School Social Worker for Stenungsund's School Social Team

Stenungsund, a good society with confidence in the future and development with humans and nature at the center.

Stenungsund Municipality is an expanding coastal municipality with approximately 28,030 inhabitants, a strong business community, residential environments near the sea, and good transport links. The municipality has a well-developed cultural and association life, as well as good conditions for outdoor activities and recreation. Holistic approach, openness, participation, and transparency are the municipality's guiding principles.

The municipality's vision is to reach 35,000 inhabitants by 2035. Stenungsund Municipality is part of the Gothenburg Region Municipal Association, which serves as a forum for cooperation and experience exchange, as well as in several other inter-municipal collaborations.

In Stenungsund, we invest in early interventions, and we are in an exciting development phase shaping the future social services into a more accessible, preventive, and knowledge-based service. Since autumn 2024, the Education Sector and the Social Services Sector have had a joint school social team with the goal of giving our children and young people increased opportunities to succeed in primary school. Stenungsund's school social team works primarily at an early stage with promoting and preventive measures – we have a goal-oriented working method where new forms and methods are tested. The work varies based on current needs and is in constant development.

From the autumn term of 2026, the school social team will be expanded to consist of 9 employees. The work is carried out based on smaller teams distributed across respective school areas; each school area's team consists of 3 employees (one school social worker, one social pedagogue, and one teacher). Your workplace will primarily be in the primary schools in Stenungsund Municipality and the school area you will work in; the team also has a shared workplace in central Stenungsund. Linked to the team are a strategic steering group and an executive steering group. The team is led by the Head of Student Health from each respective school area and the Unit Manager for the Family Support Unit. The school social team's quality and development work takes place in close collaboration with social services, primary schools, and student health.

As a school social worker, you belong to the Family Support Unit within Individual and Family Care. The unit consists of Family Therapists, Parent Counselors, Crime Preventers for Children and Young People, the Coordinator for the Family Center, and STO Family Counseling.

You will meet a workplace with high competence, good ambitions, and great scope for action. We offer independent and developing work with collegial support, supervision, and opportunities for professional development.

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Job Responsibilities

The work is based on a relational, systemic, and salutogenic perspective. Collaboration is central.

The school social team works operationally in coordinated collaboration within the following areas:

• Promoting and preventive measures at the group level regarding safety, study environment, and values work
• Interventions in cases of problematic school absenteeism
• Accessible school social parenting and family support

Responsibilities:

• Plan, coordinate, and implement measures at the individual and group level
• Near operational work around and together with students, school staff, guardians, and networks
• School social parenting and family support, at individual and group level
• Draw up action plans and lead the work during in-depth absenteeism investigations; main responsibility for documentation & communication
• An active co-leader in the team's systematic quality work - produces materials, analyzes, and drives improvement activities
• Has an active role in crisis work

As a school social worker, you are specifically responsible for:

• Communication with guardians as well as others in the private and professional network.
• Accessible school social parenting and family support
• Documentation in social services' systems for IUB (Individual and Family Care)

The measures are based on the child's or young person's needs. As a school social worker, you work with qualified change work directed at the child/young person, guardians, and others in the network around the child. The assignment is varied and meaningful, where you meet children, young people, and families in different life situations and work with flexible, tailor-made measures. You collaborate closely with colleagues in both sectors as well as other important actors.

Qualifications

We are looking for someone who is curious, brave, empathetic, and responsive. You are flexible, solution-focused, and quick to take initiative. You enjoy working in a team while also being able to work independently. You are responsible and relationship-building.

You have a genuine interest in working with the target group. You have knowledge of school operations, teaching, and adaptations, as well as social services' work with children, young people, and families.

You need to see opportunities in changes and enjoy goal-oriented work. You also need to be good at structuring, planning, and prioritizing in your work. We would like you to have a systemic foundation with a salutogenic approach.

You, the applicant, are a social worker or have another adequate higher education/university degree assessed as equivalent by the employer.

You master the Swedish language at a good level in speech and writing and hold a B driver's license.

It is meritorious if you have previous experience of working in schools and social services. If you have a background as, for example, a family therapist and/or school counselor, this could be something for you. It is also meritorious if you have further education in the area, e.g., Family Therapy and/or other manual-based methods aimed at conducting change work.

Great importance will be attached to personal suitability.

Employment type: Permanent position.
Duration: Start date according to agreement. Selection and interviews take place continuously, so do not wait with your application!.

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

In connection with the recruitment process, we have taken a stance on recruitment channels and marketing. We therefore explicitly decline contact with media sellers, recruitment sites, and similar.

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For salary ranges, we refer to our website: http://www.stenungsund.se/lonestatistik (http://www.stenungsund.se/lonestatistik)

If salary ranges are missing for the current position, you are referred to contact the responsible manager according to the advertisement.

Background checks may be conducted before employment.

We look forward to receiving your application!