Social Secretary for Children and Family Services

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Welcome to Älvkarleby Municipality – a workplace with closeness and commitment At Älvkarleby Municipality, you'll find a work environment where you're close to your manager, colleagues, and decision-makers. We are just over 700 employees working together based on our shared values of Courage, Will, Respect, and Holistic Perspective, which guide how we collaborate, develop, and meet our residents. We believe in the power of different perspectives and actively work to ensure our organization is characterized by diversity, equality, and respect. With us, there is room to grow and contribute your unique competence and personality. Älvkarleby Municipality is located just south of Gävle, where the Dalälven River meets the sea. With Skutskär as the central hub, you always have nature at your doorstep – river, forest, sea, and tranquility in a beautiful combination. Approximately 9,500 residents live here with excellent opportunities for a rich life, both at work and in your spare time. Communications are excellent – with three train stations, frequent bus connections, and proximity to E4, we are an attractive commuter municipality. This also makes us a natural meeting place for people with different experiences and competencies. To promote a healthy lifestyle, we have smoke-free work time. Would you like to contribute to a municipality with optimism for the future and closeness to both people and nature? We welcome your application! Social Secretary for Children and Family Services Would you like to work with qualified investigation work for children and young people? We are now seeking a social secretary for our reception and investigation team within Children and Family Services at Älvkarleby Municipality. With us, you'll work in an operation where the best interests of the child are central and where we value professional social work, collaboration, and development. We are a smaller municipality with short decision-making paths, close management, and good opportunities to influence both your own work and the development of the operation. One of our strengths is the close collaboration between authority functions and open care services. Through joint work with children, young people, and families, we create good conditions for early interventions, coordinated support, and sustainable change. Duties As a social secretary, you work primarily with investigating children's and young people's needs for protection and support according to the Social Services Act and the Care of Young Persons Act (LVU). The work includes: Conducting child welfare investigations. Assessing children's and young people's needs for protection, support, and interventions. Communicating with children, guardians, and their networks. Collaborating with schools, police, healthcare, and other partners. Documenting and processing cases according to applicable legislation. Following up on implemented interventions. As part of the team's shared responsibility, you will also participate periodically in reception work and contribute to the team's collective work on incoming cases. You will work closely with the municipality's open care services, which provides good opportunities for joint assessments, early interventions, and coordinated support for children and families. What We Offer Meaningful work where you make a difference for children, young people, and families. Dedicated and knowledgeable colleagues. Close management and support in daily work. Regular external supervision. Competence development and further education. Close and well-functioning collaboration between authority functions and open care services. Opportunity to influence the development of the operation. Flexible work arrangements when the operation allows. Qualifications We are seeking someone who: Holds a degree in social work (socionomexamen). Has experience with authority functions within child and youth social services. Has good knowledge of social services legislation and the Care of Young Persons Act (LVU). Has good ability to express yourself well in speech and writing. Holds a Class B driver's license. It is advantageous if you have experience with child welfare investigations, work with placed children and young people, or reception work. Personal Qualities We believe you will thrive with us if you: Are confident and independent in your professional role. Have good ability to plan, structure, and prioritize your work. Are collaboration-oriented and unpretentious. Are solution-focused and take initiative. Have good communication skills and find it easy to build trusting relationships. We place great importance on personal suitability. About Älvkarleby Municipality At Älvkarleby Municipality, we work based on the values of courage, will, respect, and holistic perspective. We believe in trust, participation, and professional social work. With us, you have the opportunity to develop while contributing to creating security and optimism for the future for the municipality's children, young people, and families. Application Selection and interviews are ongoing. If we find the right person, recruitment may be concluded before the final application deadline. We therefore encourage you to submit your application as soon as possible. We welcome your application!

Přehled

Typ

job

Stav

active

Viditelnost

public

Město

Skutskär

Adresa

Centralgatan 3

GPS

60.6302912, 17.4137781kopírovatotevřít v ▾

Email

[email protected]

Telefon

026-83269

Zobrazení

8

Publikováno

1. 6. 2026

Upraveno

21. 6. 2026

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