Employment Consultant at JobbCenter in Boden Municipality

At Boden Municipality, you become part of societal development and work on solutions for a sustainable future. You will be met with support, trust, and opportunities for growth – together with engaged colleagues.

We believe in daring to try new things and offer secure conditions as well as meaningful work, both in your professional role and as a human being.

Read more about what we offer at www.boden.se/jobbaiboden (https://www.boden.se/jobbaiboden).

About the Position

1 position.

Welcome to JobbCenter! Do you want to work closely with people and contribute to giving more individuals the opportunity to take steps towards work, studies, self-support, and increased self-determination? Here, you will find meaningful work where you make a concrete difference in people's daily lives. You will work in a business where collaboration, structure, development, and human encounters are at the center. Together, we create conditions for participants to grow, contribute, and take the next step. We believe it is important that employees enjoy their work, which is why we actively work on hospitality and a good work environment.

We are now looking for an Employment Consultant who wants to develop this important work together with us.

As an Employment Consultant, you have the coordinated responsibility for the individual's steps towards self-support, together with colleagues at JobbCenter, the Individual and Family Care administration, employers, and other collaborating partners. You work with clear and individually adapted paths forward to support the individual's need for labor market-oriented interventions, guidance, and practical activities to move closer to self-support.

The work involves meeting people where they are while simultaneously keeping the direction towards work, studies, or other sustainable steps forward for the individual. Among other things, you will:

• Conduct individual mapping of experiences, competencies, challenges, resources, and goals.
• Work motivationally and clarify the need for support, as well as closely follow and document the individual's steps towards work, studies, or other self-support.
• Create feasible activity plans together with the individual and relevant actors.
• Match individuals to municipal activities, work training, internships, studies, or other developmental interventions.
• Build relationships and collaborate with social services, the Swedish Public Employment Service, educational providers, employers, and internal operations.

About You

We are looking for someone with a strong commitment to people, labor market issues, and social benefit. You have a good ability to build relationships, set clear demands, and at the same time provide professional support, as well as being able to document your work. You are skilled at collaborating with colleagues, other workplaces, authorities, and other actors, and you see the team surrounding the individual as crucial for success.

You are confident in meeting people in various life situations, can handle difficult conversations, and still remain steadfast in your mission. You can work in a structured, independent, and solution-focused manner, even when the path forward is not obvious.

Qualifications

We are looking for someone who has:

• A completed university degree in one or more of the following areas: Social Work, Behavioral Science, Pedagogy, Labor Market, Study and Career Guidance, or other education/experience that the employer deems equivalent.
• Natural proficiency in working with digital systems and the Office environment.
• A valid B-class driver's license.

Merits:

• Experience working with individuals who are somewhat distant from the labor market, receive social assistance, have health issues, disabilities, substance abuse issues, criminal backgrounds, language barriers, or other support needs.
• Experience coordinating interventions between the individual, authorities, internal operations, and employers.
• Experience working within municipal labor market activities.
• Knowledge of motivational interviewing, Supported Employment, solution-focused approaches, or similar methods.

Employment Terms

Employment type: Permanent position.

An extract from the criminal record will be requested from the candidate offered the position due to the nature of the work.

We value an even age and gender distribution as well as diversity in all professional fields. We therefore welcome male applicants.

We have a smoke-free workplace and offer one wellness hour per week and a wellness allowance.

When applying for a job with us, we want you to use our e-recruitment system. This ensures that the handling of your application is efficient, fast, and secure.

Before the recruitment process, Boden Municipality has taken a stance on recruitment channels. We politely but firmly decline all contact with media sales, recruitment agencies, or similar in this recruitment.