Field Secretary for Prevention and Family Law Unit

Description:

Uddevalla – a place for life Welcome to become part of our growing municipality - and work together with us to provide our residents with even better service. We offer an attractive workplace that gives you great opportunities to develop in your professional role. Our goal is for everyone to thrive and grow throughout their entire career. We also want to develop as an employer and actively work to make the best use of your knowledge and commitment. We appreciate and encourage co-creation from everyone. Uddevalla Municipality is a beautiful place by the sea in the heart of Bohuslän. We believe in open and positive collaboration between the municipality, education, business, and culture. We hope you will enjoy working with us! About the Job Do you want to make a real difference for children and young people? Uddevalla Municipality continues to develop preventive work for children, young people, and their families, and we are now seeking an engaged field secretary who wants to be part of this work. As a field secretary, you will become an important part of the Prevention and Family Law Unit, which offers preventive and voluntary support to parents, families, and young people. We develop our work in line with the Social Services Act's focus on early and preventive interventions, and over the past year the work group has been strengthened with an additional position. With us, you will be part of a team of six field secretaries and work with youth issues at individual, group, and strategic levels. Work Tasks As a field secretary, you work with outreach and supportive interventions for young people aged 10–18 years. All interventions are provided on a voluntary basis. You meet young people in their everyday lives and are present in various environments, such as schools, youth centers, and other places where young people spend time. The role suits you if you want to combine relationship-building work with collaboration and development with both internal and external actors. You lead group activities, conduct individual conversations, and participate in various youth events. You also contribute with knowledge about youth issues and young people's living conditions in Uddevalla, which becomes important input for the municipality's preventive work. You work according to a schedule, which means working daytime, evening hours, and occasional weekends, approximately two times per year. Who Are We Looking For? We are looking for someone who is confident, stable, and has good self-awareness. You want to make a difference, are good at building trust, and see the value in working close to young people and their contexts. You collaborate easily with others and meet people in a responsive, respectful, and professional manner. You have a natural ability to create relationships, inspire confidence, and can adapt your working methods based on young people's needs. It is meritorious if you have knowledge of or experience in preventive and drug prevention work aimed at children and young people. We also highly value your personal suitability, as relationship, trust, and good judgment are central to the role. Qualifications You have a social worker or sociopedagogue degree from a university or college, or other academic education that the employer deems equivalent. A Class B driver's license is a requirement, as driving is part of the job. Interviews may be conducted on an ongoing basis during the recruitment period. We welcome your application and look forward to you becoming part of our important work for children and young people in Uddevalla. __________________________ For positions requiring certification/valid proof from the National Board of Health and Welfare of a protected professional title, this must be submitted before employment. Language assessment is conducted for certain professional groups before employment can be considered. A criminal record check is conducted for all positions within the Social Administration. For positions in residential care facilities, an HVB home extract is requested. For positions in activities directed at children with disabilities, extracts for children with disabilities and a personal background check are requested. For other positions within the Social Administration, a personal background check extract is requested. If the extract is not digital, it should be brought in a sealed envelope at the time of the check. Criminal Record Register - request extract at www.polisen.se/tjanster-tillstand/belastningsregistret Employment is subject to the condition that required decisions are made. For positions involving direct and regular contact with children and young people, and for activities under the Disability Services Act, care, healthcare, psychiatric care, and substance abuse care, a valid extract from the police criminal record register must be presented or submitted before employment. Please note that it can take time to obtain the extract, so order it well in advance so the recruitment process is not delayed. When you apply for a job with us, your application is saved. This is because we are a public sector organization. Your application becomes a public document once we have received it. This means that application documents and information about who has applied for a position can be requested by anyone. If you have a protected identity, you should not apply digitally but instead contact the person listed as the contact person in the advertisement. For those who are not citizens of the EU/EEA area, a work permit is required; this does not apply if you have a permanent residence permit. The work permit must be presented at the interview. In the link below you will find comprehensive information about the main benefits in the collective agreement we have in Uddevalla Municipality. The information covers vacation, salary and compensation, parental leave, insurance, professional development, and pensions. Meet Your Collective Agreement 2024 We kindly but firmly decline direct contact from staffing and recruitment companies and sellers of additional job postings. Open to Everyone We focus on your competence, not your other circumstances. We are open to adapting the role or workplace to your needs.

Overview

Type

job

Status

active

Visibility

public

City

Uddevalla

Address

Varvsvägen 1

GPS

58.348458, 11.8850876copyopen in

Phone

0522-696000

Views

5

Published

1. 6. 2026

Edited

21. 6. 2026

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