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At Region Dalarna, you will find a meaningful job where you can make a difference. Together, we work for a sustainable Dalarna with development power in all parts of the county.

Within Region Dalarna's healthcare, we are moving towards the future of close care with a focus on person-centeredness and knowledge management, which also characterizes our journey towards the future.

The Occupational Therapy and Social Work Unit operates at three hospitals in the region: Ludvika, Falun, and Mora. The Social Work Unit in Mora is a small unique unit with a total of five social worker positions and a department manager. Our mission is to assist and highlight the importance of psychosocial perspectives for rehabilitation and disease management in specialized healthcare. We receive patients and relatives on their own request or referral from specialist care. Creativity, development, high quality, good collaboration, warmth, encouragement, and job satisfaction are important guiding principles for us. We are facing a development of the organization and now want to include two social workers who can help meet psychosocial needs within the region's specialized care in northern and western Dalarna.

Social Worker for the Social Work Unit in Mora

Job Responsibilities

The social worker's mission is to contribute a psychosocial perspective in healthcare, focusing on psychological, systemic, and social legal aspects. The work includes investigation and treatment of patients and relatives, teaching, collaboration with healthcare staff and external actors, student supervision, and development work. The social worker is a psychosocial expert who highlights how the psychosocial situation affects medical treatment outcomes.

Furthermore, the social worker counteracts the medicalization of psychosocial issues and has particular responsibility for matters such as domestic violence, children as relatives, and risk and addiction. The work is conducted during the day with physical and digital visits, departmental assessments, and home visits within specialized palliative care. Common tasks include individual conversations, group patient education, and participation in psychosocial rounds.

We are looking for someone who can contribute to our operations through conversation, teaching, and collaboration. Please describe your relevant experiences in your personal letter. We offer an individually tailored introduction, mentoring support, experience exchanges, and professional development within both the base unit and the region.

From 2029, a license as a healthcare social worker will be required within Region Dalarna. If you already have a license, it is an advantage. If you do not have it but are the right person for us, you are expected to complete training to apply for a license, where the employer can support your studies.

As a regional employee, you will receive a subsidized bus pass, wellness allowance of 2000 SEK/year, and occupational pension.

Are you our future colleague? Apply today!

Additional Information

Qualifications

To apply for one of our two positions, you must have:

• a degree in social work
• a B driver's license for manual transmission

It is advantageous if you also have:

• experience in social work within healthcare
• licensure as a healthcare social worker
• basic psychotherapy training (step 1) or licensure-qualifying psychotherapy training (step 2)
• supervisor training
• advanced knowledge and training in areas such as children as relatives, domestic violence, and risk and addiction.

We expect that you have good communication skills, can create good relationships with both colleagues and patients and relatives, and that you are willing to share your knowledge. The social work unit is currently on a development journey, and we need someone who both wants and can contribute with both competence and a forward-looking attitude full-time. Of course, you will also contribute to a positive work environment with a focus on collaboration.

Great emphasis is placed on personal suitability.

Application

If you are or have previously been employed by Region (County Council) Dalarna, we will take internal references from your current or previous manager if you are considered for employment.

Read more about Region Dalarna, our values, work environment, and benefits, as well as what checks are done before employment: Work with us - Region Dalarna (https://www.regiondalarna.se/jobb)

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Union Contact Information

Union - Region Dalarna (https://www.regiondalarna.se/jobb-och-utbildning/jobba-med-oss/fackforbund/)