Family Law Unit in Hässleholm is Hiring

We at the Family Law Unit in Hässleholm are now looking for a colleague who enjoys taking responsibility and surrounding themselves with competent colleagues.

Are you ready to become part of a meaningful and developing work environment? Seize the opportunity and apply for the position today!

What We Offer You!

The Family Law Unit is part of the operations of Reception, Support, and Early Interventions. The unit as a whole consists of the family law unit with experienced family law secretaries, family counseling, parent counseling, and a family center. As a family law secretary, you will be responsible for many different tasks within the family law area, which provides a varied and exciting position. You will, among other things, work with investigations and information requests at the request of the district court regarding custody, residence, and visitation. You will also handle paternity and parenthood cases and enforce visitation support following decisions/orders from the District Court, as well as other matters within the family law area.

This job involves exciting and developing tasks but also a pleasant work environment characterized by knowledgeable colleagues, well-established work routines, good collaboration between different units, an accessible manager, joint activities, and a strong team spirit.

The position is a permanent employment starting as soon as possible.

Your workplace will be at the Social Administration, close to the city center and central station with good commuting opportunities.

The municipality of Hässleholm aims to create the best conditions for a sustainable work life, so you can thrive, feel good, and experience job satisfaction. An important part is to offer good benefits to our employees, such as wellness grants and the opportunity to exchange vacation day supplements for days off. You have flexible working hours to help balance your life and can work from home when it suits the operations.

Who Are You?

We are looking for someone with a degree in social work and experience in social work with authority within IFO, focusing on children and youth within social services. Experience in family law is an advantage. You have a good ability to express yourself verbally and in writing and are computer literate, preferably with knowledge and experience of operational systems. A driver's license is required.

We believe that you, who are driven by taking significant personal responsibility and the opportunity to work with competent colleagues, will thrive especially well with us. As a person, you are good at structuring, planning, and prioritizing your work and have the ability to independently drive your work forward. To succeed in this role, it is important that you remain calm and composed in various situations and can distinguish between the personal and professional. It is also essential that you are well acquainted with the Convention on the Rights of the Child and have an understanding of child and children's rights perspectives, as well as the ability to think analytically about issues from an ethical perspective. Other qualities we see as important for the position are good collaboration skills, allowing you to relate to others in a responsive and smooth manner, and that you find it easy to communicate with the ability to listen and thus adapt your communication style to others.

As an essential part of a constantly evolving organization, we welcome all applicants as we want to reflect all residents of Hässleholm municipality.

You share the values and approaches described in our employee and leadership policy.

Other Information

Since you will be working with children and youth, we require you to submit a criminal record extract before employment. The form to request a criminal record extract can be found on the police's website.

Before employment, you need to present your passport/national ID. If you have citizenship from a country outside the EU/EES, you also need to show your work permit. This is to ensure your identity and your right to work in Sweden.

We work with competence-based recruitment free from prejudice, meaning that the person who best matches the requirements will be offered the position. We welcome your application, including your CV. Selection is ongoing.

About Us

At the Social Administration, we work to promote people's social security, equal living conditions, and active participation in community life. The Social Administration deals with child and youth issues, budget and debt counseling, family law, family counseling, family peace, and substance abuse issues. Here at the Social Administration, we believe in employees who take responsibility under freedom and deliver the quality that our residents deserve and expect.

The municipality of Hässleholm is an important hub in Sweden. Here, people meet to live, experience, work, and learn in a municipality characterized by curiosity and development. With us, you will have a meaningful and varied job with room to influence and take responsibility. We believe in your ability to create good service for those we serve. Together, we make each other better!

Welcome to become one of us!