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Unit for Social Services and Disability Policy, Ministry of Health and Social Affairs

Do you thrive in a varied and qualified role that requires your legal expertise, analytical skills, and understanding of societal development? This could be the opportunity for you.

Your working day. Sweden's tomorrow.

The Unit for Social Services and Disability Policy works with issues within social child and youth care, individual and family care, as well as care for the elderly and persons with disabilities. The unit is also responsible for coordinating child rights policy, disability policy, and certain social insurance benefits.

The current group works with social service issues and areas within social child and youth care, including involuntary care, measures against juvenile delinquency, and preventive social work against crime. Current legislation includes, for example, the Social Services Act and the Act with Special Provisions on Care of Young People (LVU).

The tasks are varied and qualified. For the current position, the primary focus is on drafting proposals for government committee reviews (lagrådsremisser) and bills, as well as analyzing and compiling background material for the government's decisions within the unit's areas of responsibility. You may represent the Government Offices in various processes and contexts. However, the area and tasks may change over time.

Read more about our operations at https://www.regeringen.se/sveriges-regering/justitiedepartementet/ (https://www.regeringen.se/sveriges-regering/justitiedepartementet/).

Your Background

We are looking for you who have:

• a completed law degree
• experience in qualified legal work
• good knowledge of the social services
• very good ability to express yourself in speech and writing in Swedish, as well as good ability to express yourself in speech and writing in English.

It is meritorious if you have:

• experience working in the Government Offices
• experience within the social law field
• experience in strategic investigation and analysis work in state or municipal operations
• knowledge of crime prevention work
• competence as a Court of Appeal or Administrative Court assessor, or other corresponding qualified legal experience.

Your Personal Qualities

The Government Offices' employee criteria are holism, development, and results.

Everyone working at the Government Offices needs to have a holistic view and collaborate for the benefit of the operations. You are expected to contribute your perspective and competence and be open to others. You will bring ideas and new approaches to improve and develop the operations and your own competence. You are results-oriented in your actions and adapt when needs and directions change.

To succeed in the role, you have very good ability to independently plan, coordinate, and drive processes, as well as to take own initiatives. You work in a structured and quality-conscious manner while being flexible and able to adapt when conditions change.

You have good judgment, are resilient, and enjoy handling several different tasks in parallel, sometimes under time pressure. You also have a good understanding of the requirements for working in a politically directed operation.

Read more at https://www.regeringen.se/jobba-hos-oss/att-arbeta-i-regeringskansliet/medarbetarskap-och-ledarskap-i-regeringskansliet/ (https://www.regeringen.se/jobba-hos-oss/att-arbeta-i-regeringskansliet/medarbetarskap-och-ledarskap-i-regeringskansliet/).

Great emphasis will be placed on personal qualities.

Other Information

We are looking for one or more persons for fixed-term appointments of one year. Start date by agreement.

A security clearance will be conducted before a decision on employment is made.

Are you interested?

If you want to know more about the job and what we offer, contact Jessica Löfvenholm, who is the recruiting group manager. For questions about the recruitment process, you are also welcome to contact recruitment specialist Kristina Dybeck. During weeks 28–31, we are difficult to reach, but thereafter we have good availability again. Union contact persons are Pia Fagerström for Saco and Ewa Blom for ST. You can reach all of them via the Government Offices' switchboard, 08-405 10 00. We are happy to receive calls from you who are interested in the job, but we decline calls from those selling advertisements and recruitment services.

Welcome to register your application in our recruitment tool by August 10, 2026.

The mandate of the Government Offices is to support the government in its work to steer Sweden and realize its politics. Here, 4,800 people work, of whom 600 are abroad. The Government Offices welcome applicants with different backgrounds and experiences. We see equality and diversity as a strength and asset, and we work actively to be a workplace free from discrimination. The Ministry of Health and Social Affairs, which is one of ten ministries, is responsible for issues concerning society's welfare. These include public health and healthcare, social services including elderly care, care for and rights of persons with disabilities, sickness and parental insurance, pensions and the premium pension system, as well as sports, civil society, youth policy, funeral matters, and religious communities.