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Change is underway – and we are looking for you to drive it forward.

The Workplace

The Social Services Administration in Karlsborg is responsible for individual and family care, elderly care, care for people with disabilities, as well as municipal health and medical care. The administration has approximately 250 employees.

With significant changes happening in social services regarding legislative updates, we are investing in a new role focused on quality development! Here, you will become part of a team working in a broad operation, close to decision-makers, and collaborating well with schools, labor market units, and other actors. We also offer flexible working hours and the possibility to work from home. If you are looking for a workplace with stimulating tasks, good cooperation, and a lovely team, you have found the right place! At our workplace, workdays are both developing and fun.

Your Responsibilities

As a Quality Developer within Individual and Family Care in Karlsborg, you will play a central role in our development work, focusing on the implementation of the new Social Services Act and other legislative changes affecting operations. The position is fixed-term, with a possibility of extension.

You will work closely with management, supervisors, and employees to ensure that operations develop in line with new requirements and conditions. The assignment involves driving, coordinating, and supporting quality and development work that contributes to a legally secure, knowledge-based, and effective social service.

In this role, you will among other things:

• Lead and coordinate quality work within Individual and Family Care together with management.
• Drive and organize the work to develop and introduce new measures according to the new Social Services Act.
• Support operations in developing, following up, and securing the quality of methods, documentation, and processes.
• Develop, revise, and implement guidelines, routines, and steering documents based on new legislation and operational needs.
• Act as a methodological support for case workers and providers, and participate in professional forums and development initiatives.
• Collaborate with internal and external actors to create conditions for long-term and sustainable development work.
• Collect, compile, and analyze statistics, key figures, and other relevant data as a basis for development and decision-making.
• Follow legal developments and changes in legislation, and support operations in translating new requirements into practical work.
• Support the development of systematic follow-ups and strengthen continuous improvement work.

This is a position for you who thrive in a role where you can combine development work, analysis, and collaboration with close support to operations. You will have the opportunity to influence how future social services are shaped and contribute to creating the best possible conditions for both employees and citizens.

Your Profile

We are looking for you who have a degree in social work or another higher education qualification that the employer considers equivalent. You have good knowledge of the social services' mission, relevant legislation, and the new Social Services Act.

It is meritorious if you have experience in quality and development work, change management, implementation, and operational development. Long-term experience from various areas of individual and family care is also requested.

As a person, you are driven, structured, and development-oriented. You work independently, collaborate well with others, and have the ability to create engagement in change processes. You express yourself well orally and in writing and have good analytical skills.

What We Offer

You are our most important resource, and we want to help create conditions for a healthy life. We do this by investing in a broad wellness offering through free exercise swimming, water aerobics, the possibility of free massage, as well as a wellness allowance or wellness hour based on your and the operation's conditions. There are also a number of other benefits as an employee that you may be entitled to. Read more about them here.

Other Information

Karlsborg Municipality uses the recruitment tool Varbi to handle applications, which is also a step in securing the quality of our recruitment process. You apply for the job via the link in the advertisement.

If you are interested in the position, you are warmly welcome to contact us, but we decline contact with recruitment agencies.

If you wish to contact a union representative, contact information can be found on the municipality's website.

Selection, interviews, and appointment to the position may take place continuously during the recruitment process.

Karlsborg Municipality as an Employer

Karlsborg Municipality, with its approx. 7,000 inhabitants, welcomes you to a fantastic living environment and rich recreational opportunities! Karlsborg is the small town with the magnificent location by the shore of Lake Vättern. The fantastic landscape, proximity to the forests of Tiveden together with the lakes and waterways give Karlsborg its unique character - A golden place, simply, which you can experience via film here

At the employer Karlsborg Municipality, it is important that every employee can feel pride in their contribution and their operations. We believe this is created, among other things, by giving everyone the opportunity to develop, learn new things, and participate in improvement and development work.

There are good commuting opportunities to and from, among others, Skövde, for those who are not ready to move here yet. The municipality has approximately 550 employees. Feel free to check in and take part of our daily life on our Instagram account