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Jönköping Municipality is a large employer with hundreds of different professional roles. We are growing as the municipality develops with more residents, more housing, and a wider range of services. We are always looking for new skills – colleagues with different backgrounds and experiences, united by the common drive to create a better municipality to visit, live, work, and reside in.

Do you have knowledge and experience in qualified social work within the Social Services Administration? Do you thrive in a job filled with quick decisions and complex cases? Then you have a position as a Social Secretary at the Social Emergency Service to apply for.

Your new job

Through the operations of the Social Emergency Service, which takes place outside of office hours, the municipality ensures its responsibility that individuals present in the municipality have access to support and help in acute situations. The primary task of the Social Emergency Service therefore includes risk, protection, and needs assessments, as well as assistance decisions in acute situations where official authority cannot wait until the next working day.

As a Social Secretary at the Social Emergency Service, you handle cases for residents who may be in need of immediate interventions. Here you encounter a broad range of different cases and tasks where no day is like the other. You never know what to expect when you start your shift, and you are always finished when you clock off. You handle acute social problems for people within social services' various target groups and ages. Examples of tasks include protection assessments regarding children at risk and persons subjected to domestic violence, decisions on emergency housing, assessments under the LNU (LVU) and LPT (LVM) acts, as well as counseling and referrals.

The Social Emergency Service is available to all persons present in the municipality who are in need of urgent help. Key partners include the social services in Jönköping, Habo, and Mullsjö, as well as the police, healthcare, residential care homes, etc.

The Social Emergency Service belongs to IFO, Adult Area.

The work requires that you can make independent decisions in accordance with laws, routines, and delegation. At the same time, you need to have humility towards the task and collaborate with colleagues in assessments. You work efficiently under stress, can make necessary prioritizations, and maintain calm in difficult situations. You contribute with your competence and experience and can act as a good support to your colleagues as you often work together in teams. You have a professional attitude, are solution-focused, and have a good ability to collaborate both externally and internally. We would appreciate it if you have experience of meeting vulnerable people and if you have a clear child's perspective.

Your qualifications

You who apply for the position have a completed and approved degree in Social Work, and it is desirable that you have at least five years of experience in official authority within social services' individual and family care. You have good knowledge regarding the LNU (LVU), LPT (LVM), and Social Services Act (SoL). Previous experience working within child and youth authorities is desirable.

The work requires that you can make independent decisions in accordance with laws, routines, and delegation, as well as document correctly. As a person, you have humility towards the task and collaborate well with colleagues in the assessments made. You work efficiently under stress, can make necessary prioritizations, and maintain calm in difficult situations. You contribute with your competence and experience and can act as a good support to your colleagues as you often work together in teams. You have a professional attitude, are solution-focused, and have a good ability to collaborate both externally and internally. We would appreciate it if you have experience of meeting vulnerable people and if you have a clear child's perspective.

In the recruitment process, we will place great emphasis on personal suitability!

Furthermore, you have good knowledge of the Swedish language in speaking, reading, and writing, and you also have good computer skills. We would appreciate it if you are familiar with the business system Combine.

A Category B driver's license for a car with manual transmission is a requirement for the position.

Note that you may need to be able to get to the workplace during standby periods (nights), which generally requires access to your own car.

We offer you

As an employee with us, you receive several benefits, read more here.

Welcome to us

The Social Emergency Service is responsible for immediate interventions for individuals in Jönköping, Mullsjö, and Habo where social issues (e.g., children at risk, violence, substance abuse, or homelessness) create an acute need for official authority during evenings, nights, and weekends. We are located in the Fire and Rescue Service's premises on Glansgatan in Jönköping.

Good to know

The recruitment concerns a permanent position of 80% working hours, which in terms of salary corresponds to a full-time day position of 100%. Start date is 2026-09-01 or as agreed. Probation period may apply.

The Social Emergency Service works outside office hours, evenings, and weekends, when other social services are closed. During active hours, 15:00–24:00, you work from the office at the Fire and Rescue Service, Glansgatan 7. Thereafter, you have on-call standby at home from 24:00–09:00 on weekdays and 24:00–15:00 on weekends.

In your application, we want a CV along with attached degree certificates and current employment certificates. All your employment must be verifiable with certificates showing the position and the extent of your work. Even if you already work for us, you need to show degree certificates and employment certificates for positions you have held outside the municipality. Applications that do not meet this requirement will not be prioritized.

Selection is ongoing. Interviews for the position will be held on Thursday, July 2nd.

For more information about the salary range for the position, see: Salary and salary statistics.

Before employment, you must submit a relevant extract from the criminal record and suspicion register relevant to the position.

Do you want to know more?

Recruiting Manager: See information box. Union representatives: Union Soc.

Together we make Jönköping Municipality better – for everyone. Come and work with us. Welcome to apply for the position!

Jönköping Municipality strives to offer an attractive workplace that is free from discrimination and provides equal opportunities for all.

In connection with the recruitment process, we have taken a stand regarding recruitment channels and marketing. We therefore politely but firmly decline all calls regarding advertising and recruitment assistance.