Interim Social Worker for School Social Team in Hedemora

We are looking for an interim social worker for our school social team! Since autumn 2025, the social services and schools in Hedemora Municipality have expanded their joint work regarding children's school attendance through a school social team. The school social team consists of a social worker from the social services and a social pedagogue from the school. The workplace is Hedemora Municipality's middle schools and high school, and as a social worker in the team, you will belong to the social services' child and youth unit.

1 position(s).

Job Responsibilities

The purpose of the team's coordinated interventions is to contribute to increased security, increased school attendance, and to ensure that children and young people with an unfavorable development receive close support at an early stage, focusing on increased opportunities to succeed in school. The school social team works trust-building and preventive at an early stage on an individual level as soon as small tendencies of concerning absence can be seen.

Based on the specific needs of children and young people, collaboration with other actors is also a central part of the work. You will work together with other resources within both the school, the leisure services administration, and the social services, focusing on promotional and preventive measures to support young people with problematic school absence. This can include support measures for guardians, facilitating communication and cooperation between guardians and other actors surrounding the individual.

The position is based during daytime hours, but some evening work may occur.

What You Get

• Flexible working hours agreement
• Wellness allowance
• Mentoring

Qualifications

We are looking for you who have a social work degree and a genuine interest in working with children, young people, and families. Previous experience in social services, school environments, as well as work with problematic school absence and norm-breaking behavior is meritorious.

As a person, we see that you who apply are secure, stable, and have good self-awareness. You see relationships in their right perspective and have a good ability to distinguish between the personal and the professional. In your work, you are relationship-building. You need to have good cooperation skills and enjoy collaborating within your own work group, as well as with other operations and authorities.

In the role, it is also important that you are flexible, adapt easily to changed circumstances, and can adjust your working method to the needs and goals of the operation. At the same time, you are self-reliant and have the ability to plan, organize, and prioritize your work in an effective manner.

Since the work involves a lot of communication and documentation, it is a requirement that you can express yourself well in the Swedish language, both orally and in writing. In this recruitment, we place great emphasis on your personal qualities.

Requirements:

• Social work degree
• Category B driver's license
• Applicants offered employment are required to submit a certificate of no criminal record.

Salary: Monthly salary.
Employment type: Fixed-term employment.
Duration: 6 months or longer.

As an employee within Hedemora Municipality, it is important that you share our common values, KRAM, which stands for Customer focus, Respect, Responsibility, and Courage.

We strive for an equal gender distribution and see diversity as a strength, therefore welcoming applicants with different backgrounds.

We have made our selection and decline all contact from advertising sales and recruitment agencies.

We look forward to receiving your application!

If you need help with how to apply - contact support at 0771-10 10 29.