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Welcome to Smedjebacken Municipality!

We are a municipality that, with a solid and stable economy as a foundation and residents as our focus, actively works on development with the goal of achieving the best possible operations. As an employer, our strengths are lack of hierarchy, dialogue, and short decision-making paths. We are convinced that together we can live up to our core values where welcoming, engagement, security, and confidence in the future are our guiding principles.

Employment and Integration Department

Welcome to the Employment and Integration Department and the Community Planning Administration! We are a team that makes a real difference and look forward to building a more inclusive society together with you. As an employment caseworker with us, you will become part of a close-knit and non-hierarchical team. Here you will receive a secure permanent position in a stable organization, combined with the excitement of helping to shape the implementation of the government's new activity requirements.

Job Responsibilities

As an employment caseworker, you are the engine behind the individual's journey of change. You work operationally and closely with individuals, but always keep the strategic goal of self-sufficiency in sight.

Focus areas:

• Method-based coaching: Guiding and motivating participants through mapping and action plans. We work in a method-driven manner to create real progression.
• Matching and internships: Developing and following up on participants, as well as creating bridges to the local business community.
• Collaboration that makes a difference: Being the link between the individual and actors such as the Swedish Public Employment Service (Arbetsförmedlingen), the Swedish Social Insurance Agency (Försäkringskassan), and Social Services (IFO).
• Future processes: Playing a key role in implementing the new activity requirements and ensuring that our working methods are both effective and legally secure.

Qualifications

Requirements:

• University degree in behavioral science, social work, or other education deemed relevant by the employer for the position.
• Work experience within labor market issues.
• Computer literacy.
• Valid driver's license (Category B).

Merits:

• Experience with the BIP/Supported Employment method or solution-focused working methods.

Personal Attributes

• Solution-focused: You see opportunities where others see obstacles and thrive working independently.
• Relationship builder: You easily build trust, both with participants and with our collaboration partners.
• Structured: You keep your processes organized and are driven by seeing measurable results.

What We Offer

We offer a workplace in a welcoming municipality characterized by engagement, security, and confidence in the future. We believe in dialogue as a tool for development and value short decision-making paths and a non-hierarchical approach. Occupational health and safety work is in focus, with the aim that working life should be sustainable, healthy, and secure for all employees. You can read more about the benefits we offer at smedjebacken.se.

We warmly welcome your application!

Additional Information

In connection with a job offer, the candidate offered the position will need to prove their citizenship. This can be done with a passport or alternatively a certificate of registration together with an ID document. If you are not a citizen of Sweden, the EU, EEA, or Switzerland, you must show that you have a valid work permit or are exempt from the requirement to have a work permit. Employment can only take place after verification of the work permit, as required by the Aliens Ordinance.

We kindly but firmly decline all contact with advertisers and staffing agencies in the recruitment process, as the selection of recruitment channels has already been decided for this recruitment.

Read more at smedjebacken.se (https://smedjebacken.se) about how we handle your personal data according to GDPR. All recruitment is conducted digitally and via our external link to the recruitment system Webcruiter. If you have problems registering your CV, please contact Webcruiter support. If you have protected personal data, contact the personnel department via the municipality's switchboard for assistance with your application.

Contact Information

Mohammed Aden, Department Manager, 0240-660 088, [email protected]

Union Representative Vision, Reachable via the municipality's switchboard, 0240-660 000

Workplace

Vasagatan 17
777 30 Smedjebacken

Important Information:

Employer: Smedjebacken Municipality
Ref. No.: 5124930654
Scope of position: 100%
Permanent position
Start date: 2026-08-03
Application deadline: 2026-06-07