Senior Social Worker (1st Social Secretary) for Child Investigation Unit, Gävle Municipality

Do you want to help make Gävle even better with us? At Gävle Municipality, we work together with dedication to offer our residents a secure and inspiring environment. We offer you a workplace built on trust, where you can develop professionally and grow as a person. We look forward to receiving your application!

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RESPONSIBILITIES

Do you want to be part of a dynamic and innovative operational area? Are you motivated by leading and motivating others? Great, then we might be looking for you as a Senior Social Worker (1st Social Secretary).

We currently have a need for an additional Senior Social Worker at the Child Investigation Unit.

The Child Investigation Unit consists of a unit manager, two administrators, 22 social workers, three specialist case handlers, and four Senior Social Workers. The unit works with the target group of children aged 0–12 years and their families. The unit's mandate includes investigating children's need for protection and/or support according to the Social Services Act (SoL) and the Law on Care of Young Persons (LVU), as well as making preliminary assessments in ongoing cases. The mandate also includes following up on decided interventions.

The Investigation Unit is divided into teams led by a Senior Social Worker. In the teams, we have in-depth discussions, knowledge of each other's cases, and close supervision, which increases legal security in case handling. We are now looking for an additional Senior Social Worker who will function as a team leader.

Your responsibilities include, among other things:

• Acting as team leader and providing close supervision.
• Delegating tasks and providing advice, support, and conditions for colleagues' development.
• Working to ensure competence and quality assurance of the operations.
• Serving as deputy unit manager.
• Being responsible for case reviews and case distribution.
• Providing support and guidance in complex cases.
• Working closely with the unit manager and other Senior Social Workers, participating in the unit's management group.
• As a Senior Social Worker, you generally do not handle your own cases.
• External supervision takes place within the unit.

Selection and interviews will take place continuously during the advertisement period.

We look forward to receiving your application!

QUALIFICATIONS

We are looking for you who have:

• A degree in Social Work (210 ECTS), or equivalent in the older system.
• A B driving license and driving experience.
• Experience in public authority administration for the relevant target group, children aged 0–12 years and their families.

Previous experience in leadership is considered an advantage.

You need to have a good ability to create and maintain trusting relationships, both with those we meet and with the work group and other collaboration partners. To handle the different situations that may arise at work, you also need to be flexible, solution-focused, and enjoy collaborating across operational boundaries with the client's needs in focus. You are a confident person and feel comfortable making independent decisions based on current legislation, while at the same time being sensitive to the work group's need for support and development. Therefore, we will place great emphasis on personal suitability.

A certificate of conduct (extract from the police register) is required for this position. This will only be requested from the final candidate in the last step of the recruitment process.

Employment type: Permanent.
Duration: Permanent.

We offer you

You are important to us! As an employee at Gävle Municipality, you have:

• Generous vacation conditions, and as a new employee, you are also entitled to paid vacation already during your first year of employment.
• Compensation for wellness and exercise when you have been employed for more than three months.
• Several different insurances through our collective agreements, for example, sickness insurance and work accident insurance are included.

Read more about our benefits here: https://www.gavle.se/jobba-hos-oss/upptack-vara-formaner-for-trygghet-och-balans/ (https://www.gavle.se/jobba-hos-oss/upptack-vara-formaner-for-trygghet-och-balans/)

Our values

Quality, treatment, and collaboration are the most important success factors for solving our mission in the best possible way. To do the right things and act wisely in our daily lives, it is important that we base ourselves on our jointly expressed values.

Read more about us as an employer and what it is like to work at Gävle Municipality here:
https://www.gavle.se/jobba-hos-oss/ (https://www.gavle.se/jobba-hos-oss/)

Here you can read more about our organization:
https://www.gavle.se/kommun-och-politik/kommunens-organisation/ (https://www.gavle.se/kommun-och-politik/kommunens-organisation/)

Gävle Municipality belongs to the Swedish-speaking administrative area. If, in addition to our other competence requirements, you also speak Finnish, it can be an advantage.