Social Worker for the Inquiry Service, Habilitation and Health, Habilitation Resource Center

Do you want to join us in the Inquiry Service and work to provide the best support to people with disabilities, their relatives, and professionals?

About Us:

The Habilitation Resource Center is a regional unit belonging to Habilitation & Health within Region Stockholm.

The Habilitation Resource Center provides interventions, courses, advice, and support to people with disabilities, their relatives and networks, as well as to professionals, based on various areas where there is special expertise within the unit. Read more about us and how we work on our website Habilitation Resource Center. The Inquiry Service is part of the Habilitation Resource Center and we are located at Sabbatsberg Hospital.

About the Position:

As a social worker in the Inquiry Service, you will work with telephone counseling for patients, relatives, and professionals.

The Habilitation & Health Inquiry Service is aimed at people living in Stockholm County who have a disability or are relatives.

In the Inquiry Service, social workers answer questions about societal support for disabilities. This may include:

• habilitation
• interventions from the municipality
• grants and compensations
• support in school.

You will work together with other social workers in this service and staff the Inquiry Service according to a schedule. The Inquiry Service is part of the Habilitation Resource Center and the entire unit works with various offerings aimed at all of habilitation's target groups and ages. Based on competence and experience, you who work in the Inquiry Service may also participate in some other work within the unit. This may include being a course leader in web-based and physical courses or other work based on your competence in societal support and disabilities.

Development work within the Inquiry Service is ongoing, where we would like to see you contribute to teamwork and ideas for future direction together with your colleagues.

Great emphasis will be placed on personal qualities and experience in contact with patients and relatives.

Employment Conditions:

Permanent employment, full-time. Start date by agreement.

We apply flexible working hours and benefits such as free healthcare, extra compensation during parental leave, and a generous wellness allowance and wellness during working hours.

About You:

We are looking for someone with several years of experience as a social worker for our service within the Inquiry Service, Habilitation and Health. You need to have high competence regarding societal support and disabilities, as well as experience working with our target groups.

The work requires a professional approach and high service ability, and you need to be attentive and flexible in your contact with the patient.

As you will meet/speak with individuals with reduced cognitive and communicative abilities, you need to have very good communication skills; both orally and in writing.

We want you to be structured and have a good ability to plan and prioritize in your work. You are also proactive and meticulous. To thrive with us, good collaboration skills are a prerequisite. Experience working in various systems (e.g., in journal systems) is an advantage.

About the Organization:

Habilitation & Health is part of the Stockholm County Healthcare Area (SLSO) within Region Stockholm. We are a knowledge organization that conducts our own research and development and operates several specialized units. Our work is based on the value foundation of the equal worth of all people and patient focus. We start from each individual's unique needs and conditions and have specialist knowledge of how disabilities can affect daily life, health, and development. We consist of about 700 employees and 30 clinics in Stockholm County. We collaborate with networks such as families, staff, and other healthcare providers to create greater participation in community life.

Warm welcome to your application!

Other:

Interviews may be conducted continuously during the application period. The position is filled on the condition that it does not need to be used for internal relocation, according to current regulations.

In patient-related work within the Stockholm County Healthcare Area:

• background checks are applied before a hiring decision according to SLSO's overarching guidelines for background checks during hiring.
• employees who will have patient contact must undergo a pre-employment medical examination, according to current directives, which is done through occupational health services before hiring.
• in addition to Swedish professional certification, good knowledge of the Swedish language corresponding to level C1 according to the Common European Framework of Reference (CEFR) is required. The same requirements are guiding for non-licensed personnel with patient contact.

Stockholm County Healthcare Area (SLSO) is one of Sweden's largest healthcare providers with 11,600 employees. We offer healthcare in the Region Stockholm's management within psychiatry, primary care, geriatrics, ASIH, urgent care, somatic specialist care, habilitation and health, and assistive devices. In collaboration with Karolinska Institute, we conduct research, education, and development. https://www.slso.regionstockholm.se/ (https://www.slso.regionstockholm.se/).

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