Social Worker - Child and Family Unit

Description:

Welcome to Smedjebacken Municipality! Our strengths are unpretentiousness, dialogue, and short decision-making processes. As an employee with us, you become an important community builder, someone who makes a difference. We are convinced that together we can live up to our core values where welcoming, commitment, security, and faith in the future are guiding principles. Smedjebacken offers good housing and our many associations, passionate people, and entrepreneurs contribute to quality of life, cohesion, and living traditions throughout the municipality. Individual and Family Care Individual and Family Care is a business consisting of three units: child and family, adults, and administration, with a total of 20 employees. In the child and family unit and the adult unit, both social workers and staff work with open care in various forms such as treatment, family support, or family therapy. The operations are led by an operations manager. The child and family unit is now seeking a social worker. The unit consists of senior case handlers and social workers who work with intake, investigation, and follow-up of interventions, family law, and foster care. It is a small municipality and a relatively small operation where collaboration is essential. We help and support each other with the cases the unit is responsible for. The unit handles cases concerning children and young people from 0 years up to 21 years of age. This involves exercising authority based on the Social Services Act and the Act on Care of Young People. The unit also investigates foster families, contact families, contact persons, and handles family law matters. We are now also working with interventions without assistance decisions based on the new Social Services Act. Development work is underway based on the new Social Services Act, and you will be part of this. Duties As a social worker, your role includes: Working closely with important people in the child's/young person's network with a focus on ensuring the child has a good and secure life Investigating and assessing the child's needs, following up on interventions, and sharing responsibility with colleagues for the unit's intake function Collaborating with both internal and external parties The role involves both exercise of authority and, when needed, treatment interventions based on the new Social Services Act. As a social worker with us, you will follow cases from incoming reports/applications through investigation and potential implementation. The work may include leading various group activities and, when needed, some evening duties. Other tasks may also occur, and the content and conditions of the work may change over time. We are a social office that values flexibility and unpretentiousness, and our work is characterized by solution-focused interventions. Qualifications A degree in social work or other equivalent higher education in a relevant field Good ability to express yourself in Swedish, both spoken and written You must be well familiar with the case handling requirements and legislation that governs the operations Good computer skills Category B driving license It is a merit if you have previous experience with the Lifecare case management system and if you have previously worked with social work or exercise of authority. Personal Qualities To thrive in the role of social worker, we believe you have/are: A strong commitment and interest in social work The courage to make a difference for vulnerable people in society Drive and creativity that contribute to the unit's development Easy to collaborate with others and able to work independently in a responsible manner Social and able to bring enthusiasm and contribute to participation and consensus regarding the operations Ability to care for and build good relationships Great emphasis is placed on personal suitability. For this position, you will be required to provide an extract from the criminal records register. What We Offer You will be offered training in the form of Professional Journey and training in Dialogue. A probationary period may be applied. We offer a workplace in a welcoming municipality with commitment, security, and faith in the future. We believe in dialogue as a tool for development and value short decision-making processes and an unpretentious approach. Workplace environment work is in focus, with the goal of making work life sustainable, healthy, and secure for all employees. You can read more about the benefits we offer at https://www.smedjebacken.se/arbete-och-naringsliv/formaner.html. Other Information In connection with a job offer, the candidate will need to provide proof of citizenship. This can be done with a passport or a personal ID document together with a photo ID. If you are not a citizen of Sweden, the EU, EEA, or Switzerland, you must provide proof of a valid work permit or an exemption from the requirement to have a work permit. Employment can only take place after verification of work permit, which is required according to the Alien Ordinance. We kindly but firmly decline all contact from advertisers and staffing agencies during the recruitment process as the selection of recruitment channels has already been determined for this recruitment. Read more at smedjebacken.se about how we handle your personal data according to GDPR. All recruitment takes place digitally through our external link to the recruitment system Webcruiter. If you experience problems registering your CV, please contact http://https://talentech-support.freshdesk.com/sv-SE/support/login/new. If you have protected personal data, contact the HR department through the municipality's switchboard and you will receive help with your application. Contact Information Camilla Eriksson, Operations Manager, 0240660291, [email protected] Maria Högstedt, VISION, 0240660091, maria.hö[email protected] Workplace Vasagatan 14 777 81 Smedjebacken Important Information: Employer: Smedjebackens kommun Ref.nr: 5139997609 Position: 100% Permanent Employment Application Deadline: 2026-07-31

Overview

Type

job

Status

active

Visibility

public

City

Smedjebacken

GPS

60.1475886, 15.2105679copyopen in

Email

[email protected]

Phone

0240660291

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Published

3. 6. 2026

Edited

21. 6. 2026

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