Do you want to help make Gävle even better with us?

In Gävle municipality, we work together with commitment to offer our residents a safe and inspiring environment. We offer you a trustworthy workplace where you can develop in your work and grow as a person. Welcome with your application!

JOB RESPONSIBILITIES

Do you want to work professionally, legally, and closely with children and young people?

The Family Home Unit Authority in Gävle is looking for three dedicated child secretaries who want to make a real difference.

With us, structure and quality are combined with warmth and commitment. Our starting point is simple but crucial - every child should grow up in a safe and loving environment. Through professional and long-term work, we create conditions for stability, development, and hope for the future for children and young people placed in family homes.

You will be part of a workgroup consisting of a unit manager, two senior child secretaries, and 17 child secretaries, as well as our administrative support. Our workplace is centrally located in Gävle. We have close cooperation with the Family Home Unit - Support.

As a new employee, you will have access to a mentor and you will have an individual introduction with internal supervision.

Your responsibilities include:

• Responsible for authority exercise according to SoL and LVU.
• Documenting, investigating, and making decisions according to applicable legislation.
• Following up on the child's development and care during placement.
• Conducting regular individual conversations with the child.
• Ensuring the child's participation and making the child's voice heard.
• Collaborating with guardians, family homes, schools, and other networks.
• Noticing and following the child's health, schooling, and social situation.
• Making regular trips to visit the placed children in family homes.

The position means that you will be the responsible child secretary for children and young people placed in family homes. You are responsible for follow-up and legally secure authority exercise, while also building trusting relationships and ensuring that the child's needs, rights, and participation are at the center throughout the process. The position involves some travel.

QUALIFICATIONS

You are a secure and engaged child secretary who always puts the child's best interests in focus. You enjoy working long-term and see the value in building sustainable relationships over time with both the children and their networks. By investing time and care in each contact, you can follow the children's development, see their progress, and truly reap the rewards of your work. For you, the child secretary role is not just about making decisions, but about being there, creating security, and making a real difference in children's lives for many years to come.

To be considered for the position, you have:

• A degree in social work.
• A driver's license for a manual transmission vehicle.
• Driving experience.

Meritorious for the position:

• Experience in follow-up work with children and young people placed in family homes.
• Experience with long-term contacts within child and youth care.
• Investigation experience and careful documentation.
• Training in Signs of Safety and Tejping.

We are looking for someone who is:

• Structured and has a good ability to prioritize and drive your work forward.
• Works efficiently with a focus on quality and legal security.
• Has a humble and respectful approach in collaboration with others.
• Flexible and confident in adapting to changing situations.
• Can adjust your communication according to the child's age and maturity.
• Enjoys meeting and talking with children and young people and building long-term professional relationships.

In accordance with Gävle municipality's values, you have a good demeanor, collaborate well with others, and care about high quality in your work.

Working with family home care is taking responsibility for something greater than oneself; it is a mission that requires both professionalism and heart.

Do you want to help create security and hope for the future for children and young people?

Warmly welcome with your application.

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To ensure the quality of the recruitment process in Gävle municipality and enable good communication with our applicants, we ask you to submit your application digitally via Visma Recruit, not via email or paper format. If you have a protected identity, please contact the recruiting manager, do not submit your application digitally.

Gävle municipality belongs to the Finnish administrative area. Therefore, if you also speak Finnish in addition to our other competence requirements, it can be an asset.

In preparation for the recruitment work, Gävle municipality has taken a position on recruitment channels and marketing. We therefore firmly request no contact with media sellers, recruitment sites, or similar.