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About the job

Do you want to make a difference for children and young people? We are looking for you who want to be part of developing the investigation work within Child and Family Services.

We are developing our organization to strengthen the investigation work within Child and Family (BoF) and in connection with this, we are creating a new unit. Our newly established unit will consist of three teams, with approximately six social secretaries in each team, led by a Senior Social Secretary, while the unit is led by a Unit Manager. Two of the teams work with authority exercises for children and families aged 0–18 years, and to one of these teams, we are now seeking a Senior Social Secretary. As the team is new, you and the other employees will have the opportunity to influence the working methods within the team together with the Unit Manager. You work on behalf of and together with the responsible Unit Manager.

In your role as Senior Social Secretary, you distribute and lead the work. You are responsible for case distribution, case management, and legal certainty within your team. An important part of your work is to be available, to coach, and to provide methodological guidance in everyday life. You guide the social secretaries on the importance of good treatment and good collaboration with the family, their network, and collaboration partners both within and outside the administration.

As a Senior Social Secretary, you represent social services in the individual committee, the administrative court, the court of appeal, and similar legal processes. Keeping up to date with laws, regulations, and current research is seen as a matter of course in your work.

A foundation for success in the role is to cooperate and collaborate with others. In your position, you will play an important role in developing collaboration both within and outside the administration to be able to make a difference for children and young people.

You work together with your Senior colleagues; you have close contact where you support each other and develop the operations. Together with your Senior colleagues, you conduct reviews of laws, regulations, and the Swedish Social Services Board's guidelines for social secretaries. You also collaborate with other Senior colleagues within the City of Gothenburg and participate in regular network meetings.

We work with LÖSA as a tool to increase participation in the investigation work. We have a solution-focused approach and deepen the investigation work by offering our social secretaries the opportunity to participate in development groups such as school, disability support, and psychiatry, as well as BBIC. We have also appointed Social Secretaries with Special Assignments (SMSU), whose task is to introduce new case handlers, which relieves you as a Senior Social Secretary.

Process guidance takes place together with other Senior Social Secretaries within BoF. Our office is strategically located at Lergöksgatan 2A, near Frölunda Torg, where you have access to your own office.

About you

For this position, we are looking for you who have a social work degree and several years of experience in authority-related tasks within the field of Children and Young People. We want you to be well-versed in case handling and documentation within Child and Youth Services (BoU), based on legal certainty and quality, and that you can guide social secretaries well in the area. You have a strong child's perspective and work to ensure the child's voice and participation in the case handling process. You have good knowledge and practical experience of current legislation. Financial responsibility is important in this role, which means you have an economic perspective in your work.

We would like you to have previous experience in leadership roles, for example as a Senior Social Secretary. This is not a requirement but is an advantage if you have a B-category driver's license.

You have the courage and ability to make your own decisions within the framework of your assignment without being dependent on others. You take responsibility for your tasks and drive the work forward.

You are calm and secure in pressured and difficult situations. You can balance the demands placed on you and can make well-founded decisions despite time pressure.

You work well with others by listening, showing interest, and respect. You understand the common assignment and work to make it as good as possible. You are pleasant and helpful to other people even in a stressful situation. You have a good attitude towards those you meet at work.

You plan, organize, and prioritize work in an efficient way. You ensure that work is completed on time and follow up on results.

You come up with new ideas and take initiative for improvements. You actively monitor the external environment within your profession and regularly reflect on what needs to be developed in your operations.

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The position is subject to the necessary decisions being made.

To comply with GDPR requirements and enable good communication with our applicants, we ask you to submit your application digitally and not via email or letter. Do you have protected personal data? Then do not apply via the system, but contact the recruiting manager for handling of your application.

The City of Gothenburg is one of Sweden's largest employers. Our mission is to create a good everyday life for Gothenburg's residents, visitors, and business owners. As an employee in the city, you have a secure employment with many career paths where you get the opportunity for interesting and meaningful tasks.

As we have already decided on the recruitment channels we wish to use for this recruitment, we kindly but firmly decline contact from further offers of competence mediation, advertising, and recruitment assistance.

About us

Social Services South West is one of four social services administrations in the City of Gothenburg with around 900 employees. In the South West urban area, approximately 120,000 people live, and the area stretches from Billdal to Högsbohöjd and to the southern archipelago. The administration's mission is that children, young people, and adults should be able to live a safe and independent life and that children and young people have a rich leisure time. The administration also works to support people experiencing homelessness into permanent housing. Through collaboration with civil society, local business, and other actors, we aim to increase public health and safety in the area.

In Social Services South West, we want to capitalize on the engagement of all employees. With us, you can influence both your own job and the lives of others.