Temporary Social Welfare Officer in the Social Administration

Within the social administration, you make a difference for individuals and the community as a whole. When you work here, you can be sure to engage in meaningful tasks. We investigate and decide on support for children and youth, families, the elderly, people with disabilities, and individuals in need of assistance in various life situations. Together, we work to provide the highest quality of service. One of our employees is going on parental leave, and therefore we are looking for a temporary social welfare officer for our wonderful unit that offers support to the elderly and disabled.

On the unit, social welfare officers, family consultants, health inspirers, housing coordinators, and unit managers work together.

Your New Job

As a social welfare officer, you are responsible for investigating, assessing needs, making decisions, and following up on interventions in a legally secure manner according to the Social Services Act, directed at our seniors. Here, we work individually but also together as a team. We have close leadership and support from two unit managers.

We work with qualified authority exercise where our approach is a major focus area that is important in our quality work.

Working with us means meeting people in their everyday lives, in their homes, or in hospitals.

We work together on development issues as part of our work in the unit and administration. We use Life Care as our operational system and investigate according to IBIC (Individual Needs in Focus).

With us, you have good opportunities for professional development. Flexible working hours and the possibility of remote work are available if the work allows. We offer wellness hours and wellness grants and also have access to a wellness space to promote movement and well-being in our work environment.

Our workplace is located in Alceahuset in Åkersberga, close to public transport, services, and natural areas. If you drive, there are also plenty of parking spaces.

Your Profile

You are a social worker or have another higher education that is deemed equivalent.

You need to have good knowledge of laws and regulations within the area of work as well as good knowledge of the Office suite.

To thrive with us, we believe you are skilled at expressing yourself well in both speech and writing.

The work requires good collaboration skills while also being able to work independently. You need to be flexible and structured.

Experience in authority exercise within social services may be an advantage.

A driving license (B) is desirable.

Employment Scope

Full-time

Employment Type

Temporary employment until 2026-09-01

Start Date

As soon as possible, by agreement

Application Deadline

2025-04-11

Does this sound exciting? Register your application via the “Apply” button. Unfortunately, we cannot accept applications in any other way.

Feel free to read more at osteraker.se/jobbaiösteråker (https://osteraker.se/jobbai%C3%B6ster%C3%A5ker)

The municipality of Österåker is looking for individuals who have the competence to contribute to our operations regardless of gender, gender identity or expression, age, ethnic background, religion or belief, sexual orientation, or disability. Just like us, you also have a child rights perspective in your daily work, in accordance with the Convention on the Rights of the Child.

Contact information for our union representatives can be found on our website.

For this recruitment, we have decided on the recruitment channels we wish to use. Therefore, we would like not to be contacted for further offers of competence mediation, advertising, and recruitment assistance.

Thirty kilometers to Stockholm, 1,100 islands, 930 kilometers of coastline, and a slightly nicer way of living. We in Österåker are proud of our metropolitan archipelago environment where the scenic cultural landscape is always close. The central town of Åkersberga is developing into a modern city with a small-town character. Here we are developing a sustainable society where good conditions are provided for people, the environment, and nature to interact.