Do you want to help make Gävle even better with us?

In Gävle Municipality, we work together with dedication to offer our residents a safe and inspiring environment. We offer you a trustworthy workplace where you can develop in your work and grow as a person. Welcome with your application!

Welfare Gävle is growing, and we therefore need to expand with more case officers. In the investigation unit for LSS and Social Psychiatry, we are currently about 30 employees, and we now need to expand with additional case officers for processing under SoL, the Social Services Act. We work in teams led by a senior case officer. Meetings within the teams occur weekly. We systematically and actively work with operational improvements through focus groups, where your knowledge and participation are valued. We care about a good working environment with close leadership and guidance, and as a new employee, you have an introduction plan and access to a mentor. We are located in nice premises, private offices, right in central Gävle city with close train and bus connections. Warm welcome to apply for a position with us!

JOB DESCRIPTION

Are you a person who enjoys collaborating, is motivated by shared goals, and contributes to a positive team spirit? In this role, you work independently but are also part of a dynamic workgroup where your competence is truly valued.

In the unit, we handle the target group of Social Psychiatry and LSS, and you primarily work within a legal framework. This means that as a case officer within the legal framework of SoL, the Social Services Act, you will investigate SoL applications for both social psychiatry and for groups under LSS where SoL interventions are relevant, and as an LSS case officer, you will investigate applications under the Act on Support and Service for Certain Disabled Persons.

• As a case officer within the legal framework of SoL, your primary task is to investigate, assess, and make decisions about the need for support and interventions.
• You also work with advice, planning, coordination, and follow-up of decisions, in close collaboration with other case officers and various internal and external actors.
• You follow statutory requirements, policies, and instructions, and adhere to set timelines.

QUALIFICATIONS

Formal competencies:

• Degree in Social Work or a degree from a social care program
• Driver's license (B)
• Experience driving a car

Experience as a case officer, previous work within the operational area, and experience of authority exercise are advantageous for the position.

To succeed in this role, you are:

• Structured: You have the ability to see what needs to be prioritized and organized, are efficient, and use resources to achieve results in the best possible way.
• Stable: You instill confidence, create trust and reliability.
• Collaborative: You are good at building networks and creating contacts. For you, it is natural to start from the meeting with clients, relatives, and each other.
• Communicative: You are a good communicator, adapting your language to different situations and different recipients.
• Quality-conscious: You follow statutory requirements, policies, and instructions and adhere to set timelines. By working according to applicable guidelines and established processes, you ensure that the work maintains high quality and the right standard.

OTHER

We offer you

You are important to us! As an employee of Gävle Municipality, you have:

• generous vacation terms, and as a new employee, you are entitled to paid vacation already during your first year of employment
• compensation for wellness and exercise when you have been employed for more than three months
• various insurances through our collective agreements, for example, health insurance and occupational injury insurance.

Read more about our benefits here: https://www.gavle.se/formaner (https://www.gavle.se/formaner)

Our values

Quality, responsiveness, and collaboration are the most important success factors for solving our mission in the best way. To do the right things and act wisely in our daily lives, it is important that we base our actions on our collectively stated values.

Read more about us as an employer and what it is like to work in Gävle Municipality here: https://www.gavle.se/jobbahososs (https://www.gavle.se/jobbahososs)

Here you can read more about our organization: https://www.gavle.se/kommun-och-politik/kommunens-organisation/ (https://www.gavle.se/kommun-och-politik/kommunens-organisation/)

Gävle Municipality belongs to the Finnish administrative area. Therefore, if you also speak Finnish in addition to our other competency requirements, it can be an asset.