Unit Manager for Supervised Housing Stallgatan

Gävle municipality offers interesting and challenging jobs with good opportunities for you to grow. In the coastal town of Gävle, you are close to nature, culture, and experiences. Do you want to help take Gävle into the future? We are now looking for someone who wants to make Gävle even better together with us!

The employees of Welfare Gävle make Gävle safer for children, young people, and the elderly, people with disabilities, and those in vulnerable situations. We also work to create the best conditions for adult learning and personal development. We offer future professions that challenge and develop you, and you work with what is truly important. Together we make Gävle safer!

The Adult Services department consists of six units and about 110 employees who work with social services directed at people over 18 years old. The Supervised Housing Stallgatan is one of these units and is an important part of the municipality's work for a safer and more inclusive Gävle.

With us, you will be part of a team that values collaboration, development, and trust. You will have the opportunity to influence and shape a completely new operation – with people's safety in focus.

RESPONSIBILITIES

The Gävle municipality supervised housing Stallgatan consists of 35 apartments and is a high-tolerance residence for individuals with ongoing substance abuse issues and co-occurring mental health problems. It is an important part of the municipality's efforts to reduce homelessness and vulnerability in Gävle. We are now looking for someone who wants to take the lead in further developing the housing and making a difference for the residents.

As a unit manager, you will lead together with twelve dedicated employees towards the goal that people in Gävle should have a safe place to live and the right support in life.

The work as a unit manager is operational, focusing on creating safety, structure, and participation for both residents and employees. Since this is a developing operation, the assignment will evolve and grow over time, where you will be an important part of the development work together with employees and your colleagues in the management team.

In the role of unit manager, you are responsible for the operation, employees, and finances. Your task is to lead, develop, and streamline the unit's work in line with the municipality's goals and values. You will follow up, analyze, and take action to improve the operation. You will show courage to act when needed and create a culture characterized by openness, dialogue, and trust.

QUALIFICATIONS

We are looking for someone who has:

• A university degree, for example in social work, behavioral science, or social sciences, or other education deemed equivalent.
• Documented experience as a manager/leader with budget, personnel, and work environment responsibility.
• Good and current experience within social services.

It is an advantage if you:

• Have experience in management roles within housing services.
• Have worked with individuals with substance abuse or co-occurring conditions.

Who are you?

You are secure and clear even in uncertain or pressured situations. You stand firm in your values, dare to speak up, and distinguish between the issue and the person.

You are collaborative, unpretentious, and find win-win solutions by focusing on the common goal.

As a leader, you are communicative and present, leading with trust, providing room for action, and encouraging development. You motivate by showing direction and clarifying why the goals are important.

In short, you take initiative, are courageous, and have the ability to create engagement and joy at work around you.

Welcome with your application!

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Union representatives;

Ever Alvarado Vision - Vision, [email protected]

Sara Lasell Academic Union SSR, [email protected]

Hanna Romin - Kommunal, [email protected]

To ensure the quality of the recruitment process in Gävle municipality and enable good communication with our applicants, we ask you to submit your application digitally via Visma Recruit, not via email or paper format. If you have a protected identity, please contact the recruiting manager, do not submit your application digitally.

Within Gävle municipality, there is a decision regarding the right to full-time work, meaning that permanent employees can request that the position be a full-time position. This request must be accommodated within six months, earliest counted from the first day of employment. To have the right to full-time work fulfilled, you may need to perform other tasks than those normally included in your employment.

Gävle municipality belongs to the Finnish administrative area. Therefore, if you also speak Finnish in addition to our other competency requirements, it may be an advantage.

In preparation for the recruitment work, Gävle municipality has taken a position on recruitment channels and marketing. We therefore firmly request no contact with media sellers, recruitment sites, or similar.