Vacant job

Stockholm – our capital city filled with millions of dreams, expectations, and ambitions. We work for everyone who lives 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 Skärholmen District Administration is one of Stockholm City's 11 district administrations and covers the districts of Bredäng, Sätra, Skärholmen, and Vårberg. More than 1,000 employees work here for our 38,000 residents. We offer municipal services that we are proud of, and we have fantastic diversity. Welcome with your unique contribution!

We are now looking for experienced and engaged social secretaries who thrive knowing that no two days are alike!

Welcome to us

The Child and Reception Unit is looking for new colleagues! Here we work with investigations and follow-ups of interventions for children aged 0–12. We are looking for you who have a strong child perspective and want to contribute to a safer everyday life and better conditions for children and young people. With us, you become part of an engaged team that constantly strives to develop and find new, smart ways of working. You get a secure start with a proper introduction alongside an experienced colleague.

The unit's two investigation groups are led by the unit manager, and each group has a group leader who is part of the daily work. The unit also has a working group focused on reception. Opportunities for close support in daily work exist, and we strive for visible leadership.

Read more about social work in Skärholmen

We offer

Developing work where you get the opportunity to work together with engaged colleagues and accessible leadership. As support, external supervision and competence development are provided. The unit also has support from placement coordinators and method developers.

The administrative office is located at Skärholmen Center, close to the subway and a shopping center with a wide range of restaurants, cafés, and shops.

We offer you flexible working hours, wellness allowance, winter and summer working hours, and favorable occupational pension. Good parking facilities are available adjacent to the workplace.

Your role

As a social secretary in the child group, you form the important link in the entire investigation process for children living in vulnerable situations. It is an exciting and meaningful role where you make a difference for children and their families. You work with preliminary assessments, investigations, support, and follow-up of interventions for children, young people, and parents. We work according to BBIC (Barns Behov I Centrum / Children's Needs in the Center), which is a unified system for social child care. The goal of our work is to help parents manage their relationships and parental roles better. Ultimately, the goal is for the children and young people in the families to be well. We strive to provide families with support at an early stage and as much as possible in their own homes. To achieve this goal, we collaborate with other resources, such as authorities and organizations.

The work involves exercising authority according to the Social Services Act (SoL) and the Law on Special Provisions on Care of Young Persons (LVU). The tasks include assessing the individual's need for care/help, making decisions, implementing decisions, documenting, collaborating, coordinating interventions, supporting, and motivating. Our goal is to provide Skärholmen's residents with legal security and good treatment in their contact with us.

Meeting our children and their families in conversations is an important part of the work.

As support in our work, we use BBIC and various methods for assessment and conversation, such as EARL and Signs of Safety, all with the aim of conducting qualitative investigations and assessments. We also actively work to make children more involved in their own investigations.

Your competence and experience

A social work degree is required for the position.

The following are meritorious:

• Experience in exercising authority within social services, especially in the child and youth area
• Documented knowledge of BBIC and Signs of Safety
• Documented knowledge of EARL, Conversations with Children, and/or MI (Motivational Interviewing)
• Very good ability to express yourself well in both speech and writing in Swedish
• Good ability to document and compile investigations

You are service-oriented, calm, attentive, and accommodating in your treatment of others. You have the interest, will, and ability to help and establish contact with people in vulnerable situations. You have the ability to drive the work forward both flexibly and independently, as well as in collaboration with your coworkers. You have the ability to prioritize, make correct assessments, and make decisions in different situations. You have a great interest in continuing to develop and improve working methods within social work together with the team. We place great emphasis on personal suitability.

Other information

We select based on CV and a number of selection questions that you answer when applying for the position, so we do not accept personal cover letters.

The position includes a background check, and applicants must provide an extract from the police criminal record before employment begins.

Ongoing selection takes place during the recruitment process; interviews will be held during week 30.

Welcome with your application!

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