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Welcome to the Care and Elderly Care Administration. We provide support and care for the elderly and for people with disabilities. Our goal is for them to live as active and independent a life as possible.

The Care and Elderly Care Administration is one of Sweden's largest employers within municipal care and elderly care. Around 7,500 employees work here based on our core values – making a difference, working together, and welcoming innovation. Here, you have great opportunities to take personal responsibility, develop, and contribute your skills. We strive for an organizational culture characterized by mutual trust and pride in our operations.

For more information on what it is like to work in Uppsala Municipality, visit https://www.uppsala.se/jobb/vard-halsa-omsorg/ (https://www.uppsala.se/jobb/vard-halsa-omsorg/)

Within the Care and Elderly Care Administration, full-time work is the norm. This means that all permanent employees are fundamentally employed on a full-time basis. More information about what this entails in this specific role will be provided during a potential interview. Personal assistants are exempt from the full-time norm.

2 positions available.

Do you want to make a difference for people who need extra support? Here, you will have an independent and meaningful assignment where you strengthen people in their daily lives. You will become part of a competent team characterized by collaboration, flexibility, and development.

The Authority under the Care Committee is responsible for providing services to people with disabilities who need support in their daily lives. The Authority is divided into eight units targeting different groups. Here, we employ social secretaries, team leaders, unit managers, and various support functions. We also collaborate closely with the Authority under the Elderly Care Committee, which is part of the same administration.

Due to one employee changing residence and another moving on to new assignments within Uppsala Municipality, we are now seeking social secretaries for the unit Social Psychiatry Housing.

Our workplace is located in the city hall in central Uppsala. Here, we work in bright, fresh premises and choose our workspace based on the tasks at hand. In our work, you have great opportunities to plan your work independently, and thanks to our digitalized case processing system, you also have the opportunity to work from home a few days per week. All employees in Uppsala Municipality are offered 3,000 SEK per year in wellness benefits.

Description of duties

Our target group is people over 18 years of age with mental or neuropsychiatric disabilities. We primarily work with various types of housing services for these individuals.

The work involves providing information, as well as investigating, assessing, and making decisions on services according to both the Social Services Act (SoL) and the Act of Support and Service for Certain Disability Groups (LSS). Another important part is following up on decisions to ensure that the support functions as intended.

The role includes collaboration both internally and externally with providers and other principal authorities. Documentation, individual meetings, and care planning are also important parts of the work.

We strive to be transparent towards our users and to provide good service while ensuring legally secure and efficient case processing. Therefore, we continuously work on both personal and organizational development. Here, you have the opportunity to actively contribute to this development.

Qualifications

We are looking for you who have a degree in social work, a degree from the social care program, or another education that the employer deems relevant for the role. You need to have experience working as a case worker with authority execution according to SoL and LSS. The role also requires good oral and written skills in Swedish and good familiarity with the operational system Lifecare.

We consider it meritorious if you have training in Motivational Interviewing (MI), good knowledge of Individual Needs in Focus (IBIC), and experience working in Microsoft 365.

As a person, you are flexible and adaptable in changing situations and see opportunities in change. You are good at creating good collaborations and relationships, are receptive in meetings with others, and communicate clearly and constructively. The job suits you if you work in a structured manner, plan and prioritize effectively, and adhere to set timeframes. You have a holistic perspective and act based on the best interests of the operations.

Information

If you have questions about the position, contact: Carina Gustafsson, Unit Manager, 018-727 51 10, Theresia Larsson, 018-727 51 25.

Union representatives: Academic Professionals' Union SSR, Camilla Ahlsén Hoff, 018-727 24 34. Vision, Tommy Törnberg, 018-727 17 44.

If you have questions regarding the registration of your application or the recruitment process, contact the recruitment unit: 018-727 80 18.

We will request extracts from the criminal record register before employment can be offered.

Uppsala Municipality applies individual and differentiated salary setting according to the current collective agreement.

In your application, you must state your citizenship. If you are not a citizen of Sweden, the EU, EEA, or Switzerland, you must also be able to prove that you have a valid work permit or are exempt from the obligation to have a work permit. Employment can only take place after verification of the work permit, as required by the Aliens Ordinance.

Employment with Uppsala Municipality may involve being placed on the war establishment.

Salary form: Monthly salary.
Employment type: Permanent employment.
Duration: Permanent, Start date: According to agreement.