Social Worker for Parental Substitute Position in Skärholmen

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

Skärholmen's district administration is one of Stockholm's 11 district administrations and includes the neighborhoods of Bredäng, Sätra, Skärholmen, and Vårberg. More than 1,000 employees work here for our 37,000 residents. We offer a municipal service that we are proud of, and we have a fantastic diversity. Welcome with your unique contribution!

Welcome to Us

We are looking for a structured and committed social worker for a parental substitute position for one year, with the possibility of extension.

We Offer

A developing job where you have the opportunity to work together with engaged colleagues and accessible management. External supervision and professional development are provided as support. The unit also has support from placement coordinators and method developers.

We offer you good flexible working conditions, wellness compensation, winter and summer working hours, and favorable occupational pension. Please read about our benefits within the City of Stockholm here.

The administrative office with a citizen office is located at Skärholmen's center, which is close to both the subway and a large shopping mall. Gyms and swimming pools are nearby, and annual passes can be purchased at a favorable price.

Your Role

As a social worker in the youth group, you have an important function for young people living in vulnerable situations. It is an exciting and meaningful role where you make a difference for the youth and their families. You work with preliminary assessments, investigations, support, and follow-up of interventions and placements for children, youth, and their parents.

We work based on BBIC (Children's Needs in Focus). We strive to provide families with support at an early stage and as much as possible in their home environment. The work involves exercising authority according to SoL and LVU. The tasks include assessing individual care needs, making decisions, implementing decisions, documenting, collaborating, coordinating interventions, supporting, and motivating. Our goal is to provide Skärholmen's residents with a legally secure and good reception in contact with us.

Meeting our youth and their families in conversations is an important part of the work. As support, we use various methods for assessment and conversation, such as SAVRY and MI. Our aim is to work based on the fundamental principles of Signs of Safety and to use the tools, all in order to meet families where they are, as well as to conduct qualitative investigations and assessments. We also actively work to make the youth more involved in all parts of the process, both during investigation, intervention, and placement.

Your Competence and Experience

A degree in social work is required for the position.

The following are meritorious:

• Experience in exercising authority within social services, particularly in the field of children and youth
• Documented knowledge of BBIC and Signs of Safety
• Documented knowledge of SAVRY, Conversations with Children and/or MI
• Very good ability to express oneself in Swedish, both orally and in writing
• Good ability to document and compile BBIC decision support materials

As a person, you are present, clear, and accommodating in your approach. You are engaged and have the will to help and establish contact with people in vulnerable situations. The position requires that you have the ability to flexibly and structurally drive the work forward both independently and in collaboration with colleagues and partners.

You who apply have the ability to prioritize, make correct assessments, and make decisions in various situations. It is important that you have a strong interest in continuing to develop and improve work methods within social work together with the team.

We place great emphasis on personal suitability. Ongoing selection takes place during the recruitment process.

Your Application

We recruit without a personal letter to strengthen the focus on the competencies and experiences required for this role. In assessing your application, we will only consider your CV and a number of questions you will need to answer when applying for the position.

The position includes a background check, and applicants must present an extract from the police criminal record before employment occurs.

Welcome with your application! The City of Stockholm works with competence-based recruitment aimed at focusing on each person's competence and thus counteracting discrimination.