Vacant job

Do you want to make a concrete difference for children and young people in vulnerable life situations?

At our Investigation Unit, you will work closely with children and young people involved in crime and/or substance abuse, contributing to ensuring they receive the right interventions at the right time. Here you will find a role where your professional judgment, sensitivity, and ability to collaborate with others truly make a difference – every day.

Your Responsibilities

You will be one of several social secretaries at the Investigation Unit, led by two unit managers. The unit consists of four work groups, three of which focus on traditional investigation work. As a social secretary in our fourth work group, you will become part of an engaged team where different competencies meet and complement each other.

Here, HVB (residential care) case managers, the network team, and our strengthened investigation team work.

The group works with institutional placements (HVB/SiS), network work, and complex investigations – often in situations requiring creativity, courage, and innovative thinking. You ensure that placed children and young people receive the right support and that care is secure, legally sound, and follows set goals.

In your daily work, you will primarily:

• Work with children and young people in crime and/or substance abuse, together with their families.
• Maintain contact with HVB and SiS homes, follow up on interventions, and ensure that care, support, and treatment needs are met.
• Meet and converse with children, young people, and their families in a respectful and sensitive manner.
• Be present where the young person is – which may involve longer travels.
• Document according to BBIC standards and ensure high quality in investigations and assessments.
• Plan and follow up on the care chain together with colleagues and external actors, ensuring decisions are implemented and sustained over time.

The work is varied and sometimes unpredictable – here you thrive if you appreciate a daily routine where flexibility is a prerequisite and where you have the opportunity to be both challenged and developed.

Your Qualifications

To be considered for this position, you need to have:

• A degree in Social Work (Social Work Bachelor's)
• A valid driver's license (Category B)
• Good proficiency in Swedish, both spoken and written
• Good computer skills
• Ability to take responsibility, make decisions, and work independently in your profession
• Ability to remain calm and professional in pressured and complex situations

We are looking for someone with a clear child's perspective and who sees the child's participation as a natural part of the work. You are good at creating safe relationships, collaborating closely with colleagues, and building good contacts with external actors.

The following competencies will be particularly important in the role:

Networking – You create and nurture relationships that strengthen collaboration around children and young people. You build bridges both internally and externally to ensure that the right interventions can be implemented and that care processes maintain high quality.

Transparent Communication – You are clear and open in how you convey information – to children, guardians, and professional actors alike. You adapt communication to the recipient's needs, explain decisions and reasoning, and contribute to creating clarity and security.

Problem Solving – You analyze complex situations, make professional assessments, and find sustainable solutions even when conditions change rapidly. You use facts, dialogue, and judgment to make well-founded decisions.

Planning and Organizing – You organize your work in a way that ensures investigations, placements, and follow-ups maintain high quality. You structure information, prioritize correctly, and ensure the care chain functions over time.

We place great emphasis on personal suitability.

What We Offer You

Here you will receive close and supportive leadership, with senior social secretaries available in daily operations. You will become part of a team that supports each other, shares knowledge, and helps out where needed. We offer:

• Collegial support and experienced colleagues to consult
• A workplace where learning and development are a natural part of everyday life
• A wellness subsidy

Additional Information

To ensure quality in the recruitment process and guarantee good communication with all applicants, we ask you to submit your application digitally.

We value diversity and welcome applicants who contribute to a balanced gender and age distribution, as well as a breadth of experiences and backgrounds.

Before employment, you must prove that you have the right to work according to current regulations. This can be done by showing a passport, national ID card, or personal certificate combined with an identity document. If you are not a citizen of the EU/EEA or Switzerland, you must be able to show a work permit.

The position is subject to the condition that it is not taken by surplus personnel. Recruitment is ongoing – therefore, do not wait to submit your application.

The selection and recruitment process continues during the summer vacation period, which may mean the process takes slightly longer than usual. We appreciate your patience and look forward to your application.

We decline offers regarding advertising and recruitment assistance.

We warmly welcome your application!

The Social Services Administration works to provide support and help children, young people, families, and individuals with disabilities or substance abuse problems. We also work with outreach and preventive measures. Fundamental to us is that we treat each other with respect – both among our users and among our employees.

When you work in Halmstad Municipality, you create meaning by shaping, strengthening, and enriching the daily lives of others – whoever you are. Here, collaboration, balance, and the opportunity to develop, both as a professional and a human being, are important – we are the workplace where you get more out of life! Read more about us here.