Stockholm – our capital city with millions of dreams

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 of the City of Stockholm has an overarching and coordinating role for social services' individual and family care and the area of disabilities. Here, we create good conditions 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 licenses and conducts supervision.

Welcome to us

Do you want to help build a completely new citywide function for housing placements?

We are looking for you who want to take a key role in an important community function where your efforts make a difference for children, young people, and adults in need of external housing solutions.

Welcome to a dynamic work environment where you can be involved from the start and shape working methods, processes, and structures in an important operation for the city's social services.

The area of expertise in disabilities and social psychiatry consists of three units. We are a team with broad expertise in social services and the area of disabilities, working with overarching assignments and projects to support the city's social services. Here, among others, investigators, project managers, and caseworkers work.

We are now looking for more colleagues for the unit for central placements. Our office is located in the pleasant Farsta Centrum, close to the subway, restaurants, and shopping, making it easy to get here.

We offer

A unique opportunity to be part of building a new and significant operation from the ground up in a development-oriented and quality-focused organization.

You will be offered a meaningful and varied job where your efforts make a real difference in people's lives. The work involves collaboration in a broad network of both internal and external actors, where you will be a central link in an important assignment. You will become part of an experienced and competent workgroup, with good opportunities for both personal and professional development.

"It is not often that you get the chance to be involved from the beginning and create an operation that truly makes a difference, for people, for social services, and for the entire city."
– Chatarina Rehnström, unit manager, Social Administration of the City of Stockholm

Benefits as an employee of the City of Stockholm, including flexible working hours, wellness grants, vacation exchange, and more. Please read more about our benefits HERE (#). If needed and when it suits the operation, there is an opportunity for remote work.

Your role

The placement officer is responsible for identifying and assessing suitable external housing placements for children, young people, and adults who need to be placed by the district administrations and when needs arise outside the city's framework agreements. The work involves close cooperation with all of the city's district administrations as well as with external providers.

You are responsible for ensuring an efficient and cohesive process for the entire placement, including negotiations and contract writing with providers, in close and ongoing collaboration with the unit's contract officers.

The role is part of the establishment of a new citywide function and involves both operational work and the development of working methods and processes together with your team.

Your tasks include ensuring quality in placements through personal contact, and this work may involve travel both in the local area and other parts of Sweden.

Your skills and experience

To thrive and succeed in the role of placement officer, we believe that you are structured and proactive. You enjoy working both independently and in a team. You drive the process and coordinate planning from start to finish by matching individual needs with the best placement option, actively working to find the best solution in each individual case. We are looking for someone driven by an interest in development, quality work, and citywide working methods. Furthermore, you are clear in both your verbal and written communication. You are relationship-building and enjoy creating good collaborations both internally and externally.

We are looking for you who have:

• A degree in social work or another relevant higher education
• Several years of experience in public authority activities within social services, particularly LSS and children and young people within individual and family care
• Good knowledge of legislation: SoL, LVU, LSS
• Experience with complex placement needs requiring individualized solutions
• Experience with placements outside framework agreements or work with external care providers.

Meritorious:

• Experience from the provider side in relevant areas such as foster homes, LSS, and HVB
• Knowledge of the City of Stockholm's organization, compensation systems, and procurement processes
• Experience in coordination, project management, or the establishment of new operations.

We place great emphasis on your personal qualities, your commitment, and your motivation for the position.

Other

We recruit without a personal letter in this recruitment to strengthen the focus on the competencies and experiences that we value to drive development in the unit. In assessing your application, we will only consider your CV and a number of questions you will be asked to answer when applying for the position. We ask that you respond concretely and briefly to the questions, and that there is a clear connection between your answers and your CV.

Do you want to help shape the future of social services in Stockholm? Welcome with your application!

We look forward to receiving your application and hearing how you want to contribute to our new central function for the procurement of external housing. Together we make a difference!

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