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Gagnefs Municipality is an employer with many opportunities and great commitment! Here you can make a real difference for our residents and visitors.

In our daily work, we always carry our core values with us. With these, we strive to be present for all residents, communicate openly and respectfully, and continuously develop both personally and professionally.

Welcome to meet the future with us at Gagnefs Municipality!

We didn't find you in our previous ad. So now we are making a new attempt!

The Child and Family Unit within the Individual and Family Care in Gagnefs Municipality is now looking for a Social Secretary who wants to work with investigations and interventions for children and their families. We are in a phase where we are building a safe, stable, and sustainable work group, and we are looking for you who want to be part of that journey.

At our workplace, the work climate and sense of community are important cornerstones. We are therefore looking for employees who, in addition to contributing their competence, also value cooperation, care, and good collegial support. Together we create a work environment where both children, families, and employees can feel safe.

Job Responsibilities

At Gagnefs Municipality, we work flexibly, which means you work with all parts of the authority's operations. The tasks can be adapted based on interest and experience to create a stimulating and developing work environment. As a Social Secretary, this means being the first safe contact for municipal residents seeking support and help. As a Social Secretary, you receive and make initial assessments of incoming reports of concern, inquiries, and applications. The tasks also include investigations, granting interventions, and following up on placed children and open care interventions. The work includes regular conversations with both adults and children, as well as collaboration with internal and external operations.

Documentation is an important part of the position and takes place continuously in the different phases of the cases. Travel may occur in the work.

You will work closely with colleagues who work as social secretaries, family law secretaries, foster home secretaries, adult case workers, economic assistance, open care, and together we always put the Gagnef resident in focus. We are in the middle of the transition to the new Social Services Act and are developing our work towards more promoting and preventive interventions, with the support of a project manager. As a Social Secretary with us, you will get a stimulating and responsible job where you work in all parts of the investigation process and have great opportunities to influence the development of the operations. You will receive regular internal method guidance from the first Social Secretary, and the work group is also offered external process guidance. If you are new to the case worker role, you also have extra support from colleagues in the form of co-case work.

You are offered;

• 39-hour work week and flexitime
• Wellness allowance of 1500 SEK per year
• Holiday exchange
• Extra holiday days when you turn 40 and 50
• For those employed for at least 12 months, there is also the possibility to buy an annual pass for public transport on Dalatrafik

Qualifications

At Gagnefs Municipality, you meet people in different life situations, often in moments that require both security and sensitivity. Therefore, we are looking for you who have an empathetic and respectful approach and who can create trust with both children, guardians, and partners. You are secure in yourself and can handle meetings with individuals, families, and groups in a professional and stable manner. Work with children and families can involve rapid changes and unpredictable situations. We are therefore looking for you who can keep calm when it is needed most and who can make well-founded assessments even under pressure. To succeed in the role, you need to be able to plan, structure, and prioritize your work so that timeframes, legal requirements, and quality requirements are followed.

Collaboration is a natural part of your working method, and you actively contribute to a good work climate by being helpful, communicative, and responsible. You are a person with good maturity, integrity, and the ability to work both independently and in a team. The child's perspective is a clear part of your working method, which is permeated by humility, understanding, and professionalism. You express yourself well in speech and writing and handle documentation in a careful and legally secure manner. You express yourself well in Swedish in both speech and writing and have a good ability to document in a clear and legally secure manner.

If you have experience with authority operations or work with children and families, it is an advantage, but we also welcome you who are new to the profession and want to grow into the role. The most important thing is that you have the right basic education, a genuine commitment, and the desire to develop together with us. It is meritorious if you have knowledge of BBIC, training in Signs of Safety, FREDA, or other complementary methods that strengthen the organization's competence.

You must have a Swedish social work degree and a B-driver's license since driving is part of the job.

Conditions

The position is 100% with a monthly salary. Start date according to agreement. Interviews may take place during the application period.

During the interview, you must be able to present extracts from the suspicion and criminal records register.

Other

We kindly but firmly decline direct contact with staffing and recruitment agencies as well as sales of job advertisements. We have pre-dead advertising and search paths. Submitted application documents will not be returned.

Persons with protected personal data are recommended to send the application by mail to the address; Gagnefs Municipality, 785 80 Gagnef. The application must state which position is being applied for and a decision from the Swedish Tax Agency regarding protected personal data, so that the application can be protected correctly from the beginning.