission involves supporting and guiding individuals' lifestyle changes with a focus on preventing violence in close relationships. The tasks include motivational, supportive, and guiding conversations with both victims and perpetrators of violence, as well as conducting initial risk assessments. You will act as a guide between various agencies (police, social services, healthcare, women's shelters, etc.) to offer coordinated support around the individual.

The work will be offered through a flexible and more accessible approach in collaboration with internal and external partners, primarily in cooperation with the Police Authority. The support offered through Trygghetens hus Söderhamn focuses on reducing victimization, increasing support, protection, and assistance.

Workplace Description

Söderhamn Municipality is now moving forward by opening a new unit, Trygghetens hus, in the work to prevent violence in close relationships. This is to better meet the needs in the municipality and the intentions of the new Social Services Act while following the changing conditions for support to victims and perpetrators at both local and national levels. If you want to make a difference, enjoy challenges, and are flexible in your work, this is the position for you.

Söderhamn Municipality offers you a workplace with a good working climate and positive colleagues. It is important to us that you feel well, which is why we work with health factors and offer wellness grants as well as free access to the municipality's gym. To support you in your work, we see competence development through internal and external training as a given.

We actively work to develop support for the municipality's citizens in this area, and we are now hiring a coordinator in the area of violence in close relationships. Our strength lies in the collaboration we can build with both the professional and private networks.

Your Competence

Qualifications and Personal Attributes

To be considered for the position, you should have one of the following qualifications: social worker, behavioral scientist, treatment pedagogue, social pedagogue, or other education that the employer deems equivalent. You should have experience working with the target group.

Training in FREDA, MI (Motivational Interviewing), and completed online training on violence in close relationships is an advantage for the position.

As a person, you are secure and stable, have good self-awareness, and a well-developed ability to create professional and trusting relationships. You are positive, solution-oriented, and flexible, and you enjoy working in a changing environment.

You have good collaboration skills and can contribute to good relationships through openness and dialogue, both within your own unit and in collaboration with external partners. Furthermore, you have good analytical skills, see the big picture, and can handle and solve complex issues and problems while demonstrating high personal maturity.

It is an advantage if you have previous experience in treatment work within the social sector and knowledge and training in attachment theory.

Since the position involves regular contact with various authorities, it is a requirement that you are fluent in Swedish, both spoken and written.

A driver's license (B) is a requirement for the position.

Great emphasis will be placed on personal attributes and suitability.

We will process applications on an ongoing basis, so do not wait to submit yours. Welcome with your application!

We Offer

Your well-being is important to us! Söderhamn Municipality actively works with health, wellness, and work environment. With us, you have wellness grants and access to the gym. It is also important for us to have a balance between work and leisure, and we care that our employees have the opportunity for the recovery they need. Read more about some of our benefits: Benefits and Advantages (https://www.soderhamn.se/underwebbar/jobba-hos-oss/formaner-och-fordelar.html)

In the archipelago municipality of Söderhamn - where Hälsingland meets the sea, we think new and big. We have the will to grow to 28,000 inhabitants and start each day from the needs of the people of Söderhamn as we shape and develop our operations. Together we make a difference for individuals and society.

We use competence-based recruitment to create an inclusive and fair process. This means that we assess candidates based on their competencies, experiences, and abilities in an equal and equitable manner. Our goal is objective recruitment where everyone has the same opportunities to show what they can contribute.

In this recruitment, we have already made our choices of advertising channels and partners. We kindly but firmly decline all forms of assistance with recruitment from external actors.