Social Worker for Children and Family in Högsby Municipality

Do you want to work in a smaller municipality with short decision-making processes and good collaboration between departments? Then you are welcome to apply for a job with us at Högsby Municipality. We want to make Högsby Municipality even better. We do this together with our residents, a strong association and business life, and of course with you as an employee. We hope that you share the same attitude as us, and that you become our new colleague!

We have an exciting opportunity for you who want to work with children and young people in Högsby Municipality. In connection with the new Social Services Act, we have recently finalized our non-assistance interventions to shift towards preventive work, and during the autumn, the operations will be developed so that we can be an even more accessible social services.

We are a small social office where everyone's competencies are utilized, and where innovative solutions and close collaboration characterize our work. At the Children and Family unit, seven employees work, one of whom has the role of team leader.

The unit handles cases concerning children and young people aged 0–21 and their families. We work based on the BBIC model, and our investigations lead to decisions according to the Social Services Act (SoL) or the Law of Care of Young Persons (LVU). Three of the employees on the unit work as a team with intake and investigation.

The position is a temporary replacement for an ongoing parental leave until 2023-12-30 with the possibility of extension.

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Job Responsibilities

As a social worker in intake/investigation, you will receive incoming reports and applications concerning children and young people and make preliminary assessments to decide whether to initiate an investigation or not. You will also conduct safety assessments in your cases.

As part of the preliminary assessments, you will talk with children, young people, and their parents about how their living situation looks. This also includes consultation with other professionals and municipal residents. It is part of your responsibility to independently investigate and assess the needs of children and young people for support based on incoming reports of concern or applications. You lead the investigation process with the best interests of the child in focus, plan interventions in close collaboration with the child, the family, and relevant actors, and follow up on open care interventions to ensure that goals are met and that families receive sustainable support. It is of great importance to carefully document and follow up on the work in the operational system VIVA.

What We Offer

As an employee at the Individual and Family Care department with us, you will receive:

• Engaged colleagues
• Introduction and mentorship
• Several employee benefits, including a generous fitness allowance, flexible working hours agreement, the possibility of exchanging vacation and pension, and the possibility to work remotely when operations allow.
• Competence development and continuous supervision.

Requirements and Qualifications

We are looking for you who have a degree in social work or are about to graduate.

We would like you to have previous experience in authority exercises, preferably within the area of children and young people. Furthermore, that you have experience with documentation and one or more evidence-based methods within social services.

As a person, we think that you are good at cultivating good relationships, are curious, creative, willing to collaborate, are goal- and result-oriented, contribute to job satisfaction, are secure in yourself, and have good self-insight. You take responsibility for your tasks with the operations and the child's best interests in focus. As a person, you have the ability to prioritize when the work demands it or ask for support when needed. It is important to enjoy working together both within your own work group and with other operations.

A B-class driver's license is required.

If you become relevant for employment, we need to see your extract from the Police's criminal record register. The final candidate for the position must show valid Swedish citizenship/work permit before the position is filled.

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Other Information

• Salary form: Monthly salary.
• Employment type: Fixed-term employment.
• Duration: Start: After agreement, End: 2026-12-30.
• Working hours: Daytime.

Högsby Municipality collaborates with the recruitment tool Offentliga Jobb. Therefore, we ask you to apply for the position via the "search for the job here" function on this page, as the selection takes place in a database where competence, education, work experience, and other qualifications are assessed based on your application form.

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