Youth Worker for Northern Inner City Youth Clubs

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 differently with us – for the people of Stockholm.

The Northern Inner City district consists of the central parts of Stockholm, Norrmalm, and Östermalm. Here, we work to provide our 155,000 residents with the best services in areas such as preschools, social services, elderly care, and urban development. We welcome you who want to make a difference for the residents of Northern Inner City.

Welcome to us!

In Northern Inner City, we have the youth clubs Humlanhuset, Vasastan Youth Club, and Tre Liljor. We also offer location-independent activities in collaboration with local associations, focusing on Hjorthagen. The youth clubs run open activities with a focus on promotion and support. Our operations are characterized by an inclusive and norm-critical approach where youth, regardless of gender identity, socioeconomic background, sexual orientation, functional variation, cultural, or ethnic affiliation, are welcome and should feel safe. Our youth clubs are part of the preventive work area, which includes three units: Youth Leisure, Support for Youth, and Support for Families.

Your role as a Youth Worker

In your role as a Youth Worker, you will be part of a work group that jointly initiates, plans, executes, and evaluates activities with and for visitors. Young people should be encouraged to dare to implement their own ideas through the support and guidance of creative and engaged youth workers. The relationship-building work is an important part of the role, where you are expected to be an attentive adult who is clear in your communication and knows when to guide others further. In your professional role, you will contribute to developing and working towards a positive environment for and with young people and colleagues. Collaboration takes place with both internal and external partners within the district and throughout the City of Stockholm. The position includes some administrative work.

Your skills and experience

For this position, you need:

• Youth worker education, social pedagogy education, or another relevant post-secondary education that the employer considers equivalent
• Experience working in open youth activities
• Fluency in writing and speaking Swedish

Being multilingual is an advantage.

As a person, you have the ability to build good relationships with young people, and you are secure and engaged. You are structured, have good collaboration skills, and are clear in your communication with the target group and colleagues. You are solution-focused, independent, creative, and have the ability to adapt when necessary, as the operations are dynamic. We would appreciate it if you had experience organizing, leading, and evaluating activities.

It is important that you have the ability to capitalize on young people's own interests and initiatives.

What we offer

We offer exciting and varied work with fun, knowledgeable colleagues and engaged managers. You will have dedicated colleagues at our youth clubs in central Stockholm, where the work is characterized by an open climate and a good working environment. We value our employees and would like you to take advantage of our wellness benefits, educational opportunities, and holiday swap options.

Other information

The work is carried out during young people's free time, which means daytime, evening hours, and Saturdays, according to a schedule. As a Youth Worker, you will work with all open youth activities run by the district.

We will conduct ongoing selection and interviews. If employment becomes a possibility, we will request extracts from the police criminal record for work with children.

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