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Are you looking for a meaningful role where you can make a real difference?

We are now looking for more dedicated employees who want to help shape the future of Värnamo. Here, you work with the human being in focus, creating a workday that is valuable, both for you and for our citizens.

Your Assignment

Hello! We are looking for a new colleague to the Children and Young People Investigation Section. We are a secure and positive work group where daily life is characterized by respect and commitment to both the families we meet and our colleagues. We strive to find individual solutions based on needs that are sustainable over time for the children and families we meet. To achieve change work, good cooperation is needed between the family, its network, other professionals, and social services.

As a social secretary for children and young people, you handle cases according to the Social Services Act and the Law (LVU). You are responsible for advancing cases and ensuring that current legislation and routines are followed. You investigate, analyze, present proposals for decisions/make decisions, and follow up. You write statements according to the Act on Public Access to Information and Secrecy (LuL) etc. You collaborate and lead meetings, both with children and families and with colleagues, both internally and externally. You work with investigations, interventions, and placements.

You will be part of one of three teams, where each team consists of approximately 5 social secretaries and a team leader. Together, we work for children and young people up to 20 years old and their families.

We work with BBIC as a methodological support and with Signs of Safety's approach and tools. It is important to us that you as a new employee receive a good introduction and support when you arrive. You will go through our introduction program, which includes, among other things, support through a mentor and frequent check-ins with your team leader.

Your responsibilities also include:

• Working from the best interests of the child and focusing on what the child needs to have a secure upbringing.
• Motivating and working for change through cooperation.
• Being involved in our development work.
• Contributing to a supportive and inclusive work environment.

Your Profile

We are looking for you who have a degree in social work or education at university level that the employer assesses as equivalent and that meets the eligibility requirements in HSLF-FS 2017:79. You share our basic idea that everything we do should be characterized by respect and client focus, as well as the importance of children's participation. As a person, you are stable and contribute to a positive work climate. You enjoy variety in work, are flexible, and have a good ability to prioritize. You can work independently but also together with others. You are controlled in stressful situations and comfortable meeting people in vulnerable positions. You have good cooperation skills and see collaboration as a prerequisite for designing the best possible support for the families we meet. We place great emphasis on personal suitability. You need to have a driver's license.

Furthermore, we see that you as an applicant:

• Are secure and empathetic.
• Have good ability to express yourself in speech and writing.
• Have good cooperation skills.

It is meritorious if you have experience of:

• Investigation work with children and young people in social services.
• Working from Signs of Safety.

Information about the employment

Provided that the required decisions are made, you now have the opportunity to take up a position with good terms and benefits where individual salary setting is applied, and employment conditions regulated by collective agreement. With flexible working time solutions, such as generous flextime, we promote a sustainable working life that gives balance between work and private life. We value your health and create a work environment where you can develop both professionally and personally. You will be offered both external supervision and relevant training.

Read more about us as an employer, employment terms, and benefits – Working with us - Värnamo Municipality (#).

Welcome with your application by 2030-06-30

The applications will be handled on an ongoing basis, so send in your application today!

To streamline and quality-assure the recruitment process, we use e-recruitment.

Värnamo Municipality is a workplace that values diversity, gender equality, and equal opportunities. We welcome applicants of all genders and backgrounds.

You send your application via our web-based recruitment tool, Varbi, and it should include:

• CV
• Cover letter where you motivate your interest and what you can contribute
• References after possible interview.

If you have protected personal data, references, or similar information that you consider worthy of protection, we recommend that you contact the recruiting manager before proceeding with your application.

In connection with the recruitment work, we have taken a stand on recruitment channels and marketing. We therefore kindly but decline contact from recruitment agencies and advertisers.

Information about salary

Based on the EU's Pay Transparency Directive, Värnamo Municipality provides information about the entry salary interval for the position in the advertisement. The interval specified is based on the lowest salary and median salary within the professional category that this advertisement concerns. Median salary is the middle salary, meaning that half of all employees within the professional category in Värnamo Municipality have a lower base salary than the median and half have a higher one.

You can find information about the entry salary interval on our website: Salary Information - Värnamo Municipality (#).

The salary information is guiding and not binding. Värnamo Municipality applies individual and differentiated salary setting, which means that the final salary is determined based on the difficulty of the assignment and the level of responsibility, as well as the individual's educational background and experience. In the event of a job offer, this means that the salary negotiated can be both higher and lower than what is stated in the entry salary interval.

You can find information about how we work with salary in Guideline - Salary Formation (#) on our website.

Open to all
We focus on your competence, not your other prerequisites. We are open to adapting the role or workplace according to your needs.