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Organization Description

Gällivare Municipality is an employer, authority, and community builder. Our mission is to make citizens' daily lives work. Within Gällivare Municipality, we offer a developing workplace with a wide range of benefits, flexibility in work, competence development, and career opportunities. As an employee, you get the best combination of security and excitement. As a public actor, we are a secure employer.

Gällivare, located north of the Arctic Circle, is a place characterized by a strong sense of community. We are united by crossing borders – in villages, culture, and language. We are surrounded by magnificent nature; proximity to tranquility and the outdoors is part of our life here. Gällivare is for you who want to let nature set the pace and be fascinated by eight seasons and an Arctic lifestyle with sparkling winters, crackling auroras, and summer nights that never end. We are in the midst of a unique societal transformation and stand at the center of global events as the mining industry invests billions in a green transition. Join us on our unique journey.

Do you want to be part of something exciting and educational while creating a safe environment for children, young people, families, and individuals in society? We can offer you varied and challenging work with good development opportunities and possibilities for knowledge enrichment. In Gällivare Municipality, we have a unit with all authority functions within social services. We are now looking for social workers who want to work with authority functions concerning children and young people.

Welcome to Gällivare!

Job Responsibilities

As a social secretary in Children and Young People, you primarily work with the Social Services Act (SoL) and the Care of Young Persons Act (LVU). You work with families based on incoming reports or applications from guardians or young people. The duties include follow-up for children and young people in open interventions carried out by outpatient care, as well as follow-ups of placements in foster homes and residential care homes (HVB). We strive to provide families with support at an early stage, and as far as possible, we work with home-based solutions. The work involves collaboration with other colleagues within our operations, as well as internal and external collaboration.

You will be offered participation in Yrkesresan, which is a national competence supply program for social services.

Qualifications

We are looking for you with a degree in Social Work. As a social worker, you should have good knowledge of current legislation and a humanistic view of humanity. Merit points are given if you have previous experience in the field, have training in BBIC, MI, Sign of Safety, child interviews, or other relevant advanced knowledge. You should be able to work independently but also enjoy collaborating in a group and maintaining good relationships. You are service-oriented, solution-focused, and flexible, as the work may involve acute decision-making. You need to be confident in yourself, have the ability to set boundaries, and have a professional attitude. Personal suitability is highly valued.

In accordance with the national minority language law, Gällivare Municipality is the administrative municipality for Sami, Meänkieli, and Finnish. Knowledge of any of these languages is meritorious when applying for employment in Gällivare Municipality.

Requirement: Class B driver's license.

In the event of employment, an extract from the police criminal record is required.

Gällivare Municipality offers you:

• Health and wellness benefit in the form of strength training/group training/Dundret
• Wellness hour
• Access to the workplace's well-being allowance
• Membership in GKFF (Gällivare Municipality's Leisure Association)
• Opportunity for holiday exchange
• Certain possibility for remote work
• As a social worker in Children and Young People, you receive an allowance of 3000 SEK/month

Working Hours/Duration

Full-time, permanent position. The position includes on-call duties. Probationary period may apply.

Salary

Monthly salary, we apply individual salary setting.

Start Date / Application

Please include a CV with your application. Original documents may be requested upon invitation. Interviews may be conducted on an ongoing basis.

Start date: By agreement

Last day for applications: 2026-05-20

Information

Acting Head of Operations Anki Backman 0970-818204

Trade Union Representatives

Email: [email protected] (mailto:[email protected])

We warmly welcome your application!