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Group Leader for Vista Support Housing, Acute & Investigation

Do you want to lead an engaged team that makes a real difference for people in need of support every day?
We are now looking for a secure, experienced, and structured group leader for one of our support housing facilities for adults with harmful use and dependency. With us, you will have a meaningful role where you both lead the operations closely with employees and contribute to development that enables our residents to have better conditions in life.

About the operation

Our housing has three assignments where the support housing part offers a safe living environment with a focus on motivational work, recovery, and support in creating a more stable everyday life. The other parts of the housing consist of an investigation section where the task is to assist the Authority for Harmful Use and Dependency, and where we conduct assessments regarding the individual's needs. Vista also receives adults with harmful use and/or dependency who have become acutely homeless, and the task is to establish initial contact with authorities for further planning. We work with low-arousal approaches, harm reduction, individually tailored support, and close collaboration with healthcare, social services, and other actors.

Your responsibilities

As a group leader, you have a central role in creating a functioning and professional everyday life at the housing. You will:

- Lead and distribute the operational work daily together with the employees
- Be a support in methodological issues, interaction, and structure in the team's work
- Ensure quality and compliance in implementation plans and documentation
- Create safety and participation for the residents through a present leadership
- Collaborate internally and externally with other units and actors
- Participate in operational development, routine work, and follow-up
- Work both operationally in the business and with management assignments according to agreements with the results unit manager

Who are you?

As a person, you are unpretentious, calm, and solution-focused. You build trust, can motivate others, and find it easy to collaborate. You have a positive attitude and the ability to remain steady in a daily life where much is unforeseen. You should be able to function as a role model for Södertälje municipality's values and let them permeate all parts of the operation, both in theory and in practical everyday life. We place great importance on personal suitability.

Requirements:
We are looking for someone who has:
- Post-secondary education relevant to the assignment, e.g., social pedagogue, treatment assistant, behavioral scientist, or other education deemed equivalent by the employer
- At least 10 years of experience in social work within harmful use/dependency, social psychiatry, or related fields
- Good knowledge of the Social Services Act (SoL) and applicable guidelines
- At least 5 years of experience in leading, mentoring, or coordinating workgroups
- Good ability to structure, prioritize, and communicate clearly
- Confidence in meeting people in vulnerable life situations
- A valid driver's license (B)

Meritorious:
- Training in evidence-based methods in the field; e.g., MI, CRA, ÅP, CM/RACT, LAB, ASI, and domestic violence, etc.
- Experience in working and leading in operations for people in acute homelessness

We offer you

A meaningful and developing job close to both employees and residents
The opportunity to influence and develop the operation
Professional development and support in your leadership
A workplace where engagement, quality, and care are at the center
Joint development time with your colleagues every week
Monthly supervision with an external supervisor
Wellness allowance of 3000 SEK per year
A smoke-free workplace

As an employee of Södertälje municipality, you are offered a secure employment, good employment conditions and work environment, professional development, and several benefits. Please read more about us on our website and for more information about our benefits: https://www.sodertalje.se/formaner (https://www.sodertalje.se/kommun-och-politik/jobba-hos-oss/formaner/)

Welcome to us!

Other

Selection and interviews may take place continuously during the application period.
Södertälje municipality works with competency-based recruitment methodology to counteract discrimination and promote diversity in the workplace.
We have many positions where we conduct a background check. A background extract (criminal record and suspicion register) from the Police Authority may therefore need to be presented by the candidate before a hiring decision.

An employment with us may involve placement in a security class. A security review with a background check according to the Security Protection Act (2018:585) may therefore be conducted before a hiring decision. For some of our tasks in security class, Swedish citizenship is required.