Vacant job

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 more than 1,000 businesses 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.

Workplace Description

At the turn of the year, we will start our new unit for Adults and Disabilities. Here, we will gather case management in social psychiatry, harmful use and addiction, LSS, domestic violence, and support for individuals wishing to leave a criminal lifestyle. The unit also includes housing support and employment activities.

We plan to co-manage cases in social psychiatry and addiction to create a more cohesive and effective handling for a target group that often has complex and overlapping needs.

We are now looking for a case officer who wants to help develop our new unit. You will have great opportunities to influence the design of our new working methods. With us, you will contribute to building a new operation with methods that align with the new Social Services Act, where the needs of users are in focus.

A large part of the employees' competence is currently within social psychiatry and LSS. Therefore, we see it as advantageous if you have experience in case management in:

• Harmful use and addiction
• Domestic violence
• Exit programs

Job Description

Your tasks involve authority exercise within the unit's areas with the opportunity for specialized competence in certain areas. Work with the entire target group occurs based on the needs of the operation. In line with the new Social Services Act, the unit's work in providing early support will be developed, which is also part of the role.

As a case officer, you will work both independently and in a structured manner. You will receive and process applications, investigate and analyze the individual's needs, and make decisions about support and interventions in a legally secure manner.

After decisions, you will continuously follow up on the interventions granted. Investigation and follow-up occur, among other things, through conversations and meetings with the individual, and we use IBIC as a methodological support in our work.

Collaboration is an important part of the assignment, both internally and externally. The work includes being able to guide and assist Salem residents within the municipality's services.

Documentation takes place in the operational system Treserva. We work process-oriented, structured, and needs-oriented.

You will be part of a workgroup characterized by a good atmosphere, broad competence, responsibility, generosity, and high ambitions. We offer you, in addition to meaningful work in a pleasant unit, an introduction plan where your previous knowledge is taken into account so that you feel secure and have a good start. We care about a good working environment and your engagement and interest.

Qualifications

To be considered for the position, you meet the following qualifications:

• Degree in social work or other academic education that the employer assesses as equivalent.
• Experience in authority exercise within the unit's areas. Particularly advantageous is experience in authority exercise within harmful use and addiction, domestic violence, and exit programs.
• Good knowledge of legislation, case law, and guidelines within the unit's areas. You have good computer skills and good knowledge of the Swedish language, both written and spoken, as documentation and investigative conversations are required.
• Experience working according to IBIC (Individual Needs in Center) and having worked with authority exercise is advantageous.

As a person, you find it easy to collaborate with others while being able to work independently. You are communicative and resolve conflicts constructively.

The position involves meetings with people in difficult situations and requires a secure and stable personality as well as the ability for self-insight.

You work in a structured manner and contribute to developing work methods. Your working style should be characterized by engagement, drive, and the ability to take personal responsibility.

A B driver's license is advantageous.

Employment Conditions

A permanent position and a temporary position.

Full-time.

Start date: By agreement.

Application deadline: 2026-01-05

We want you to thrive, feel good, and develop with us in Salem Municipality.

We therefore offer you:

• Competence development.
• Wellness allowance or wellness hour.
• When work allows, you can partially work from home.
• A workplace with good relationships.
• A workplace with the advantages of a small municipality. Decision paths are short, and there is proximity to our political decision-makers.
• A workplace that helps across boundaries and where we care for each other.

Interviews will be conducted continuously during the recruitment process.

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 merits will be weighed against other applicants.

Warm welcome with your application!

In preparation for the recruitment work, Salem Municipality has taken a stance on recruitment channels and marketing. We therefore firmly request not to contact media sellers, recruitment sites, and similar.