Vacant job

Stockholm – our capital city of millions of dreams, expectations, and ambitions. We work for everyone living here today and in the future. Now we are looking for you who want to think big, new, and differently with us – for the people of Stockholm.

The Social Services Administration in Stockholm Municipality has an overarching and coordinating role for the social services' individual and family care and the disability area. Here, good conditions are created to meet residents in need of social services support. In close collaboration with the district administrations, we contribute to a modern, digital, legally secure, equal, and knowledge-based social service with a strong development focus. Within the administration, a wide range of support measures are offered to the city's residents, and the offering changes based on the needs of Stockholmers and the requests of the district administrations. The work is often carried out in close cooperation with other authorities, civil society, and business life. The Social Services Administration is also responsible for the city's catering and tobacco permits and performs supervision.

Welcome to us

Within the Social Services Administration, there is the activity Competence Area Disability and Social Psychiatry, which consists of four units. We are now looking for employees for the unit Central Placement. On behalf of the district administrations, we work to ensure equal placements and agreements according to the Social Services Act (SoL), the Act with Special Provisions on Care of Young Persons (LVU), and the Act on Support and Service for Certain Persons with Disabilities (LSS). Today, there are eight employees in the group, distributed as case officers, administrator, coordinator, and unit manager.

The unit is both new and a city-wide function. We welcome you to a dynamic work environment where you will get to help start up a new activity and thereby contribute to establishing new ways of working together with the team and many colleagues in the city. The new activity supports large parts of Stockholm Municipality's social services.

"It is not often you get the chance to be part of creating a new activity that really makes a difference, for people, for social services, and for the whole city." – Chatarina Rehnström, Unit Manager.

We offer you

You are offered meaningful and varied work where your efforts make a real difference in people's lives. You will join a dynamic workplace with good opportunities for both personal and professional development. Our office is located in pleasant Farsta Center, close to the subway, restaurants, and shopping, making it easy to get here. You are offered a wellness allowance, flexible working hours, as well as winter and summer working hours, and the possibility of holiday exchange. Please read more about our benefits here.

Your role

In the role, you support placement case officers with the processing of incoming placement requests from the district administrations, which includes both place requests and price negotiations with external providers. You are responsible for the agreements, their documentation, and requirements, and you follow up on the agreements through visits to the facilities. This may include travel both in the local area and to other parts of Sweden to ensure the quality of placements through personal contact.

The role involves close collaboration with the Social Services Administration's units, our district administrations, and external providers. Through continuous dialogue with both providers and district administrations, you work to ensure quality and good results. You will also, together with your team, establish structures and ways of working for agreements and activity follow-ups.

Your competence and experience

We are looking for you who have:

• a degree in social work or other relevant higher education
• experience of contract follow-up according to the Public Procurement Act (LOU) of external providers for housing
• basic knowledge of relevant legislation such as LOU
• experience of negotiations
• experience as a purchaser of housing measures
• experience of difficult placements within individual and family care.

The following is meritorious:

• experience from provider activities within HVB (Home for Care or Board) or special housing within LSS, preferably in a managerial position
• experience as a purchaser of housing measures within Stockholm Municipality's organization
• knowledge of Stockholm Municipality's level assessments and compensation systems.

To thrive and succeed in the role, you are structured to plan and organize your time efficiently and are proactive in order to turn ideas and planning into action. You have a strategic and long-term approach and handle complex and time-consuming processes with calm and stability. Furthermore, you are communicative, relationship-building, and enjoy building good collaborations both internally and externally. You enjoy working both independently and in a team. We place great emphasis on your personal qualities, your commitment, and your motivation for the position.

Other

We recruit without the cover letter in this recruitment to strengthen the focus on the competencies and experiences that are important for the role. In assessing your application, we will only base ourselves on your CV and a number of questions you will answer when applying for the position. We request that you answer the questions concretely and concisely, and that there is a clear connection between your answers and your CV.

We look forward to receiving your application and hearing how you specifically want to contribute to our new central function for the purchase of external housing. Together we make a difference, and welcome with your application!

Stockholm Municipality works with competence-based recruitment aimed at viewing each person's competence and thereby combating discrimination.