Welcome to us

Stockholm – our capital city with millions of dreams, expectations, and ambitions. We work for everyone living here today and in the future. Now we are looking for you who want to think big, new, and differently with us – for the people of Stockholm.

The Social Administration in the City of Stockholm has an overarching and coordinating role for social services' individual and family care and disability area. Here, good conditions are created to meet residents in need of social services support. In close collaboration with the district administrations, we contribute to a modern, digital, legally secure, equal, and knowledge-based social service, and we have a strong focus on development. Within the administration, a wide range of support measures are offered to the city's residents, and the offerings change based on the needs of Stockholmers and the wishes of the district administrations. The work often takes place in close cooperation with other authorities, civil society, and the business community. The Social Administration is also responsible for the city's serving and tobacco permits and performs supervision.

Grimman

Grimman is a drug-tolerant emergency accommodation for men over 20 years old with substance abuse, mental health issues, and/or other social problems who need support from social services.

Grimman has 30 places and offers support measures based on individual needs. The staff consists of a unit manager, group leaders, and 16 treatment assistants. We have male and female staff available around the clock, and we are located in Södermalm, Stockholm.

We offer

We offer hourly employment starting now and also during the summer. We are looking for both day and night substitutes. We conduct interviews on an ongoing basis.

Your role

The work offers varied tasks as our mission is to assist our residents out of homelessness. As a treatment assistant, you, together with colleagues, are responsible for everyday tasks such as: admission and discharge of clients, contact with social emergency services, conversations with admitted clients, conversations with affected clients, conversations with unmedicated mentally ill clients, control at entry, conflict management between clients, assessment of influence level before admission, setting boundaries, and feedback to caseworkers. The tasks also include various practical tasks such as handling meals, cleaning, and making orders, etc. We are looking for someone who has personal maturity, is self-driven, stable, and has good collaborative skills. Sometimes changes occur quickly, so it is important that you are flexible and loyal and have good empathetic abilities. We have an emergency-driven operation with individual assessments, which requires courage and maturity. It is often a complex job where you must use many different skills. The work includes both challenges and joy. We have a good relationship with our clients, and the staff group is stable and secure.

Your skills and experience

You need to have experience working with adult substance abusers, those with mental health issues, and/or co-occurring disorders. It is an advantage if you have worked in an emergency accommodation or another residence for substance abusers. You need to have knowledge of addiction and mental health issues. You need to have basic IT skills since documentation is a significant part of the job. It is also necessary that you can handle the Swedish language both in speech and writing.

The City of Stockholm works with competence-based recruitment aimed at recognizing each person's skills and thereby counteracting discrimination.