Social Secretary for Joint Intake Unit in Ystad Municipality

Ystad is the small town with big opportunities. Here you will find unique nature experiences, a living history, a dynamic cultural life, and a variety of leisure activities. We also have a vibrant business community operating both locally and globally.

In Ystad Municipality, we are approximately 2,900 dedicated employees who contribute and make a difference. Together, we create a better everyday life for our residents, businesses, organizations, and visitors, now and in the future.

Leadership is important to us, which is why all managers are trained in developmental leadership. We offer you a secure employment where you make a meaningful contribution to society. Here you will also find many career opportunities in an organization that is constantly developing.

We stand firmly on our core values, "Better Together," characterized by courage, trust, participation, and professionalism.

The Individual and Family Care (IFO) in Ystad Municipality includes the Child and Family Unit, Placement Unit, Maintenance Unit, Employment Unit, Adult Unit, and Outpatient Care Unit. Additionally, it includes Family Court and Family Counseling, which are run jointly with Tomelilla, Simrishamn, and Sjöbo, as well as Maria Skåne Sydost, which is run jointly with Tomelilla, Simrishamn, Sjöbo, and Region Skåne.

IFO in Ystad Municipality is now launching a joint intake unit with the aim of ensuring a consolidated, accessible, and legally secure entry point to the operations of Individual and Family Care. The unit will enable early detection of needs, swift processing, and correct referral to the right intervention or service, with a focus on the individual's best interests. The joint unit is led by a unit manager and includes one senior social secretary and four social secretaries. We are now looking for a social secretary to join the working group.

1 position(s).

Job Responsibilities

As a social secretary at the joint intake unit IFO in Ystad Municipality, you will be involved in building the unit and creating routines, working methods, and work processes for an efficient, legally secure, and accessible entry point for citizens. Together with other employees in the unit, you will receive and process applications and reports concerning children and young people, as well as adults related to harmful use/addiction, social psychiatry, domestic violence, human trafficking, crime, housing, and maintenance. Furthermore, a key part of the job is to provide good service to citizens and refer them to the appropriate intervention/service.

Greetings from the employees in the unit:

"Here, you will become an important part of a small team consisting of five employees and a manager. We believe that work should be fun and place great emphasis on community, job satisfaction, and creating a safe and pleasant work environment together.

In our daily work, we work closely together and help each other. We value an open and non-hierarchical climate where everyone feels included and supported.

If you thrive with varied tasks and enjoy the possibilities and challenges that an intake unit can offer, we hope you will apply to us. We look forward to you becoming our new colleague and to us building and developing a joint unit together."

Qualifications

Requirements:

• Social work degree (Social worker/Socionom).
• Work experience in authority decision-making within social services.

Merits:

• Several years of work experience in authority decision-making within social services.
• Experience in authority decision-making related to harmful use/addiction or domestic violence.
• Experience in intake work within social services.
• Experience working with MI, BBIC, FREDA, PATRIARK, and/or iRiSk.
• Valid driver's license (Category B).

Attributes valuable for the position:

• You are structured, thorough, and responsible.
• You are good at collaborating, both with close colleagues and with internal and external partners.
• You have the ability to think creatively, both inside and outside the box.
• You remain calm, even in stressful and chaotic situations.
• You are adaptable and flexible and can easily adjust when conditions change.
• You believe it is important that work within social services is always conducted with high legal security.
• You thrive working under a manager who leads with trust-based leadership.

Personal suitability is given great weight.

Ystad Municipality is part of "Backa Barnet" together with Region Skåne and the Police nationally. Backa Barnet is a joint model to ensure children's rights, early identification of children's needs, and coordinated support. As a social secretary, you will be involved in the work with Backa Barnet. For more info, visit the website, www.backabarnet.se (http://www.backabarnet.se)

Salary: Monthly salary.
Employment type: Permanent position.
Duration: Permanent.
Working hours: Daytime. Standard working hours 8-17; if necessary, work may also take place outside these hours.

Selection is ongoing, interviews are planned for week 25.

In the event of employment for this position, we will request that you present an extract from your criminal record. This will become relevant only in the final stage of the recruitment process and should therefore not be attached to your application. The extract should only be presented upon our request. You order the extract yourself on the Swedish Police Authority's website, and note that there may be some processing time.

Employees are sought on the condition that the position does not have to be taken by already employed personnel or persons with priority rights.

Before any potential employment, we will check citizenship. If you are not a citizen of Sweden, the EU, EEA, or Switzerland, you must be able to present a valid residence/work permit or prove that you are exempt from the requirement to have a work permit.

All employees are offered conditions for good health, so we work actively with our work environment. We offer wellness benefits and smoke-free working hours.

In connection with this recruitment, we decline contact from recruitment agencies and other advertisers. Please also note that we only receive applications via Visma Recruit and thus not via email or other contact channels. If you have questions about the position, please contact the specified contact person.