We are looking for a social worker for a parental leave position (until 261231)

About us

The authority function consists of about sixty employees working in pleasant offices by Lund Central Station. We have our own health promoters and have received an award as a health-promoting workplace, step 2. As an employee with us, you have access to various benefits such as wellness grants. You can read more about our benefits at www.lund.se/formaner (http://www.lund.se/formaner).

Are you a qualified social worker, enjoy working with people, and have a sense of responsibility? Then you may be the one we are looking for in the role of social worker!

Job Responsibilities

As a social worker in the authority function for elderly people and people with disabilities, you will work to ensure legal security and participation according to the investigation method IBIC (individual needs in focus).

As a caseworker, you are responsible for investigating and assessing needs, making decisions, and following up on interventions according to the Social Services Act. The role also includes informing and guiding the municipality's citizens to the right support and assistance. This is done through meetings with the individual, relatives, other authorities, and care providers. Your assignment also involves following up and ensuring quality in the individual case and being responsible for outreach activities for the target group.

To thrive in the role, you easily adapt to changing circumstances and choose to see opportunities and solutions. In your interactions with others, you are trustworthy and respectful.

Working for high quality with satisfied users and a good work environment is an important part of the assignment and something we believe motivates you. In the unit, we continuously work to improve our methods and practices.

We offer you a fun and stimulating job with good opportunities for personal development. To ensure you feel secure in the role of social worker with us, you will have access to a mentor to support you in your new job.

Qualifications

To be considered for the position, you must have a degree in social work or social care according to the previously applicable curriculum, with good knowledge of the application of current legislation and preferably experience in authority exercise according to the Social Services Act.

The work requires independence but also demands close collaboration with other professionals around the user. For this, you need to create good working relationships, have strong communication skills, and maintain a professional approach.

We expect you to have good organizational skills, knowledge in administration and documentation. You possess social competence, empathetic ability, and are attentive in your contact with applicants. It is important that you work with the individual's needs in focus.

We use the documentation systems Procapita and Lifecare as well as the operational system Mina Planer and would prefer that you have experience with these. You have a good ability to express yourself in Swedish in both speech and writing.

In this recruitment, we are working with ongoing selection, so please submit your application today.

Warm welcome with your application!

Before employment for positions involving care and support work, you need to provide an acceptable extract from the criminal record:

https://polisen.se/tjanster-tillstand/belastningsregistret/kontrollera-dina-uppgifter-i-belastningsregistret/ (https://polisen.se/tjanster-tillstand/belastningsregistret/kontrollera-dina-uppgifter-i-belastningsregistret/)

For work within LSS, you also need to order:

https://polisen.se/tjanster-tillstand/belastningsregistret/barn-med-funktionsnedsattning/ (https://polisen.se/tjanster-tillstand/belastningsregistret/barn-med-funktionsnedsattning/)

Within the care and support administration, approximately 3,400 employees work to ensure that elderly people and individuals with disabilities can live an active, social, and meaningful life on their own terms. We are responsible for the municipality's elderly homes, home care, support for people with disabilities, home healthcare, and meeting places for seniors. With us, each individual's needs are at the center, and our operations are characterized by participation, choice, flexibility, and quality with respect for the individual's integrity and self-determination.

Here you have the space to grow. Within Lund Municipality, we place knowledge at the center and create opportunities for development in working life. We offer an inclusive work environment and the chance to influence and make a difference. Do you want to be one of us?