About this role
Your Assignment
Due to an upcoming retirement, we are now seeking our future colleague.
We are looking for a confident social worker with experience in meeting children and families in challenging situations and who has an interest in family law work. In the role of social secretary at the Family Law Unit, we investigate and handle custody, residence, and contact issues upon request from the District Court. We manage contact cases with contact support. We also work with adoptions and investigate and handle paternity and parenthood investigations.
We work preventively through collaboration discussions with separated parents. These discussions can occur on behalf of the court or through parents' own application. The Family Law Unit also works with Children in Parents' Focus (BiFF), which is aimed at parents experiencing family law conflicts.
All our work is based on a clear child perspective, grounded in the Parental Code and the Child Convention, with the goal of creating security for children and families.
We offer you a meaningful assignment in a competent team where you will receive regular supervision and opportunities for development. For our contact cases, we have a child-friendly location and experienced contact support staff.
Workplace Description
The Children and Youth Authority is part of the Individual and Family Care sector within the Children and Learning Sector.
The unit is divided into four teams: Family Law, Reception Group, Investigation Group, and Care Follow-up. The unit is led by two unit managers and two senior social secretaries. Additionally, two social administrators help by assisting with certain administrative tasks.
As a social secretary in the Family Law unit, you will be part of a team of three employees. Our culture is highly characterized by collaborative work. We care for each other and want to utilize each other's different perspectives and ideas. We have regular case preparation meetings, regular external supervision together with family law units in Hälsingland, and the opportunity for vacation exchange.
Your Competence
Since this position involves authority work with children and youth, a completed social worker degree is required.
You need to have very good knowledge of current legislation and a high understanding of the difference between preventive work and authority exercise. You document in a clear and well-structured manner and have good analytical skills. You maintain a high child perspective, are unpretentious, and can distinguish between matter and person. You have the ability to adapt your conversations to the people you meet.
We prefer candidates with previous experience in investigative work within authority exercise and who have previously worked with family law issues.
It is meritorious if you have training in BiFF, but other training/courses such as MI (Motivational Interviewing), mediation and conflict management, and/or children's rights can also be beneficial.
Driver's License B
You have very good Swedish language skills, both in spoken and written communication and reading comprehension.
We Offer
Your well-being is important to us! Söderhamn municipality actively works with health, wellness, and work environment. We offer wellness contributions and gym access. We also prioritize a balance between work and private life and are committed to ensuring our employees get the recovery they need. Read more about some of our benefits: [link]
In the archipelago municipality of Söderhamn - where Hälsingland meets the sea, we think innovatively and ambitiously. We aim to grow to 28,000 inhabitants and start each day focusing on Söderhamn residents and their needs when shaping and developing our operations. Together, we make a difference for individuals and society.
We use competency-based recruitment to create an inclusive and fair process. This means we assess candidates based on their competencies, experiences, and abilities in a gender-equal and equitable manner. Our goal is an objective recruitment where everyone has the same opportunities to show what they can contribute.
In this recruitment, we have already made our choices of advertising channels and partners. We kindly but firmly decline any recruitment assistance from external actors.