Vacant job

Description

Do you want to be part of our placement team? As one of our placement officers is moving on to another assignment in the city, we are now looking for her replacement.

Spink is a consolidated placement and purchasing function for the social services and the administration for functional support in the City of Gothenburg. The department is organizationally part of the social administration South West, but the workplace is located on Stora Badhusgatan in central Gothenburg. Spink offers placement support to the administrations in individual cases and coordinates the administrations' systematic supplier follow-up as well as the administrations' work with needs supply and category management. Spink is also tasked with combating welfare crimes through systematic follow-up of private suppliers.

When a new region-wide IT support, PRIIS, is introduced at the beginning of 2026, Spink will also be responsible for system management, register maintenance, supplier follow-up, and legal support in complicated purchasing matters for nine of the other municipalities in the Gothenburg region.

Responsibilities

As a placement officer, you are responsible for receiving and processing placement requests from the social services and the administration for functional support. This means you are responsible for matching incoming placement requests against suitable providers in the service's provider register and then recommending one or more placement options that are suitable for the user in question.

Together with your colleagues in the placement function, you are also responsible for conducting operational visits where we follow up that the city's suppliers have good quality in their operations. You also participate in contract groups before framework agreement procurements and in dialogue meetings with internal and external providers. You are expected to stay updated on developments in the field and participate in collaboration forums together with the placing administrations.

We offer you a varied and independent job with great opportunities to be involved in developing the operations. You will join a knowledgeable, engaged, and positive workgroup where we value teamwork and where your experiences, thoughts, and ideas are appreciated.

Qualifications

We are looking for someone with a degree in social work or another higher education that the employer assesses as equivalent, as well as experience working as a social worker within municipal social services. Particularly meritorious is experience working as a social worker in the adult area (housing, addiction, and/or functional support). It is also advantageous if this work has been done within Gothenburg City's social services. Additionally, experience from provider operations as well as placement operations and supplier follow-up is meritorious. We also appreciate if you have experience participating in contract groups.

Good computer skills are a requirement, and it is an advantage if you have a driver's license.

Your Personal Qualities

You plan, organize, and prioritize work effectively. You ensure that work is completed on time and follow up on results.

You work well with others by listening, showing interest, and respect. You understand the common mission and work to make it as good as possible.

You take responsibility for your tasks and the group's tasks. You think of those we are here for and their best interests. You do your best to complete all tasks correctly and follow up on how it turned out.

You communicate information and ideas clearly both verbally and in writing. You ensure that your message gets across. You adapt your communication according to the recipient, target group, and situation.

Other

We plan to hold interviews on January 21 and 22.

To comply with GDPR requirements and enable good communication with our applicants, we ask you to submit your application digitally and not via email or letter. If you have protected personal information, you should NOT apply through the system but contact the recruiting manager for handling your application.

The City of Gothenburg is one of Sweden's largest employers. Our mission is to create a good everyday life for Gothenburg's residents, visitors, and businesses. As an employee of the city, you have a secure employment with many career paths where you have the opportunity for interesting and meaningful tasks.

As we have already decided on the recruitment channels we wish to use for this recruitment, we kindly but firmly ask not to be contacted for further offers of competence mediation, advertising, and recruitment assistance.

About Us

The Social Administration South West is one of four social administrations in the City of Gothenburg with around 900 employees. In the South West urban area, about 120,000 residents live, and the area stretches from Billdal to Högsbohöjd and to the southern archipelago. The administration's mission is to ensure that children, young people, and adults can live a safe and independent life and that children and young people have a rich leisure time. The administration also works to support people experiencing homelessness to achieve stable housing. Through collaboration with civil society, local businesses, and other actors, we aim to improve public health and safety in the area.

In the Social Administration South West, we want to harness the engagement of all employees. With us, you can influence both your own job and the lives of others.