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Stockholm – our capital city filled with millions of dreams, expectations, and ambitions. We work for everyone living here today and in the future. Now we are looking for you who want to think big, new, and different with us – for the people of Stockholm.

Hägersten-Älvsjö is one of 11 district administrations in the City of Stockholm with approximately 3,000 employees. Today, we are one of the city's largest districts with around 130,000 residents. In Hägersten-Älvsjö, you are close to the city, public transport, and nature. We offer a dynamic workplace with opportunities for you to develop in your role.

Welcome to us

We are now looking for a SIG Coordinator who wants to work with us at the Youth Unit!

The Youth Unit consists of four groups: an investigation group, a placement team, a SIG team, and support functions. Each group has a group leader who leads our employees in their daily work. Two SIG Coordinators work in the SIG team. The SIG team works with the target group of young people aged 13–20 who commit crimes, have developed a criminal lifestyle, or are in criminal environments.

Social Intervention Groups (SIG) are a working method for collaboration between social services, police, schools, and other actors to help young people stop committing crimes. The work in SIG aims to cease criminal behavior and is based on the young person's needs, has a clear individual focus, and takes place in close cooperation with the police, leisure activities, other social services, schools, prison services, and other actors in the young person's private and professional network.

The Business Area Children, Young People, and Families in the Hägersten-Älvsjö district consists of six units: reception, children, children and youth, youth, foster homes, and family support. Our Business Area is led by a district manager and six unit managers. We have implemented an important business change that has resulted in management being even closer and more accessible. Together, we are now moving forward and helping each other to create a social service that is modern, characterized by high quality, and in line with the new Social Services Act.

Do you want to join us on this journey and develop both yourself and our organization? Then you are welcome to apply for the role of SIG Coordinator!

We offer

We are at the beginning of creating a strong and stable unit characterized by trust and close cooperation. You will have access to external supervision. The operations are continuously developing, and you will become an important part of this development. We apply winter and summer working hours as well as flexible time. You receive a wellness allowance of 3,000 SEK per year and have the possibility to apply for holiday exchange. To ensure a good start at your new workplace, we place great importance on your introduction, and you will receive support primarily from your unit manager and closest colleague. Read more about benefits in the City of Stockholm here (#).

We are a small but engaged team that supports each other in everyday life. Here, you get both freedom and support in your work, and we value laughing together even when the work is demanding.

Your role

As a SIG Coordinator, you make a difference – you are the link that can help young people find a new path in life. Your work contributes directly to a safer society.

Social Intervention Groups for Youth (SIG) is a form of collaboration between social services, police, schools, and other actors aimed at preventing young people from committing crimes. The target group you will help is young people at high risk of committing crimes/young people involved in or around gang crime. You drive the work forward on behalf of the social secretary. Your focus is to coordinate interventions so that each young person receives the right support – with the goal of breaking crime and creating new opportunities. You should be a link between school, social services, and the police, as well as our families. You will offer both practical and social support for the young person and the family, as well as mobilize important adults around the young person.

To succeed as a SIG Coordinator, we see that you as a person are passionate about helping young people at risk, where you have the ability to adapt your support based on the unique individual's needs. Furthermore, you have the knowledge and ability to build alliances with our young people and families, as a large part of the role involves motivational and supportive assistance for our young people to achieve set goals. You also have the ability to cooperate with other professionals in society and see the importance of this. You are proactive and take initiative.

Your competence and experience

We are looking for you who have:

• A completed degree in Social Work, with experience working within social services.
• Documented experience in development and change work.
• Knowledge of MI (Motivational Interviewing).
• Knowledge of assessment tools such as RBM (Risk, Need, and Responsivity), Re-pulse, SAVRY, or criminality as a lifestyle, or other education directed at the target group of young people in and/or around gang crime.

It is meritorious to have:

• A B driving license.
• Experience working in socio-economically disadvantaged areas.
• Experience with authority practice in children and youth.

To succeed in the role, you need to have the ability to maintain a holistic perspective and have a methodical and structured approach to work. You should have the ability to plan, implement, and follow up. Finally, your good cooperation skills and unpretentious manner create added value in collaboration with others.

We place great emphasis on the aforementioned competencies, personal qualities, together with motivation and commitment to the position.

Other

The position is a one-year fixed-term appointment, with the possibility of extension.

We recruit without a personal letter in this recruitment to strengthen the focus on the competencies and experiences required for this role. In assessing your application, we will only base our evaluation on your CV and a number of questions you will answer when applying for the position. We ask that you answer the questions concretely and concisely.

Before an employment contract is signed, you need to present an extract from the criminal record.

The City of Stockholm works with competence-based recruitment aimed at considering each person's competence and thereby combating discrimination.