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Welcome to the Social Services Department – where we make a difference every day.

Our mission is to provide first-class care and support, as well as operations that support individuals in living independent and active lives. At our organization, we work with heart and dedication to create a safe and supportive environment for everyone in our municipality. We are now looking for passionate and caring employees who want to help shape the future of care in Haparanda. Are you ready to take the next step in your career and contribute to improving the quality of life for our residents? Come and become part of our dedicated team.

Your responsibilities

As a Social Secretary within the Child and Family Group, you have an exciting and meaningful role where you can make a difference for children and young people. You work with preliminary assessments, investigations, support, and follow-up of interventions for children, adolescents, and parents. We work according to BBIC (Children's Needs in Focus), which is a unified documentation system for social child welfare. The goal of our work is to help parents manage their relationships and parental roles better. Ultimately, the goal is for the children and young people in the families to be well. We strive to provide families with support at an early stage and, as far as possible, in their own homes. To achieve this goal, we collaborate with other resources, such as authorities and organizations. The team consists of 6 social secretaries led by a unit manager.

With us, you will become well-versed in your tasks through the Swedish National Board of Health and Welfare's professional introduction program. You will also have the opportunity for competence development and supervision. We offer flexible working hours with the possibility of some remote work and one wellness hour/week or alternatively a wellness allowance. The position is full-time and permanent. Probationary period may apply. The position includes on-call duties.

Your profile

We are looking for you who have a degree in social work and are passionate about working with children and young people and want to make a positive difference in their lives. As a person, you are structured, relationship-building, and solution-oriented. You have good collaboration skills and a professional approach. You have good skills in expressing yourself in speech and writing in Swedish. We place great importance on your personal qualities.

Meritorious is that you have experience in social investigation and treatment work with children and young people, as well as experience working with the documentation system Pulsen Combine.

A B-class driver's license is required.

We process applications on an ongoing basis, which means you may be called for an interview and/or recruited with short notice, so please submit your application today.

More information about our organization and municipality can be found on haparanda.se and nykommun.se (https://www.haparanda.se (https://www.haparanda.se)) (https://www.nykommun.se/kommun/haparanda/ (https://www.nykommun.se/kommun/haparanda/)). We decline offers regarding advertising and recruitment assistance.