Wanted: Social Secretary for the School Social Team in Kiruna

For a living Kiruna. One thing is certain: with us, you make a difference. We are Kiruna. We are the healthcare staff holding the hands of elderly mothers, the teachers helping little brothers read their first words, the childcare workers watching children grow every day, and the social workers changing lives. We are personal assistants providing freedom, librarians making literature accessible, and home support staff driving to villages in snowstorms to be there. We are hundreds of competencies, thousands of people, and generations of experience working together to secure, care for, inspire, teach, save lives, think new thoughts, move cities, stand by each other, and look after people. With pride and care. From mountain to city. Today and tomorrow for a living Kiruna.

There is something beautiful about that. Do you also want to work for life, the human being, and the future in Kiruna Municipality? Do you want to create value and make a real difference for what matters?

About the Role

The mandate of the Social Services Department is to meet people's needs for security. The department aims to ensure that the municipality's residents receive social care in various forms, with a special responsibility to safeguard the needs and interests of vulnerable groups. We constantly work for high quality that benefits the users of our interventions.

We look forward to hearing from you! 1 position.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with guardians, social services, preschool/school staff, student health services, and other functions.
• Identify children and students in need of support early on, in dialogue with guardians and preschool/school.
• Contribute the preschool/school's competence regarding children and families in preventive work.
• Provide counseling, support, and short-term interventions directly to children, students, and their guardians.
• Motivate and refer to social services' regular interventions when necessary.
• Monitor and initiate interventions for groups of guardians.
• Participate in and lead collaboration meetings with student health services, social services, preschool/school, and other actors.
• Document and follow up on implemented interventions according to current laws and guidelines.
• Actively contribute to establishing, developing, and shaping the working methods and approaches of the school social team.

Start date: As soon as possible, fixed-term employment until 2027-01-31 with the possibility of extension.

Qualifications and Merits

As a social secretary in the school social team, a university degree in social work (social worker) or other education deemed equivalent by the employer is required.

Meritorious:

• Experience working within the social services' child and youth area.
• Good knowledge of the Social Services Act (SoL), the Education Act, and secrecy legislation.
• Experience of collaboration between schools, social services, and other actors.
• Ability to build trusting relationships with children, young people, and parents.

Personal qualities that are meritorious:

• Good teamwork skills and communicative competence.
• Ability to build good relationships.
• Commitment to developing preventive work for children and young people.
• Flexible and solution-focused.
• Independent and proactive.

The social secretary in the school social team will be organized under the social services' Outpatient Care with a shared workplace adjacent to the Outpatient Care and Family Center. The team will receive relevant supervision.

We place great importance on personal suitability. A B driver's license is required.

Conditions and Benefits

Interviews may take place continuously during the application period.

Criminal Record Check: Before any potential employment, you must present an extract from the criminal record register (including the suspicion register) in an unopened envelope. The extract can be ordered via the Police website: polisen.se/criminal-record-register (https://polisen.se/belastningsregistret)

Employment Type: Fixed-term employment. Duration: 6 months or longer. Ends: 2027-01-31.

To work with us, you must share Kiruna Municipality's common value base where respect, responsibility, and collaboration are key words.

We offer a pleasant work environment, stimulating tasks, and a good balance between work and leisure. We have many benefits, including free training at various facilities up to 5000 SEK/year, the opportunity to rent mountain cabins, and the possibility of salary exchange for free days.

We strive for gender balance and see diversity as a strength. We welcome employees with different backgrounds and work to ensure our workplaces are accessible to everyone. Kiruna Municipality views full-time work as a right and part-time work as an opportunity. It is meritorious if you have knowledge of Finnish, Sami, and/or Meänkieli, as Kiruna Municipality is an administrative area for these languages.

Kiruna Municipality has made its own choice regarding this recruitment and therefore declines contact with ad sellers or other sellers of recruitment services.