Development Leader in Individual and Family Care

Salem Municipality is a vibrant and safe place where nature and green areas are always close at hand. Here, just over 17,000 residents live, and just over 1,000 companies operate. In Salem, the municipality's activities are developed in close dialogue with the residents.

The municipality has nearly 1,000 employees, and our operations are characterized by our core values of sustainability, safety, and participation. We are proud that our services often show very good results. Salem is a welcoming and inclusive municipality where everyone feels at home.

Job Description

Do you want to help drive the development of social services' Individual and Family Care in a time of great change? With us, you will have a strategic and significant role where you work closely with operations and management on a mission that makes a real difference for users and residents.

The role is directly subordinate to the operations manager for Individual and Family. As a development leader, you will work long-term and strategically to drive change and development work within all units of individual and family care, which are: Children and Youth, Adults and Disabilities, Employment and Welfare, Daily Activities, and Housing and Support LSS.

Message from Your Future Manager

My name is Lisa Wallin, and I lead Individual and Family Care in Salem Municipality. In my leadership, I value dialogue, openness, and trust, with a clear focus on our shared mission. I want to create an organization with high quality where employees and managers thrive, develop, and dare to test new working methods. New perspectives and development are an obvious part of our everyday life, and I hope you want to join us on this journey of change!

The assignment is broad and varied, encompassing both the development of routines and guidelines as well as the follow-up and development of operations. The role involves close cooperation with both internal and external actors, with a clear focus on quality and legal certainty for the user. You will early on work on developing quality management systems, developing forms for user participation, and contributing to the introduction of smart working methods and welfare technology. The work needs to be conducted methodically, structured, and in close dialogue with the operations.

Main Responsibilities

• Support to units based on the design of quality management systems.
• To develop and ensure the quality of operations within individual and family care.
• Monitoring and analysis of the external environment.
• Development of governing documents.
• Assist in the development and follow-up of operational plans and quality reports.
• Coordination of relevant working groups.
• Plan and conduct workshops, lectures, and training.

We are looking for someone who has

• A degree in social work or other relevant education that the employer assesses as equivalent.
• Experience in investigative work, analysis, and preparation of materials for management functions.
• Knowledge of the Social Services Act, administrative law, and other legislation related to social services.
• The ability to express oneself well and pedagogically in Swedish, both orally and in writing.
• Experience in driving and leading change and development work.
• Experience in operational follow-up.
• Good ability to adapt to and work with digital tools and good administrative skills.
• A structured working method and good analytical skills.

As a person, you are proactive, outgoing, and take an independent role in driving change work. You are flexible, driven by solving problems, and thrive in a strategic role where you have the opportunity to both develop and be developed. You easily create good relationships and collaborate both internally and externally. You have a structured working method, enjoy working on several parallel processes, and have a creative approach to challenges and assignments.

We would also like the person we are looking for to have:

• Experience working with quality management systems, including process mapping, designing guidelines, routines, as well as risk analysis and self-checks.
• Experience with methods and approaches that promote innovation and development, such as service design or other user-centered working methods.

Salem Municipality offers wellness benefits, the possibility of vacation exchange, the opportunity for remote work when the job allows, the advantages of a smaller municipality with short decision-making paths, and the opportunity to collaborate broadly.

Warm welcome to submit your application!

To ensure the quality of the recruitment process in Salem Municipality and to enable good communication with our applicants, we ask you to submit your application digitally and not via email or paper format. It is also important that you fill out your application carefully as your qualifications will be weighed against other applicants.

Warm welcome to submit your application!

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