About this role
Jönköping Municipality is a large employer with hundreds of different professional roles. We grow in step with the municipality's development, with more residents, more housing, and a broader range of services. We are always seeking new talent - employees with diverse backgrounds and experiences, sharing the common drive to create a better municipality to visit, live, work, and reside in.
Want to make a real difference? We are seeking experienced and committed social workers who want to become part of our newly established operation focusing on early interventions for children, youth, and their families in our priority residential areas.
Here, you'll have the chance to work closely with families in their daily lives and contribute to secure growing conditions.
Your New Job
As a social worker in the early interventions team, you'll work with both administrative duties and support interventions. Your task will be to build trust with the families you meet and create conditions for change, focusing on children's needs and their right to secure growing conditions.
In our work, we often encounter people in difficult life situations, so it's important that you as a person are confident and stable. You are also flexible, good at taking initiative, and able to work independently and make your own decisions. You have a strong ability to act and handle various situations. You are trustworthy and easily collaborate with the families you meet, colleagues, and partner organizations. You can see individual needs and place them in a holistic perspective.
You may need to work outside office hours up to two days per week.
Your Competence
- Hold a social work degree (210 credits) and a B driver's license
- Are confident, stable, and have experience in administrative duties or treatment work with children and youth, as we seek varied experience from both administrative and treatment areas
- Ability to see the big picture, build relationships, and create trust
- Knowledge of Signs of Safety, BBiC, ICDP, MI, and cultural competence is meritorious
We believe you want to make a difference, take responsibility for your tasks, and plan work efficiently. You value cooperation and understand the administrative role. Furthermore, you are self-assured and easily connect with others. Engagement, responsibility, and participation in our organizational development are important to you, and you gladly share your knowledge. Additionally, you have strong analytical skills and excellent Swedish language skills in speaking, reading, and writing. We consider good IT skills a given.
Significant emphasis will be placed on personal suitability and creating a well-composed group.
We Offer You
You'll become part of a driven and competent team working with both administrative duties and support interventions. We focus on early interventions - you'll have the opportunity to make an impact before problems escalate. The work is varied and meaningful, focusing on building trust and creating change.
We offer a 7-hour workday primarily during daytime, Monday to Friday, individual salary setting, supervision, and work in a team with strong group dynamics and engaged, skilled colleagues. Learn more: [website link]
About the Position
The Social Services' task is to ensure that everyone in Jönköping Municipality receives their fundamental needs for support, care, and security, based on political assignments and current legislation. The children and youth area of social services aims to provide support, care, and protection for children and youth who need it.
The position belongs to the Reception team, located in Huskvarna City Hall. You will report to your unit manager.
Important to Know
This recruitment is for multiple permanent, full-time positions with start date by agreement. You will primarily work daytime, but service outside office hours may occur up to two days per week.
Your application should include a CV, attached degree certificate, and current employment certificates. All your work experience must be verifiable with documents showing position and work scope. Even if you already work for the municipality, you must provide degree and employment certificates for positions outside the municipality. Applications not meeting these requirements will not be prioritized.
We use continuous selection and interviews.
Before employment, a background check will be conducted where you must present a criminal record extract. For this recruitment, the extract is "Check Personal Information in Criminal Record".
Want to know more?
Recruiting manager: [contact information]
Union representatives: [website link]
Together, we make Jönköping Municipality better - for everyone. Come work with us. Welcome to apply!
Jönköping Municipality strives to offer an attractive workplace free from discrimination and providing equal opportunities for all.
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