Welcome to the Authority Department, Unit SVU/Short-term!

With us, we work together to create safe and well-functioning solutions for people in need of support. We are now looking for a social worker to our team who wants to make a difference through a professional and caring approach.

We are a workgroup that enjoys working together and values collaboration, openness, and shared responsibility in our cases. By sharing knowledge and supporting each other, we create a holistic view of the individuals we support.

The team consists of 10 social workers, 5 nurses, 3 occupational therapists, 3 physiotherapists, and an assistant – a cross-professional group with broad competence and diverse experiences.

Warm welcome with your application!

Job Responsibilities

As a social worker in the care planning team, you are responsible, together with your colleagues, for authority decisions according to the Social Services Act upon discharge from inpatient care and for follow-up of short-term decisions.

Your daily work as a social worker includes investigation, decision-making, and authority exercise. This means that you will analyze individual needs and make well-founded decisions about appropriate interventions after discharge from hospital and short-term housing.

In your role as a social worker, you collaborate in a team with other professional groups, both internally and externally.

Are you curious about what the work as a social worker with us can look like? Please read this article: Michaela feels she is developing in her daily work - Malmö City (https://www.malmo.se/michaela)

Qualifications

We are looking for someone who has:

• Degree in Social Work (210 credits)
• At least one year of experience in authority exercise
• Good knowledge of applicable legislation and practice, as well as experience in documenting and justifying decisions in a clear and legally secure manner
• Experience using a computer as a working tool and a willingness and ability to quickly familiarize yourself with new programs and systems
• Very good knowledge of Swedish, both spoken and written

It is advantageous if you have experience in:

• SVU process and follow-up of short-term decisions
• Cross-professional work
• Operational systems Lifecare and Mina planer

We are looking for someone who is curious, engaged, and wants to contribute to both their own and the team's development. You are self-driven, take initiative, and make decisions responsibly, while also collaborating well and showing loyalty to both the team and the organization's common goals. With good adaptability and a positive attitude, you handle changes and different situations calmly and professionally. With us, you will have the opportunity to grow in your role and be part of a supportive team that always places the holistic view of the individuals we support at the center.

You will be offered a thorough introduction that we adapt based on you as a person and your knowledge and experience level. We are keen to have the right person in the right place and therefore place great importance on personal suitability!

About the Workplace

The Authority Department in the Health, Care, and Social Services Administration is organized into three units, one of which is responsible for collaboration and planning upon discharge from inpatient care and follow-up of short-term decisions. In everyday language, we call ourselves SVU, an abbreviation of collaboration upon discharge from inpatient health care. The unit consists of about 80 employees divided into three sections with cross-professional teams including social workers, nurses, occupational therapists, physiotherapists, and assistants. The professions in the team decide based on their assignments on the need for interventions according to the Social Services Act (SoL) and interventions according to the Health and Medical Services Act (HSL).

The activities of Malmö City are organized into 14 administrations. Our common mission is to create welfare and sustainable community development. Together with the residents of Malmö, we are developing an even better city to live, work, and be in; differences, life experiences, and talents make Malmö a smart city in the heart of Europe. The world's knowledge is here.

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Information about the Position

Employment type: Permanent
Scope: Full-time
Number of positions: 1
Start date: April 1 or by agreement

Ongoing selection and interviews will be applied

Criminal Record Extract

When you apply for a job with us, we will ask you to show an extract from the Police Criminal Record. You need to request an extract from the Criminal Record yourself, and you can do this via a form that you can find on the police's website: http://bit.ly/polisens-blankett (http://bit.ly/polisens-blankett)

When you have received your extract, you will then present it to the recruiting manager. Please note that the normal processing time at the police is about two weeks, so please order the extract when you apply for the position. Here you can read more: http://bit.ly/Information-om-utdrag (http://bit.ly/Information-om-utdrag)

Other

Please note that in Malmö City, we have removed the personal letter from the application process and replaced it with selection questions, this for a more inclusive recruitment process and an efficient candidate experience for you applying for a job with us. Your answers will be an important part of our selection work.

Malmö City strives for employees to reflect the diversity that exists among the population. We therefore welcome applicants who can contribute to ensuring that we as an employer can meet the needs of Malmö residents.

Malmö City has been a Finnish administrative area since 2015. This means that the municipality must inform about the rights of the Finnish minority, provide elderly care entirely or to a significant extent in Finnish, and promote the Finnish language and Finnish culture. It also means a right to use Finnish in contact with us in the municipality. Since Malmö City is a Finnish administrative area, it is advantageous if you can speak Finnish. Warm welcome with your application! / Tervetuloa hakemuksesi kanssa!