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Stockholm – our capital city with millions of dreams, expectations, and ambitions. We work for everyone living here today and in the future. We are now looking for you who want to think big, new, and differently with us – for the people of Stockholm.

The Social Administration in the City of Stockholm has a comprehensive and coordinating role for social services' individual and family care and the area of disabilities. Here, good conditions are created to meet residents in need of social services support. In close collaboration with the district administrations, we contribute to a modern, digital, legally secure, equal, and knowledge-based social service, and we have a strong focus on development. Within the administration, a wide range of support measures are offered to the city's residents, and the offerings change based on the needs of Stockholmers and the wishes of the district administrations. The work often occurs in close cooperation with other authorities, civil society, and the business community. The Social Administration is also responsible for the city's serving and tobacco permits and conducts supervision.

Grimman

Grimman is a drug-tolerant emergency accommodation for men over 20 years old with substance abuse, mental health issues, and/or other social problems who need support from social services.

Grimman has 39 places, and we offer support measures based on individual needs. The staff consists of a unit manager, group leaders, and treatment assistants. We have male and female staff available around the clock, and we are located in Södermalm in Stockholm and Aspudden.

We offer

We offer a temporary position from 1/1 -26 to 30/4 -26 with a possibility of extension.

Your role

The work offers varied tasks as our mission is to assist our residents out of homelessness. As a treatment assistant, you will be responsible together with colleagues for everyday tasks such as: Admission and discharge of clients. Contact with social emergency services. Conversations with admitted clients. Conversations with affected clients. Conversations with unmedicated mentally ill clients. Control at entry. Conflict management between clients. Assessment of the degree of influence before admission. Setting boundaries. Feedback to caseworkers. The tasks also include various practical duties such as handling meals, cleaning, and making orders, etc. We are looking for someone who has personal maturity, is self-sufficient, stable, and has good collaboration skills. Sometimes changes occur quickly, and therefore it is important that you are flexible and loyal and have good empathetic abilities. We have an emergency-driven operation with individual assessments, which requires courage and maturity. It is often a complex job where one must use many different skills. The work includes both challenges and joy. We have a good relationship with our clients, and the staff group is stable and secure.

Your competence and experience

You need to have experience working with adult substance abusers, those with mental health issues, and/or co-occurring disorders. It is advantageous if you have worked in an emergency accommodation or another residence for substance abusers. You need to have knowledge of addiction and mental health issues. You need to have basic IT skills as documentation is a significant part of the work. It is also necessary that you can handle the Swedish language both in speech and writing.

The City of Stockholm works with competency-based recruitment aimed at recognizing each person's competencies and thereby counteracting discrimination.