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Do you want to make a real difference while helping to develop the social services of the future?

In Danderyd Municipality, we work closely with both residents and colleagues to create sustainable solutions for everyday life. Here, you will have responsibility, influence, and the opportunity to make an impact in a municipality with short decision-making paths, clear assignments, and a strong collaborative culture.

The Adult Department consists of 30 dedicated employees who work together to provide the municipality's residents with the right support at the right time. We are a stable and cohesive department characterized by helpfulness, commitment, and a shared responsibility for both quality and the working environment.

We are now looking for two social secretaries for social assistance who want to become part of a work group consisting of ten colleagues and a group manager. There are five social secretaries working within social assistance, two social secretaries working within domestic violence, two work coaches, and one administrative assistant. The vacant positions are within social assistance reception/incorrect payments and investigation.

We are located in fresh premises in Danderyd Centre, just 14 minutes from T-Centralen. Here, you will have close supervision, clear routines, and good opportunities for competence development. All employees are involved in the work with the new Social Services Act.

We warmly welcome your application!

2 positions.

Job Responsibilities

One of the social secretaries within social assistance that we are looking for will work within reception and incorrect payments, while the other will work within investigation.

In the role of social secretary within social assistance, you will be part of our team working to support the individual in finding the right path to self-sufficiency, where the focus in the case processing lies on social work for the best interest of the individual. You investigate eligibility and residence and make a preliminary assessment regarding needs. You provide information and advice to applicants regarding social assistance, investigate, and make legally secure decisions regarding financial assistance based on the Social Services Act. To support the individual, we collaborate closely with, among others, the department's work coaches, trusted doctors, and external actors/agencies.

For the position of social secretary within reception and incorrect payments, in addition to the above, you are also responsible for investigating incorrect payments within social assistance. You become an important knowledge carrier in the team by contributing to quality assurance and providing support to colleagues in case processing. The work involves collaborating closely with case handlers in the area, conducting meetings with clients, and independently driving investigations from start to finish. You handle recoveries of incorrectly paid assistance and, when necessary, also file police reports in cases of suspected benefit fraud.

For both of these positions, we would appreciate it if you share our view that social work requires a client-centered approach where office visits and home visits form the foundation. You easily understand other people's situations and see the individually developed and updated individual plan as the key to a clear and accessible path toward the individual's goal of becoming self-sufficient. You share your competence and experience and contribute to continuing to develop the operations.

Qualifications

For the position of social secretary within reception and incorrect payments, we are looking for you who has:

• A degree in Social Work (Social Work) or equivalent education that we assess as comparable.
• Experience in exercising authority within financial assistance.
• Experience working in a reception function within social services.
• Experience working with incorrect payments.
• Very good ability to communicate in Swedish, both orally and in writing.

For the position of social secretary within investigation, we are looking for you who has:

• A degree in Social Work (Social Work) or equivalent education that we assess as comparable.
• Experience in exercising authority within financial assistance.
• Very good ability to communicate in Swedish, both orally and in writing.

For both positions, the following is meritorious:

• Experience and knowledge of working with domestic violence.
• Worked in the business system Treserva.

As a person, you are structured, work according to a clear process, organize and plan your work well, and complete what has been started according to given deadlines. You show good collaboration skills with a non-hierarchical focus on the common goal while being comfortable working independently. You are stable and handle stressful situations in a constructive manner. Additionally, you have social skills and easily create relationships with different people with a professional approach in focus. We place great emphasis on personal suitability and that you fit well into the group.

Interviews are conducted continuously, so please apply today if interested.

Before new employment, Danderyd Municipality conducts an extended background check. More information about the process will be provided when it becomes relevant.

Salary form: Monthly salary.
Employment type: Permanent employment.
Duration: Permanent, start date: Start date according to agreement. Probation period may apply.

Do you want to help make Sweden's best municipality even better? Danderyd Municipality offers community, development, and participation at work. We make a difference and create value in everyday life in dialogue with everyone who lives, works, and operates here. Through proximity and short decision-making paths, you have the opportunity to take responsibility and work with both parts and the whole in your profession. Here we grow together with engaged residents, businesses, and competent colleagues in the beautiful environment of the garden city. Take the step to a developing and sustainable working life in a moderately sized municipality close to everything.

Visit https://www.danderyd.se/ovriga-verksamheter/jobba/ (https://www.danderyd.se/ovriga-verksamheter/jobba/) to read more information about the municipality's assignments and future development. There you will also find information about, among other things, our benefits and our recruitment process.

To ensure quality in the recruitment process in Danderyd Municipality and to enable good communication with our applicants, we request that you submit your application digitally as described above.

Bring educational certificates/certificates and other documents to a possible interview.

We warmly welcome your application!

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