Vacant job

The Care Office is undergoing a significant transformation due to the new Social Services Act. To meet the law's intentions for a more preventive, accessible, and knowledge-based social service, we are now seeking an operations strategist to lead and drive the transformation work. The Care Office is responsible for services to the elderly and people with disabilities. We work on behalf of the care committee and the elderly care committee. You will belong to the quality and development unit, which is part of the Care Office's staff. The working group consists of colleagues who are operations strategists, MAS (medically responsible nurse), MAR (medically responsible for rehabilitation), and executive secretaries.

Your responsibilities

As one of the operations strategists within the Care Office's staff, you will support and drive the change work related to the implementation of the new Social Services Act.

Some examples of work areas:
- Strategic planning to translate the intentions of the legislation into practical work
- Collaborate with managers, employees, support functions, and external actors
- Contribute to competence development and shared understanding of the new legislation
- Ensure a holistic perspective where quality, legal security, and operational benefit are considered
- Draft decision matters for the committees

Who are you?

Do you dream of being part of shaping the future of care and support for the elderly and people with disabilities?
An organization where we work health-promoting and individually tailored.
Where users feel safety, participation, and joy.
Where employees feel pride, engagement, and job satisfaction.
And where we together take responsibility for a modern, sustainable, and developing service.

THEN you are the one we are looking for!

Requirements:
- Degree in social work or other relevant academic education deemed equivalent
- Several years of experience working within municipal social services
- Good knowledge of current and new social services legislation

Meritorious:
- Experience from working in elderly care and/or disability care
- Knowledge of or experience working according to SoL and/or LSS
- Experience of operational change work
- Education in project or change management

Personal qualities:
- Structured, self-driven, and solution-oriented
- Unpretentious and relationship-building
- Development-oriented with the ability to create engagement and participation
- Ability to see the whole while managing details
- Experience in project management and/or change management
- Ability to work strategically and operationally in a politically governed organization
- Good analytical skills and experience in quality and follow-up work
- Very good communication skills in spoken and written Swedish
- Ability to plan, structure, and drive complex processes

We place great importance on your personal qualities.

We offer you

With us, you will have a meaningful job where you contribute to creating good conditions for the elderly and people with disabilities. We value our employees and offer an open and inclusive workplace with great opportunities to influence and develop. With a focus on the citizen, we encourage innovation, creativity, and active participation in development and change work, with the ambition to work sustainably through quality, digitalization, and competence development. Södertälje City Hall is centrally located in Södertälje. Good communication routes both by bus and commuter train. We have an open office landscape, with free placement based on your needs for the day.
As an employee of Södertälje Municipality, you are offered a secure employment, good employment conditions and work environment, competence 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 competence-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 decision on employment.
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 decision on employment. For some of our tasks in security class, Swedish citizenship is required.