Social Worker for Financial Assistance in Stenungsund Municipality

Stenungsund, a good society with confidence in the future and development with humans and nature at the center.

Stenungsund Municipality is an expanding coastal municipality with approximately 28,030 inhabitants, a strong business community, residential environments close to the sea, and good transport links. The municipality has a well-developed cultural and association life, as well as good conditions for outdoor recreation and leisure. The whole, openness, participation, and transparency are the municipality's key words.

The municipality's vision is to reach 35,000 inhabitants by 2035. Stenungsund Municipality is part of the Gothenburg Region Municipal Association, which is a forum for cooperation and experience sharing, as well as in a number of other inter-municipal collaborations.

We work to improve the living conditions for our citizens and are now looking for you who are interested in becoming part of our unit working with Financial Assistance. As a social worker at the Support and Social Security Unit, you need to believe in people's own abilities even when the person you meet may not even believe it themselves. You need to know most things about how society works, and it is an asset if you also have experience working with people who are far from the labor market.

1 position(s).

Job Responsibilities

The work with financial assistance is based on two parts. On the one hand, we work to ensure that people have a reasonable standard of living, and on the other hand, we work to support people in becoming self-sufficient. In your work, you will meet people in different life situations, and your task is to investigate their right to assistance, develop a suitable work plan together with the client, and motivate for change and independence. Great focus is placed on ensuring that everyone receives the right support based on their individual conditions. To make it even better, we collaborate with the Employment Unit (AME). Our goal is that the interventions and methods we use should strengthen people's self-efficacy and facilitate their path to self-sufficiency.

The Riksdag has decided on a new activity requirement for adult persons receiving social assistance. The purpose is to strengthen the path to self-sufficiency by offering meaningful occupation and increasing the opportunity for work or studies. This work has already been initiated in our municipality, and the law comes into force on July 1st.

We have come far in the work of digitizing our applications and processes. This is to free up time from the administrative part of the work. We use this time to strengthen the social work around people who need a lot of support to become self-sufficient.

We are keen on respectful and good treatment, legally secure case processing, and faith in people's own strength.

You will be part of our work group, which today consists of a supervisor and seven social workers who work with reception and implementation. Together with the work group and the Employment Unit, you will be involved in shaping the future support for those we meet.

The methods we use include, among others:

• Creating work plans and implementation plans together with each individual
• Interventions via the Swedish Public Employment Service, AME, Samordningsförbundet Älv och Kust, as well as our own rehabilitation activity Åbacka Garden.
• Collaborating with other units and partners, e.g., through SIP, resource group work, or multi-party meetings.
• IPS method.

Qualifications

You who apply for the position have a degree in social work or other relevant higher education that the employer considers equivalent.

Experience of working within social services is meritorious. Previous experience of working with social assistance is meritorious.

You have a positive attitude and you see the value of collaborating with others so that every person gets access to the right support in their unique situation.

A B-class driver's license is required.

Great importance is attached to personal suitability.

The position may be filled before the application deadline, so do not wait to send in your application!

Employment type: Permanent position.

We strive for an even gender distribution and see diversity as a strength, therefore welcoming applicants with different backgrounds.

In connection with the recruitment process, we have taken a stand regarding recruitment channels and marketing. We therefore expressly decline contact with media sellers, recruitment sites, and similar.

We use e-recruitment to streamline and quality-assure the recruitment process. All your information is saved on your CV account, and you can easily log in and update your information when you want. Therefore, fill in your information as carefully as possible to give a fair picture of yourself.

For salary ranges, we refer to our website: http://www.stenungsund.se/lonestatistik (http://www.stenungsund.se/lonestatistik)

If salary ranges are missing for the current position, you are referred to contact the responsible manager according to the advertisement.

Background checks may be conducted before employment.

We look forward to receiving your application!