For a vibrant Kiruna. One thing is certain. With us, you make a difference. We are Kiruna, we say. We are the caregiver who holds old mom's hand and the teacher who makes little brother read his first words. We are the childminder who makes someone grow every day and the social worker who does what it takes to change lives. We are the personal assistant who gives freedom and the librarian who brings literature close. We are the home support workers who drive to villages in blizzards like the midnight sun to be there. We are hundreds of skills, thousands of people and generations of experience who together safeguard, nurture, inspire, teach, save lives, innovate, move cities, stand up for each other and care for people. With pride and care. From mountains to cities. Today and tomorrow for a living Kiruna. There is something beautiful in that. Do you also want to work for life, people and the future in Kiruna municipality? Do you want to create value and make a real difference for what is important? Kiruna municipality chooses to invest in preventive and early interventions for our children and students with the aim of promoting good school attendance. The school social team is a new activity within the school and social services with the aim of promoting children's and students' safety, participation and opportunity to succeed in their schooling. The target group will be preschool to grade 3. The team consists of a representative from the school and a representative from the social services. The school social team is responsible for building bridges between home, social services and preschool/school. The aim is to enable the preschool/school and social services to work together to strengthen the conditions for children and pupils to achieve their educational goals, create a calm and safe environment, increase pupils' attendance at school and provide support to break unfavorable developments. The team has a multidisciplinary approach where social services can assist with preventive and confidence-building work in preschool/school. School social teams can offer support to guardians and facilitate communication and cooperation between guardians and other actors around the individual child/student. We look forward to hearing from you! DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES -Collaborate with guardians, social services, preschool/school staff, student health and other functions. -Timely identification of children and pupils in need of support, in dialog with guardians and preschool/school. -Contribute the preschool/school's expertise in children and families to preventive work. Provide advice, support and short-term interventions directly to children, pupils and their guardians. -If necessary, motivate and guide to the regular efforts of the social services. -Monitor and initiate interventions to groups of guardians -Participate in and lead collaboration meetings with student health services, social services, preschool/school and other actors. -Document and follow up implemented interventions according to applicable laws and guidelines. -Actively contribute to establishing, developing and shaping the working methods and practices of the school social team QUALIFICATIONS For the social worker in the school social team, a degree in social work or other training that the employer considers equivalent is required. Experience of working in the field of social services for children and young people is an advantage. Good knowledge of the Social Services Act (SoL), the School Act and confidentiality legislation is an advantage. Experience of collaboration between schools, social services and other actors is an advantage. The ability to build trusting relationships with children, young people and parents is an advantage. Personal qualities that are meritorious are: - Good interpersonal and communication skills. - Good ability to build good relationships - Committed to developing preventive work for children and young people. - Flexible and solution-oriented - Independent and initiative-taking Social workers in the school social team will be organized under the Social Services Open Care with a common workplace in connection with the Open Care and the Family Centre. The team will be provided with relevant supervision. We attach great importance to personal suitability. B-driving license is a requirement. Interviews may take place on a rolling basis during the application period. Criminal record: Before employment, you must present an extract from the criminal record from an unopened envelope. You apply for it on the police website: https://polisen.se/tjanster-tillstand/belastningsregistret/kontrollera-dina-uppgifter-i-belastningsregistret/ OTHER To work with us, you must share Kiruna municipality's common values where respect, responsibility and collaboration are the key words. We offer a pleasant working environment and stimulating tasks and that you as an employee get a good balance between work and leisure. We have many different benefits where you as an employee can train free of charge at various training facilities up to SEK 5000 / year, we have cabins in the mountains that you can rent, we offer the opportunity to exchange salary for days off. We strive for gender balance and see diversity as a strength, we welcome employees with different backgrounds and work to ensure that our workplaces are accessible to everyone. Kiruna municipality sees full-time as a right and part-time as an opportunity. It is an advantage if you have knowledge of Finnish, Sami and/or Meänkieli as Kiruna municipality is an administrative area for these languages. Kiruna municipality has made media choices for this recruitment and therefore refrains from contacting advertisement sellers or other sellers of recruitment services.