Vacant job

Job Description

As the unit manager for support and prevention, you will be responsible for leading, developing, and following up on the municipality's initiatives and activities aimed at adults and the elderly. This includes the target groups of social services as well as broad preventive measures that reach all residents through open meeting places and activities.

Your work will involve realizing the strategy for sustainable aging and coordinating the municipality-wide efforts toward this goal. The unit manager is also responsible for the development and implementation of projects and initiatives that enable lifestyle changes for the municipality's citizens, focusing on health, participation, and preventive work.

You are expected to switch between strategic and operational issues, handle assignments and questions that arise along the way, and work confidently without being stressed by changes or ongoing matters.

Final candidates will undergo a background check.

As an employee of Vaxholm municipality, you may be placed in a war position in the city.

Vaxholm municipality works with competency-based recruitment aimed at recognizing each person's skills and thus counteracting discrimination.

Working conditions:

The position is a permanent full-time employment 

Application

We conduct ongoing selection, which means we invite for interviews continuously during the application period. To ensure that your application is considered at an early stage, we recommend that you apply immediately. We need your application no later than February 22. Randstad Care is responsible for the recruitment process, but you will be employed by Vaxholm municipality. For more information about the position or for an informal conversation, please contact: Pernilla Håkansson Recruitment Consultant Randstad Care 070–1606446 or [email protected] (mailto:[email protected])

Responsibilities

As a unit manager, you have personnel, operational, work environment, and budget responsibilities. You lead, develop, and follow up on the operations according to legislation, the municipality's goals, and the social welfare board's management system for quality. You ensure the operation's contribution to the municipality's work for sustainable aging. The operations within the unit include meeting places for the elderly, day activities for dementia, family consultants, personal representatives, drug therapists, and senior supporters.

You are expected to integrate and drive the municipality's work with the strategy for sustainable aging and to initiate projects that enable lifestyle changes for citizens. You ensure integration into everyday operations and collaboration with civil society, primary care, and other municipal functions.

An important part of the role is to ensure that the operation is perceived as attractive and accessible. You are responsible for target group-adapted communication aimed at adults and the elderly, even outside social services, and collaborate with the municipality's communication function on campaigns and information initiatives.

You are a strategic link between the municipality and civil society. Together with associations and other actors, you develop forms of collaboration, activities, and joint initiatives that strengthen the municipality's work for an active and sustainable lifestyle.

Your role includes being part of the municipality's system management organization. You ensure that digital systems are used correctly and effectively and contribute to operationally relevant system development, including the implementation of new digital working methods.

You work systematically with follow-up, analysis, and development of the operation and are responsible for implementing the new intentions of the social services act. You also lead stimulation funding projects and innovation work.

If necessary, you participate in daily operations and ensure continuity, good service, and secure operations for citizens.

You report directly to the department head.

Qualifications

Degree in social work or relevant higher education in social work, behavioral science, public health, leadership, or similar

You have extensive experience as a manager within social services or a related field with documented good results

Experience in development work and project management

Experience in adult, elderly, or preventive operations

Preferred qualifications:

·        experience from smaller municipalities with both strategic and operational work

·        experience in work related to public health, lifestyle habits, or sustainable aging

·        knowledge of procurement and contract follow-up

About the Company

Vaxholm Municipality

Vaxholm Municipality is an archipelago municipality with 12,000 inhabitants and large natural areas within walking and cycling distance. Every year, Vaxholm has nearly a million visitors. According to surveys, Vaxholm is the safest municipality in the county. An advanced public transport system with good bus and boat connections allows for pleasant and scenic commuting from central Stockholm and nearby locations. Within the municipality's operations, we currently have about 500 permanent employees working with our residents, business owners, and employees' best interests in mind based on our values of Collaboration, Engagement, and Respect – SER.