Social Secretary, Investigation Specialist for Children and Families

Description:

At Tjörn, employees get to take their place! Within Tjörn municipality, work environment and care for one another are highly valued. Decision-making paths are short, work tools are effective, and colleagues are helpful. You have great freedom within your profession and influence development. It's easy to socialize and build relationships with colleagues, supervisors, and politicians. So come work within Tjörn municipality too – there's plenty of room to take! Tjörn - the island of possibilities year-round and for life is Tjörn's vision. Do you want to make a difference for children and young people at Tjörn? Do you want meaningful work at a workplace with an open climate and engaged colleagues? Do you want to work in an operation where quality, legal certainty, and the best interests of the child are central? Then you'll thrive with us! The Individual and Family Department at Tjörn Municipality is responsible for support and services to children, young people, and adults as well as financial assistance, labor market initiatives, and integration. The department is characterized by close collaboration between units, where authority and open care work side by side. The Children and Youth Unit consists of reception, investigative social secretaries, child secretaries, foster care secretaries, and family therapists. There is strong commitment to children's rights, legally sound case management, and early, evidence-based interventions. We work toward reasonable caseloads, good conditions for reflection, and a work environment where collegial support is self-evident. The Social Office is centrally located at Tjörn in Kållekärr, with good bus connections – and if you commute by car, you're traveling against traffic, meaning fewer traffic jams and a smoother day. 1 position(s). DUTIES As an investigative social secretary, you work with investigating support needs for children and young people and their families based on incoming applications and reports. Your tasks include: • Investigate support needs in accordance with current legislation and guidelines • Handle cases according to SoL and LVU • Contribute to capturing families' own resources and solutions • Collaborate with internal and external actors • Document according to legislation and established procedures Work is conducted in close collaboration within the unit and with other operations to create the best possible support for those we serve. QUALIFICATIONS We are looking for you who: • Have a degree as a social worker (socionom) • Have experience with authority and administration within children and youth (meritorious) • Have knowledge of current legislation (SoL and LVU) • Have knowledge of BBIC • Have good ability to express yourself in speech and writing • It is meritorious if you have a few years of experience in the field. As a person, you are: • Responsible, flexible, and stable • Organized and confident in your professional role • Relationship-building with good collaboration skills • Have good conduct in focus and a professional approach in meeting with children, families, and collaboration partners • You contribute to a respectful way of working where the best interests of the child are always central. Great emphasis is placed on personal suitability. A driver's license is a requirement. Employment form: Permanent employment. Duration: Permanent, start date: According to agreement. Selection and interviews take place on an ongoing basis. Tjörn Municipality requests an extract from the criminal record register in connection with this recruitment. Visit the police website to request an extract from the criminal record register. This can be done digitally with e-identification or by filling out a form. Note that processing time can be up to two weeks; order the extract in good time. Employees in the municipality should have a good work environment and work in balance with family, friends, and leisure time. We apply smoke-free working hours and the employer offers benefits such as wellness allowance. After you have been employed for more than three months, you automatically become a member of our leisure association, TKFF, which both organizes and sponsors various activities. You receive an annual card to Nordiska akvarellmuseet. All new monthly employees are offered a full-day municipality-wide introduction day. If you are permanently employed, you have the opportunity to lease an environmental car as a company car. To staffing and recruitment companies and to you who are sales representatives: We politely but firmly decline direct contact with staffing and recruitment companies and sellers of additional job advertisements. We have contracted with staffing and recruitment companies. We only accept applications through our recruitment system Visma Recruit/Offentliga jobb in accordance with GDPR.

Overview

Type

job

Status

active

Visibility

public

City

Skärhamn

GPS

57.8846644, 11.9855579copyopen in

Phone

0304-601132

Views

5

Published

18. 6. 2026

Edited

21. 6. 2026

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