Apply at Lerum Municipality – Senior Case Officer for Children and Young People

Lerum Municipality is known for its beautiful natural areas with lakes and forests. The municipality has 3,200 employees and 43,000 residents but expects significant growth in the coming years. Lerum is located only a 20-minute drive from Gothenburg and is currently facing a period of intense development with many exciting projects underway, ranging from schools to housing. The municipality works to ensure good service, high welfare, and a thriving business climate.

Dagens Samhälle named Lerum the winner in the category of large municipalities (2025) - an award based on a comprehensive comparison of 290 Swedish municipalities in areas such as education, healthcare and social care, economy, culture and leisure, attractiveness, business life, and future factors such as digitalization and civil preparedness. Lerum is, in short, a Super Municipality!

Are you consciously competent? Then you might be the Senior Case Officer we are looking for!

Perhaps you work as a child investigator today, have worked for several years within the public sector, and feel ready for a new challenge! You have a good grasp of what usually works in different situations, but haven't worked so long that you can no longer explain why. You still have your curiosity and commitment to the people you meet and can convey a positive feeling for the job. If you are also good at planning and organizing your work and can support others in this, you are welcome to apply to us!

We are now recruiting a Senior Case Officer for the Children and Young People unit in Lerum during the current Senior Case Officer's leave of absence. Here, 22 social secretaries work with receiving, investigating, and follow-up of cases for children and young people aged 0–20. Our management team consists of two unit managers and four first-level social secretaries.

As a Senior Case Officer, you will become part of a work group where community, collaboration, and legal security are in focus. We strive for a workplace with clear goals, shared values, and a focus on the core mission. Here, you can make a difference for children at risk of harm, but your primary task will be to make a difference for the social secretaries in their daily work.

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Responsibilities

In the role of Senior Case Officer, you will provide active support to social secretaries in the case handling process, in addition to the support provided by first-level social secretaries. The work may involve being a co-handling officer in complex cases and acting as a sounding board before and after meetings or visits. You are responsible for introducing new employees to the workplace and their role as social secretaries for children and young people. You will work together with first-level social secretaries to develop and strengthen the quality of both case handling and documentation. You will assist management with the implementation of working methods and contribute to creating routines. Together with another senior colleague, you are responsible for internal training in Signs of Safety and other internal training the unit needs.

Qualifications and Merits

You are educated as a social worker, have training in Signs of Safety, and have several years of experience in public authority work with children and young people, and investigating according to BBIC. You are well-versed in what the role of a social secretary for children and young people entails. You express yourself well in Swedish, both verbally and in writing, and have good knowledge of how current legislation should be applied. Merits for the position include having completed the Swedish National Board of Health and Welfare's training for BBIC instructors, having training in MI, MPV, and experience with the business system Treserva. It is also meritorious if you have experience in training or coaching in various contexts. We are looking for you who can contribute to equal service and treatment and help create an inclusive environment at the workplace.

A driver's license is required.

Personal Qualities

Personal qualities weigh heavily for this position. As a person, we see that you are cheerful and have a positive energy that is contagious. You are unpretentious and flexible, and you enjoy guiding colleagues and new employees. You take initiative and are creative in thinking about what support you can provide to the social secretaries in the unit. You naturally keep the child's perspective in focus and are loyal to the organization's goals. You are thorough and have the ability to act calmly and methodically. You are empathetic and know what good treatment means, both in meetings with families and towards colleagues.

Employment Terms

Fixed-term employment for two years. Start date by agreement. Interviews will be conducted on an ongoing basis.

We look forward to receiving your application!

• Employment Type: Fixed-term employment.
• Duration: 6 months or longer, ending: 2028-08-31.
• Working Hours: Daytime.

The development in Lerum Municipality should be sustainable, and our management is based on the global goals in Agenda 2030.

We believe that our differences enrich and positively develop the individual, the organization, and society. As an employer, Lerum Municipality actively works for gender equality and diversity and against all forms of discrimination and offensive treatment.

We value a good working environment where you can combine work and leisure. As an employee, you will have access to a range of benefits, such as a fitness allowance and employee wellness programs. Read more about our employee benefits here: lerum.se/dina-formaner (https://lerum.se/dina-formaner)

In accordance with the Pay Transparency Directive, Lerum Municipality wishes to inform that the employer is covered by the Main Agreement HÖK HÖK (https://skr.se/kollektivavtal/huvudoverenskommelsehok.8204.html) collective agreement General Provisions AB AB (https://skr.se/kollektivavtal/allmannabestammelserab.655.html) and applies individual and differentiated pay setting. In accordance with the directive, you are hereby informed that salary statistics for the position of social secretary are:

• 10th percentile: 38,730 SEK
• Median: 42,188 SEK
• 90th percentile: 47,730 SEK

Neither the employer nor the job seeker is bound by this information. The information serves only as a notification for you as a job seeker.

As an employee in Lerum Municipality, there may be requirements to use personal Bank-ID in the job for authentication in, for example, system logins or other verification.

To ensure the quality of the recruitment process, we ask you to submit your application via this link, and not via email or paper format.

We warmly welcome your application!

In connection with this recruitment, we have already decided on the recruitment channels we wish to use. We kindly but firmly decline to be contacted for further offers regarding competence mediation, advertising, and recruitment assistance.