Business description

Do you want to be part of something exciting, educational and at the same time create a safe environment for children, young people and families in our community? We can offer you a varied and challenging job with good development opportunities and the opportunity to gain knowledge. In Gällivare municipality, we have a unit with all authority exercise in the social services areas. We are now looking for a family home secretary who wants to work with family homes when placing children, contact families and contact persons. The assistance unit has two unit managers, one for the children and young people group and one for the adult group, in addition to a coordinator in each group. To support us, we also have an outpatient care team that works on behalf of the social secretaries via assistance decisions.

Your duties

The work tasks consist of recruiting and investigating family homes, day care homes, contact families and contact persons. The service also includes training and supervising contractors and, together with the social secretary, contributing to ensuring that children placed in day care and foster care receive the care they need. Work in the field of family law may be involved. The work includes collaboration with other colleagues in our business and collaboration internally and externally. The service includes standby duty.

Qualifications

We are looking for you who are a social worker or have another relevant university degree that the employer considers equivalent. You must be able to handle cases independently and have good knowledge of current legislation. You will have good interpersonal and teamwork skills, while being able to work independently. You have good empathy and communicate well with users, relatives and colleagues.

We are looking for you who thrive in an organization where conditions can change and where flexibility is a strength. Since documentation and communication are a central part of the assignment, it is a requirement that you have very good ability to express yourself in Swedish in both speech and writing. You will actively contribute to the development of our working methods and work with commitment, drive and responsibility. Great importance is attached to personal suitability. Within the framework of the National Minority Languages Act, Gällivare municipality is the administrative municipality for Sami, Meänkieli and Finnish. Knowledge of one of these languages is an advantage when applying for employment in Gällivare municipality.

B-driving license is a requirement.

Gällivare municipality offers you

• Fresh care hour
• Strength training/group exercise session or day pass at Dundret.
• Possibility to exchange the holiday day supplement for leave
• Free bath up to 12 times/month and
• The assistance unit has a working time reduction, with 2.5 hours per week for full-time work - means that the working hours are 35.92 hours/week
• Flex contract
• We invest in close leadership, coordinators for supervision and external supervision together with other administrators.
• You will be offered participation in the Professional Journey, which is a national skills supply for the social services, starting with children and young people, as well as family home work.

Working hours/Duration

Full-time, permanent position.

Salary

Monthly salary, we apply individual salary setting.

Application

We would like to receive a CV with your application. Original documents will be provided upon request. Interviews may take place on an ongoing basis.

Start date: 2026-02-02 or as agreed

Last application date: 2026-01-31

Information

Head of Operations Sandra Menonen 0970-818 775

Head of Operations Maria Apelqvist 0970-818 312

Union representatives

Vision

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