Healthcare and Care in Norrtälje (KSON)

Healthcare and Care in Norrtälje (KSON) is a unique collaboration between Norrtälje Municipality and Region Stockholm. The mission is to meet the health and care needs of the residents. KSON thus has unique conditions to seamlessly meet the residents' needs for effective comprehensive solutions and is governed by a board with elected representatives from Region Stockholm and Norrtälje Municipality.

About the Position

The position is located in the Authority Department, within the LSS unit. We are looking for another colleague to our LSS unit, which currently consists of 13 caseworkers and one unit manager. Within the LSS unit, we work with authority exercise focusing on processing cases under the Act on Support and Service for Certain Disabled Persons (LSS) and the Social Services Act (SoL).

We are now seeking an LSS caseworker for a permanent position. You will collaborate closely with other LSS caseworkers, as well as with other employees in the unit and organization, as well as with external partners.

There is a clear mission within the department to develop processing procedures, working methods, collaboration, and innovation, as well as to implement digital solutions as part of this. Nothing is so good that it cannot be improved! We hope you see this as an exciting mission that you want to help realize. Working at KSON means that every employee contributes to realizing our core mission - to provide cohesive care and support for our residents with a focus on good quality, accessibility, and innovation.

Job Description

The position involves processing and authority exercise according to the Act on Support and Service for Certain Disabled Persons (LSS) and the Social Services Act. Your main tasks will be to investigate, decide, and follow up on granted services. As an LSS caseworker, you will handle applications for both children and adults. The work is based on a holistic perspective around the individual and with their needs at the center, which is done in collaboration with relatives, healthcare, other authorities, and partners. In addition to the regular tasks, employees participate in various development work to move the organization forward.

Qualifications

To succeed in this fun and challenging job, it is a requirement that you have a degree in social work or another related higher education that the employer assesses as equivalent.

As a person, you have personal maturity and integrity, and you dare to stand by your assessments. You are quality-conscious and service-oriented, work meticulously, and take responsibility for ensuring that tasks are completed correctly. Experience working with the target group within LSS and experience in authority exercise or other investigative work is preferred. We also appreciate that you have good communication skills as you will have many contacts with clients, relatives, representatives, and other professionals. It is also important that you have a good command of the Swedish language in writing, as a large part of the work involves written documentation.

As the world is constantly changing, you also need to be flexible, proactive, and see challenges as something fun to solve. Great emphasis is placed on personal suitability. A valid driver's license (B) is required.

About the Workplace

The Authority Department consists of about 75 employees, one department manager, and five unit managers. The department primarily works with authority exercise supported by SoL and LSS and is also responsible for processing applications for travel and national transport services, as well as implementing contact person and support family measures. The department employs LSS caseworkers, social psychiatry caseworkers, assistance caseworkers, transport caseworkers, housing coordinators, contact secretaries, fee caseworkers, and support staff.

The vision of the municipal federation is that the residents of Norrtälje Municipality have good health. Our governance model is based on three strategic directions: good and close care and support + sustainable social services, increased independence and security with welfare technology, preventive measures, and prevention. We hope that you, as an applicant, recognize yourself in our vision and want to continue developing our valuable work in accordance with it!

We are looking for you who have the competence to contribute to our operations regardless of gender, gender identity or expression, age, ethnic affiliation, religion or other beliefs, sexual orientation, or disability. We at the Municipal Federation of Healthcare and Care in Norrtälje value our employees. We believe that it is important to have professional and engaged leaders and employees and a good work environment. We offer wellness benefits, flexible working hours (annual working hours), and the possibility of remote work.

Employment Type

Permanent full-time employment with start date by agreement. Selection and interviews will be conducted continuously during the advertising period. A probationary period may be applied.

Warm welcome with your application!

About Healthcare and Care in Norrtälje

KSON has agreements with many providers and also runs care and support in its own right through the wholly owned company Tiohundra AB. The budget turnover amounts to approximately 3.6 billion kronor, and we currently have about 100 employees mainly with ordering, ownership, and authority assignments. More information about Healthcare and Care in Norrtälje (KSON) can be found on our website.

Link to KSON's website (https://www.kson.se)

Norrtälje Municipality is part of the Finnish administrative area, and we view positively if you are Finnish-speaking or if you know any of the minority languages or other languages.

Application documents for this position are considered public documents that we may disclose upon request.

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