Vacant job

Do you want to make a difference – for real?

At Sollefteå Municipality, you contribute every day to ensuring that society functions, grows, and develops. We are nearly 2,000 colleagues who together create security, service, and hope for the future for the municipality's residents.

Here you get more than just a job: you become part of a team characterized by courage, innovation, and pride. We offer excellent opportunities for development and influence – and a work environment that makes it easy to find balance between career and leisure. As an extra bonus, you have access to health and wellness allowances, free cross-country skiing at Hallstaberget, free swimming at several of our facilities, and much more.

And perhaps the best of all: you get to work in a municipality where magnificent nature meets small-town charm, where the community is strong and confidence in the future is clear.

Workplace Description

One of our employees is retiring, so we are looking for a new team member.

As a Social Secretary/Case Manager, you have an important job where you create value for the people around you every day. Do you have a strong sense of responsibility and focus on individuals' specific needs? Then you might be the person we are looking for. The unit is part of the main department for care and social services and belongs to the Individual and Family Care (IFO) operations.

Welcome to us!

1 position(s).

Responsibilities

As a Social Secretary specializing in elderly care, you work from a holistic perspective and meet users with the starting point of strengthening their own abilities and the individual's continued independence. Your main tasks are to investigate and assess needs, follow up on the measures you approve, and ensure that the measure meets the individual's needs regarding, among other things, home help services, day activities, residential care, short-term stays, and special housing primarily for elderly persons.

You handle cases within current legislation (Social Services Act), current legal situations, and established guidelines. We work with continuous case management in groups. Case handling and documentation take place in the business system Life Care. We base our assessments on the IBIC model to describe, assess, and follow up on the individual's needs.

Your duties also include participating in network meetings, writing statements, being responsible for phone hours, and actively participating in ongoing development work. The work requires secure case handling where you, as the case manager, must ensure that the applicant is involved and able to express their views. You have close cooperation with the individual, relatives, providers, colleagues, as well as other professions and authorities. The work is focused on quality and legal security with the user in focus.

We offer you support structures in the form of introduction programs, mentorship, unit meetings, collegial supervision, external supervision, basic and targeted educational initiatives, as well as health and wellness hours/allowances.

With us, you become an important person!

Qualifications

We are looking for you who have a degree in Social Work (Social Worker).

Experience from previous work within social services is considered meritorious.

You have an interest in working with people in different life stages. You are independent, have good cooperation skills, are responsible, and have the ability to create trust-building meetings. As a person, you are used to taking personal responsibility for your workday, planning and completing your tasks in a legally secure and efficient manner. Your tasks require that you are flexible, see opportunities in changes, and are meticulous. You can express yourself clearly and well-formulated in speech and writing.

The Social Services in Sollefteå strive to work systematically, and you should have the ability to see and work from people's own strengths and resources.

Great importance is attached to personal suitability.

A B-class driver's license is a requirement.

Employment Type

Permanent employment.

Duration: Permanent.

Other Information

In Sollefteå Municipality, a number of positions are placed in security classes according to the Security Protection Act (2018:585). For these positions, security clearance is included in the employment procedure.

Criminal Record Extract: For positions within elderly care, operations for persons with disabilities, and operations for children and young people, a check of the criminal record extract is included as part of the recruitment process. A form to order a criminal record extract can be downloaded from the Police website: http://polisen.se (http://polisen.se)

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When we have received your application, you will receive a confirmation via email.

We strive for diversity and equal gender distribution within Sollefteå Municipality.

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