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About the Workplace

The Social Services Administration Hisingen is part of the social services in the City of Gothenburg. We are one of four social services administrations. We work purposefully to create a better everyday life for the residents of Hisingen. We offer support within individual and family care, social emergency services, assistance with addiction and integration issues. We also work with leisure activities and preventive work regarding public health, urban planning, local safety initiatives, and integration issues.

Do you want to help continue developing the Reception Unit for Social Assistance within the Social Services Administration Hisingen? Are you looking for a job with varied tasks, a fast pace, and daily meetings with new people in different life situations? We are in an exciting phase of development and are now looking for a new colleague who wants to become part of an engaged team of social workers who feel a strong commitment to those we serve. Welcome with your application!

Job Responsibilities

The Reception Unit is the face of the administration. On the unit, 20 social secretaries and three senior social secretaries work. We are now looking for a new social secretary as one of our colleagues moves on to new challenges.

In the role of social secretary at the Reception Unit, you work with scheduling, on-call duties, and new visits for people in need of social assistance. The work involves investigating eligibility for the Social Services Administration, assessing the right to financial assistance, and handling on-call duties for non-active cases.

The Reception Unit offers you a thorough introduction, support from engaged senior colleagues and peers, and the conditions to shape your own work. It is an exciting and challenging job. At the Reception Unit, we work according to a rolling weekly schedule with two weeks of new visits, one week of on-call duty together with four colleagues, and one free week. The weekly schedule provides room for recovery and planning in your work and allows you to work from home. You also have access to method guidance and external process guidance as support in your work.

Qualifications

We are looking for you who have a degree in social work and have several years of experience working with financial assistance. Experience from reception work is meritorious.

As a person, you have the ability to put yourself in other people's perspectives and relate to them in a listening manner. You act independently with good treatment based on vision, goals, and guidelines. Work at the Reception Unit requires you to be flexible, able to adapt to new circumstances, and see opportunities in changes. To succeed in your role as a social secretary, you need to have a holistic view and promote cooperation with various actors both internally and externally.

Selection will take place continuously, warmly welcome with your application!

Conditions

Selection work will take place continuously during the application period.

For your interview, you need to bring a passport/national ID and possibly proof of residence permit if you have citizenship outside the EU/EEA. This is because as an employer, we need to verify your identity and ensure that you have the right to work in Sweden.

Hisingen is Sweden's fourth-largest island and an important part of Gothenburg. Here you have good communications to Gothenburg's city center, a wide range of restaurants, cafes, and shops, as well as proximity to both city life and green areas. The structure of the city area and the diversity among residents and employees make working with us developing and educational. As an employee with us, you make an important contribution to ensure that Hisingen is an attractive area to live, work, and reside in. Through your work, you help develop the city together with others.

About Us

The Social Services Administration Hisingen is part of the social services in the City of Gothenburg. We are one of four social services administrations. We work purposefully to create a better everyday life for the residents of Hisingen.

We offer support within individual and family care, social emergency services, assistance with addiction and integration issues. We also work with leisure activities and preventive work regarding public health, urban planning, local safety initiatives, and integration issues.

Do you want an important and meaningful job? Welcome to us at the Social Services Administration Hisingen!