Social Secretary for the Children and Youth Unit

Description:

Eksjö Municipality is a safe and vibrant community that welcomes everyone. Here you'll find both city and countryside with rich history and forward-thinking spirit. Here work small entrepreneurs and large corporations. Here exists a closeness that provides opportunities for meaningful leisure time. The municipality is one of the largest employers and with your help we want our residents to be able to live good lives. We achieve this by collaborating, working sustainably, and utilizing your competence and commitment. Children and Youth consists of a wonderful mix of employees. Together we have experience from social services and various activities, and we feel that we have the opportunity to create something that brings job satisfaction and can provide the children and young people we meet with the help and support they may need. Children and Youth consists, in addition to the investigation team, of our reception team and placement team. Contact with a future colleague? Would you like to know more about us and our workplace? You can email us and one of your, perhaps, future colleagues can call you. In that case, email [email protected]. Write your contact information in the email and mark it with "contact with colleague". 2 position(s). JOB DUTIES You will be part of the investigation team with a senior social secretary as team leader who will support you in the process you are responsible for as a case handler. Our senior social secretary has extensive and solid experience in work with children and youth and is well-versed in our case management system. Work in the investigation team involves investigating the situation of children and youth and any need for support, as well as implementing approved measures, other decisions, and following up on interventions. Cases are handled in accordance with the Social Services Act (SoL), Care of Children Act (LVU), Youth Care Act (LUL), and Law on Care Likely to Hinder Child's Development (LSU). We work in close collaboration with the child/youth and their family, other departments at IFO, foster families, and external partners with the aim of meeting each individual child's/youth's needs in the best way possible. For one of our positions we are seeking you with a degree in social work (socionom) who has a particular interest in working with young people who risk, or have developed, substance abuse and/or criminal patterns. We want you to represent the authority's perspective in contact with the young person and their family and also have a genuine interest in collaboration and close cooperation with the young person's parents to strengthen them in their parental role, as well as be part of the cooperation that exists with schools, police, open care services, and other important actors in early intervention, such as SSPF and TSI. For our second position we are seeking a social worker (socionom) who ideally has several years of experience with investigation work involving children and youth. We are looking for you who wants your work to have a real positive impact on the time and effort you give to your families. Where investigation work is conducted in consultation with families and where close cooperation with open care services gives your work quality that benefits children and youth. QUALIFICATIONS We are looking for someone who has • Degree in social work (socionom) • Driver's license category B • Good ability to express yourself in Swedish both verbally and in writing To thrive in the role of social secretary, you appreciate that every day looks different. You work both independently and together with colleagues and other professionals. You build relationships and communicate in a clear and trust-building way. You are compliant, analytical, and you set boundaries and make decisions. You are expected to have a strong child perspective where you work for children's and parents' participation throughout their contact with us. Meritorious qualifications include knowledge of BBIC, the case management system Combine, and experience with case handling. Great weight will be placed on personal suitability. Before an employment offer is made, you must provide an acceptable excerpt from the police's criminal record register. Selection and interviews may take place continuously during the application period. Employment form: Permanent employment. Duration: Commencement: According to agreement, at the latest 2026-10-01. If you are who we are looking for and you find this position interesting, we look forward to your application. You can apply most easily via the link in the job posting. If you are called for an interview, you will need to prove your identity in one of the following three ways: - Passport - National ID card showing citizenship - ID card combined with a personal certificate showing citizenship If you are a citizen of a country outside the EU/EEA, you also need to present a valid residence permit and/or work permit in Sweden. Eksjö Municipality has already made choices regarding advertising channels prior to posting and therefore requests that we not be contacted by recruitment firms and advertising sales representatives.

Overview

Type

job

Status

active

Visibility

public

City

Eksjö

Address

Södra Kyrkogatan 4

GPS

57.6498723, 14.6926687copyopen in

Email

[email protected]

Phone

0381-36623

Views

4

Published

10. 6. 2026

Edited

21. 6. 2026

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