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About the job

Do you want to make a difference and contribute to creating opportunities for those who need it most? We are now looking for a new colleague who wants to become part of our team!

The responsibilities include supporting and guiding clients towards self-sufficiency, as well as investigating eligibility for financial assistance. By working closely with clients in every phase of their development, you ensure they receive the tools and support they need to succeed. The path to self-sufficiency looks different for every individual, and the role involves meeting the client where they are. This may involve collaboration with various partners within the social services office, healthcare, and not least the actors who provide work-oriented interventions for our target group. Examples of available interventions include Vamos, Smedjan, Kompetenscenter, and Finsam. Through our automated system, Görel, you will receive support in managing social assistance in an efficient and legally secure manner.

Rehab 2 is one of four units within financial assistance in the administration. We work with people who have substance abuse issues and/or health problems. The unit consists of eight social secretaries, one social administrator, one first-level social secretary, and one unit manager. Additionally, the administration's labor market interventions for the target group, Vamos and Smedjan, belong to the unit. When you start with us, you will become part of a competent and engaged work group with mixed experiences.

To leverage each other's knowledge and provide support in daily life, you are offered both methodological supervision from your first social secretary and external process guidance.

Socialförvaltningen Sydväst is the city's only co-located social office, where all authority exercises for adults are under the same roof. This creates good conditions for close collaboration and an efficient way of working.

Our premises are a stone's throw from Frölunda Torg, with good transport links and plenty of lunch restaurants. As an employee, you are offered competence development, including in the areas of violence in close relationships and motivational interviewing (MI). We value your work environment and offer staff support, fitness allowance, bicycle allowance, and flexible hours – to ensure you have a sustainable and pleasant work situation.

About you

We are looking for you who have a Bachelor's degree in Social Work. Since the duties involve a lot of documentation and communication, you need to be able to express yourself well both orally and in writing. It is an advantage if you have experience in authority exercises, especially social assistance, and experience with the target group of people with substance abuse issues.

To handle the role of social secretary, you need to take responsibility for your and the shared tasks with the best interests of the operations/users in focus. You take your tasks seriously, are keen to finish what you have started, and ensure that the work is done correctly.

Furthermore, you need to have the ability to create structure in your work by planning, organizing, and prioritizing your work effectively.

It is also important that you show respect and consideration for those you meet in your professional role. You are friendly and helpful to other people even in a stressful situation. You proceed from the equal value of all and create a good atmosphere in the meeting. You have an open and positive attitude as you have the individual's needs as the starting point for your actions.

The position also requires that you have the ability to work together with others to perform tasks and achieve goals. By being interested and creating understanding for others, you work for a respectful work climate. You understand the common mission, act based on it, and contribute to the whole.

Other

Interviews are planned between 2026-07-02 and 2026-07-08.

In this recruitment process, we will not ask for a cover letter. Instead, during the application process, you will be asked to answer a number of questions relevant to the position. Your answers will become part of our selection.

To meet the requirements of GDPR and enable good communication with our applicants, we ask you to submit your application digitally and not via email or letter. Do you have protected personal data? Then do not apply via the system, contact the recruiting manager instead for handling of your application.

The City of Gothenburg is one of Sweden's largest employers. Our mission is to create a good everyday life for Gothenburg's residents, visitors, and business owners. As an employee in the city, you have a secure employment with many career paths where you get the opportunity for interesting and meaningful tasks.

The intended salary range for the position is 34,000 - 49,000 SEK per month. The salary is based on a combined assessment of your education, experience, and competencies you bring into the role. The City of Gothenburg applies individual and differentiated salary setting. Here you can get more information about, among other things, salary statistics: goteborg.se/Jobba i Göteborgs Stad/Så är det att jobba i Göteborgs Stad/Lön, ersättningar och förmåner (https://www.goteborg.se/Jobba-i-Goteborgs-Stad/Sa-ar-det-att-jobba-i-Goteborgs-Stad/Lon-ersattningar-och-formaner).

About us

Socialförvaltningen Sydväst is one of four social administrations in the City of Gothenburg with around 900 employees. In the southern city area, approximately 120,000 residents live, and the area stretches from Billdal to Högsbohöjd and to the southern archipelago. The administration's mission is that children, young people, and adults should be able to live a safe and independent life and that children and young people have a rich leisure time. The administration also works to support people experiencing homelessness to permanent housing. Through collaboration with civil society, local business, and other actors, we aim to increase public health and security in the area.

In Socialförvaltningen Sydväst, we want to capitalize on the engagement of all employees. With us, you can influence both your own job and other people's lives.