Temporary Field Assistants in Northern City District

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

The Northern City District consists of the central parts of Stockholm, Norrmalm, and Östermalm. Here, we work to provide our 155,000 residents with the best services in areas such as preschool, social services, elderly care, and urban development. We welcome you who want to make a difference for the residents of Northern City.

Welcome to us

We are now looking for two full-time temporary staff who want to come and work with us in Northern City.

We are in the process of developing SSPF and crime prevention work and are therefore seeking reinforcement. You will be tasked with working as a field assistant as one to two regular employees will be working to implement and coordinate SSPF. One temporary position lasts until the end of the year with the possibility of extension. The other temporary position is until the fall of 2027.

The role of the field assistant involves actively seeking out children and young people in leisure centers, schools, and on the streets. You will work in the youths' environments and create trusting relationships to be an extra adult that young people can talk to, receive help and support from. Trusting relationships are a crucial part of the work as a field assistant since we aim to prevent young people from falling into alcohol and drug dependency, criminality, or getting stuck in other destructive patterns.

The field assistants belong to the area of Preventive Measures for Children, Youth, and Families within the social services department. The area also includes parent advisors, counselors at youth clinics, school social workers, family therapists, and leisure centers/park play areas. The area assignment is to perform early social work focusing on children, youth, and families.

We offer

We offer you an exciting and creative job with knowledgeable and engaged colleagues and managers who care about you as an employee while also considering the overall needs of the organization. As an employee with us, you will work preventively and with exciting and varied assignments.

Your role

In your role as a field assistant, you will work proactively and build contacts with youth aged 12-19 both during the day and in the evening. You will work preventively and create a sense of security. You will be proactive by working in schools, on the streets in places where young people gather, and you will also have class assignments on various themes and need to feel comfortable speaking in front of large groups.

You will collaborate with schools, leisure centers, police, social services, and others working with youth within the district and the city as a whole. The assignment also includes leading groups in parent support programs and youth groups for preventive purposes and to promote good mental health. Part of the working hours is scheduled for evenings according to a timetable.

Your qualifications and experience

You need to:

• Be a qualified social worker or have other education that the employer deems equivalent.
• Have relevant experience in outreach work with youth or other social work with youth.
• Have good knowledge of youth issues, risk and protective factors, mental health, socially destructive behavior, drugs, and their various harmful effects.

Meritorious with:

• Experience speaking in front of large groups.
• Previously worked with networking and group activities.
• rePULSE, ACT, MVP, ABC teens, Komet 12-18 years, healthy relationships, MI competence, HBTQIA knowledge.
• Experience in authority work with children and youth.

We place great importance on personal suitability and that you are professional, flexible, have good collaboration skills, and see the benefits of working in a team. You need to be able to take your own initiatives, be goal-oriented, and relationship-building.

If you are offered a position, you will need to present an extract from the Police's criminal record register, which you can order from their website.

If you have the sought-after competencies and find the role interesting, you are warmly welcome to apply. The City of Stockholm works with competence-based recruitment aimed at recognizing each person's competencies and thereby counteracting discrimination.