Welcome to Sundsvall Municipality!

Sundsvall Municipality is one of Northern Sweden's largest employers with around 8,000 employees and over 300 professions. Together, we fulfill one of society's most important missions – to create benefit and value for residents, businesses, and future generations. Regardless of the activity, we work towards the same goal: to be a great place to live, work, and thrive.

We are currently in an exciting phase of development. We are a pioneer in digital development and artificial intelligence, leading the way in creating smart solutions for the future of the public sector.

Sundsvall plays a central role in the green transition in Northern Sweden. We are convinced that the right places for this transition are here. As a municipality, we are preparing to grow by preparing land, creating new educational opportunities, marketing the municipality, and welcoming new residents from all over the world.

Your new workplace

The Department of Individual and Labor Market Affairs (IAF) is responsible for social services, the municipality's labor market measures, adult education, and refugee reception.

We create conditions for learning and work, improved living situations for those with mental health issues and substance abuse, safe growing conditions, and reduced social exclusion. We increase opportunities for individuals to achieve self-sufficiency. We work preventively, and based on the individual's needs and possibilities, we provide the right support at the right time.

Do you want to contribute to people's transformation towards self-sufficiency and independence in Sundsvall Municipality? We are currently seeking several substitutes for processing economic assistance.

The area of work and support has the task of promoting economic and social security for individuals by helping those without income to achieve self-sufficiency. This is done within the framework of economic assistance. The unit consists of three workgroups that handle economic assistance: the Reception Group, Team South, and North. We are looking for summer substitutes for all groups during the period of June to August, with start dates as agreed.

The substitutes will start on 2026-06-08 and end on 2026-08-14.

Your contribution as a social worker

The role of the social worker within economic assistance is to investigate, assess, and decide on the right to economic assistance according to the Social Services Act. The work involves close collaboration with individuals to support, motivate, and investigate their conditions on the path to self-sufficiency. The aim is for this work to be carried out through good cooperation with other units within the department, the Employment Service, the Social Insurance Agency, healthcare, and other partners.

The work involves exercising authority in connection with the processing of economic assistance. You will work independently but also closely with your colleagues in the workgroup and receive support from management. The Reception Group handles and investigates the initial need for economic assistance. Team South and North work on investigating the right to long-term support.

Your qualifications and experience

We are looking for someone with a university degree in social work, behavioral science, rehabilitation science, or other education deemed equivalent by the employer, or you have ongoing education in the proposed fields.

Meritorious:

• Experience in social services or work involving authority.
• MI - Motivational Interviewing
• Education in social law.

We place great importance on personal suitability!

Good to know

Are you interested in learning more about Sundsvall? Visit www.sundsvall.se (http://www.sundsvall.se) or if you are interested in what it would be like to live and work in Sundsvall, you can read more on.

We strive for a drug-free work environment and drug testing may occur upon hiring of staff. We apply smoke-free working hours.

In Sundsvall Municipality, we embrace diversity and welcome employees from various backgrounds. We value the benefits that gender balance and diversity bring to our operations and work to ensure our workplaces are accessible to all.

To ensure a quality recruitment process and facilitate good communication with our applicants, we ask you to apply for the position through the link in this ad.

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