Team Leader for the Unit for Persons with Disabilities

Stockholm – our capital city with millions of dreams, expectations, and ambitions. We work for everyone living here today and in the future. We are now looking for someone who wants to think big, new, and differently with us – for the people of Stockholm.

Bromma City District Administration offers you a workplace where your contributions can truly make a difference and contribute to the community benefit in a growing district. Here, active employee participation and clear leadership are the foundation for a developing operation.

Welcome to us

The Department of Social Services and Leisure in Bromma City District Administration consists of four different areas.

We are now looking for a team leader for the Unit for Persons with Disabilities, which is one of four units within the Adult Area. The remaining three units in the area are the Unit for Addiction and Social Psychiatry and the Units for Housing and Support Measures 1 and 2.

The Unit for Persons with Disabilities is led by a unit manager and by you - our new team leader.

The unit is a commissioning unit with 18 employees. The unit is led by a unit manager and a team leader. Additionally, the unit consists of 14 caseworkers (4 caseworkers working with children and 10 caseworkers working with adults), a contact secretary, and an administrative officer.

We offer

You will be part of a stable and competent workgroup that enjoys working together with high engagement for our target groups and social work. We are located in a nice activity-based office in Bromma Blocks. In Bromma SDF, we utilize employees' competencies and collaborate across unit boundaries. Here, we work closely together, support and inspire each other, and jointly drive development forward. Our goal is always to create high quality and the best possible support for our users. We apply winter and summer working hours as well as flexible hours and wellness benefits. Read more about our benefits in Stockholm City here: Employee Benefits - Stockholm City (https://www.stockholm.se/for-medarbetare/for-medarbetare/).

Your role

As a team leader, you work on behalf of the unit manager and actively contribute to good leadership within the unit. You are the closest supervisor for the caseworkers and support them both in decision-making and in social work.

Your responsibilities as a team leader include:

• Supporting and coaching employees in complex cases
• Leading case discussions in groups and individually with employees
• Supporting employees in decisions about interventions
• Supporting employees in statements and appeals and representing the board in court negotiations
• Ensuring that employees make legally secure decisions
• Participating in the development of the unit's routines and working methods
• Together with the unit manager, being responsible for the introduction of new employees
• Representing the operation in collaborative forums both internally and externally
• Managing planning and prioritization during employee absences and ensuring that daily operations function in consultation with the manager
• Adhering to and participating in changed working methods if such are implemented
• Making decisions in accordance with the applicable delegation order

Your qualifications and experience

You have a degree in social work and several years of experience in public authority operations within the area of disabilities. You have very good knowledge of applicable legislation, regulations, and guidelines that govern the work. As a team leader, we want you to be structured and stable and have an understanding of budget management. You find it easy to coach and teach others, to learn new things yourself, and to work towards set goals with a holistic perspective. You are flexible and understand the importance of close and operational leadership and can make quick decisions when the work requires it.

Desirable experience

Experience in leadership
Good knowledge of Stockholm City's social IT systems
Work experience from Stockholm City as an employer
Experience of working within a politically governed organization
Great emphasis will be placed on personal suitability.

Interviews will be conducted continuously during the application period.

Warm welcome with your application!
Stockholm City works with competency-based recruitment aimed at recognizing each person's competencies and thereby counteracting discrimination.

For any interview, please bring a Swedish/EU EES ID document or passport as well as relevant original documents for the position, educational certificates, any issued professional licenses, certificates, or work permits.

To work for Stockholm City with children, youth, the elderly, and persons with disabilities, including work in their homes, you must provide an extract from the Police's criminal and suspicion register. For work with LSS interventions for children with disabilities, you must submit an extract from the Police's criminal register. You will order the extract yourself, and it should not be older than six months, or one year for work with children, from the date of issue.