Field Worker/Youth Support Worker with Coordinating Role within SSPF – Individual and Family Care

Throughout the year, the entire island of Öland attracts more and more people. Unique environments, high quality of life, and proximity to both city and sea make Öland an attractive place to visit and live. Southern Öland is further characterized by a strong forward-looking spirit, engagement, and our fantastic World Heritage Site.

Mörbylånga Municipality is located on the southern part of Öland and consists of approximately 1,200 engaged and competent employees driven by the desire to make a difference in our society. This has resulted in the municipality being named both Super Municipality of the Year and Quality Municipality 2025.

Do you want to contribute to Öland continuing to be a fantastic place to live, work, and visit? Do you want to help create good upbringing and living conditions for children and young people in our municipality? Individual and Family Care is now seeking a Field Worker/Youth Support Worker who also has a coordinating role within SSPF (School, Social Services, Police, Leisure collaboration forum), and who wants to be part of this journey.

Individual and Family Care is a small unit with a large mission. Working with us means good conditions for collaboration and cooperation, both within the unit and with other actors. We have short and fast decision-making processes, which allows us to act quickly and flexibly when needs arise. Always with the starting point being what creates value for those we serve!

The work is based in Färjestad, which means good communication links, proximity to services, and a beautiful environment around the Kalmar Sound. Here, you have the opportunity to influence and contribute your ideas in an environment where engagement and cooperation are key.

1 position(s).

DUTIES

The position combines operational, proactive, and supportive work with young people and a strategic coordinating responsibility within SSPF (School, Social Services, Police, Leisure collaboration forum). SSPF is a collaboration model where different actors work together to detect early and prevent children and young people from falling into risk of crime or other problems. Through joint planning, coordination, and follow-up, a holistic approach is created around the child or young person, ensuring the right interventions are put in place at the right time.

You will become a key person in the preventive work, where you both meet young people in their daily lives and drive collaboration between different actors.

Job Responsibilities

As a field worker and youth support worker, you work both proactively and supportively with young people in various environments. You are a secure adult who builds relationships, prevents risky behavior, and supports young people in their daily lives.

The duties include:

• Proactive field work during evenings, weekends, and daytime when young people are present.
• Plan and carry out activities for and with young people.
• Collaborate with other actors such as schools, social services, leisure activities, police, and associations.
• Be part of the municipality's safety-building work.
• Provide crisis support in acute situations to contribute to creating safety.
• Provide individual support and structure in daily life for individual children and young people, for example by:
  • Planning and carrying out daily activities such as budgeting, cooking, doctor visits, or contact with authorities.
  • Motivational conversations to strengthen the individual's independence, motivation, and social network.
  • Social skills training to strengthen and develop the ability to function in social contexts.
• Coordinate interventions in individual cases between social services and other actors.
• Documentation and follow-up.

As a coordinator within SSPF, you coordinate and develop the work within the collaboration form:

• Plan, lead, and follow up on meetings within SSPF.
• Ensure structure, quality, and continuity in collaboration.
• Coordinate interventions in individual cases between different actors.
• Act as a link between operational work and strategic decisions.
• Contribute to the development of the municipality's preventive work.

QUALIFICATIONS

We are looking for someone who has:

• Relevant university or vocational education, or other alternative educational forms, such as folk high school education, with a focus on social work with children and young people.
• Experience working with children and young people, preferably in proactive or supportive activities.
• Good ability to express yourself in Swedish, both orally and in writing.
• Category B driver's license.

We are looking for someone who is:

• Secure in yourself, secure in collaboration, but also in working independently.
• Relationship-building and sensitive, with genuine engagement in the well-being of young people.
• Pedagogical, flexible, solution-oriented, and comfortable working in a changing environment.
• Comfortable in both operational and strategic work.

You also have the desire and ability to:

• Build networks and relationships with children, young people, and their parents.
• Contribute to good collaboration with other professions.
• Develop yourself and be open to development.
• Make a difference for those we serve!

Merits:

• Completed method training and experience in social skills training.
• Experience in coordinating roles.

To be considered for employment, a extract from the criminal record register for work in residential homes for young people (HVB) must be presented and assessed by the employer. Employment can only take place if the employer assesses that the extract is compatible with the requirements of the position and the safety of the operations.

Salary: Monthly salary.
Employment type: Permanent position.
Duration: Permanent.

Mörbylånga Municipality strives for a more balanced gender distribution in our staff groups. This is part of the municipality's overall gender equality work, which we take into account during the recruitment process.

To ensure quality in the recruitment process in Mörbylånga Municipality and to enable good communication with our applicants, we ask you to submit your application digitally. We do not accept applications via email or paper format.

We warmly welcome your application!

Before the recruitment process, Mörbylånga Municipality has taken a stance on recruitment channels and marketing. We therefore explicitly decline contact with media sellers, recruitment sites, and similar.