Vacant job

Individual and Family Care

The Individual and Family Care department consists of three units: children and family, adults, and administration, with a total of 20 employees. The department is led by a Head of Department. In both the adult unit and the children and family unit, there are social secretaries exercising official authority, as well as staff working with outpatient care in various forms such as treatment, family support, interventions for children, and family therapy. We are a small municipality and a small social services office where we collaborate and assist each other with tasks as needed.

We are now looking for a social secretary in the children and family unit who will work with family law and foster care.

Job Responsibilities

As a foster care secretary, your responsibilities include recruiting, investigating, supervising, and following up on foster homes, contact families, and contact persons. Matching an intervention to a child's needs is a central role in the work of a foster care secretary.

The family law unit's task is to support children and parents in family law matters, based on the best interests of the child, in accordance with the Parental Code and the Social Services Act. The responsibilities of a family law secretary include investigating matters regarding custody, residence, and contact on behalf of the district court, as well as processing cases concerning paternity/parenthood. Responsibilities also include investigating adoption, transfer of custody, and the possibility for parents to enter into agreements. Part of the work involves providing advisory services on family law matters.

Other duties may occur, and the content and conditions of the work may change over time.

Qualifications

We are looking for someone who has:

• A degree in social work or another university-level education assessed as equivalent by the employer.
• A valid B-class driver's license.
• Good proficiency in Swedish, both spoken and written.

Experience in exercising official authority and knowledge of current legislation are meritorious.

Personal Qualities

We would like you to be interested in contributing to the development of our operations. Your thoughts and ideas are important to us.

To thrive in this role, we think you have:

• Good flexibility, as the work is varied with two assignments.
• Strong commitment and interest in social work.
• Ability to work both independently and in a team.
• Social competence, a positive attitude, and the ability to collaborate both internally and externally.

Great importance will be attached to your personal qualities.

What We Offer

We offer a workplace in a welcoming municipality characterized by commitment, security, and confidence in the future. We believe in dialogue as a tool for development and value short decision-making paths and a flat organizational structure. Occupational health and safety are in focus, with the goal of making working life sustainable, healthy, and secure for all employees. You can read more about the benefits we offer at smedjebacken.se.

We warmly welcome your application!

Selection and interviews will take place on an ongoing basis. A probationary period may be applied.

An extract from the criminal record may be requested.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

In connection with the job offer, the candidate offered the position will need to prove their citizenship. This can be done with a passport or alternatively a certificate of personal status together with an ID document. If you are not a citizen of Sweden, the EU, EEA, or Switzerland, you must show that you have a valid work permit or are exempt from the requirement to have a work permit. Employment can only take place after verification of the work permit, as required by the Aliens Ordinance.

We kindly but firmly decline all contact with advertisers and staffing agencies in the recruitment process, as the selection of recruitment channels has already been determined for this recruitment.

Read more at smedjebacken.se about how we handle your personal data in accordance with GDPR. All recruitment is digital and via our external link to the recruitment system Webcruiter. If you have problems registering your CV, please contact Webcruiter support. If you have protected personal data, contact the personnel department via the municipality's switchboard, and you will receive assistance with your application.

Contact Information

Camilla Eriksson, Head of Department, 0240-660 291, [email protected]

Maria Högstedt, VISION, 0240-660 091, [email protected]

Workplace

Vasagatan 14

777 81 Smedjebacken

Important Information:

Employer: Smedjebacken Municipality

Ref.no: 5112751150

Scope of position: 100%

Permanent position

Last day for applications: 2026-05-06