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Do you want to make Gävle even better with us?

In Gävle Municipality, we work together with dedication to offer our residents a secure and inspiring environment. We offer you a workplace based on trust, where you can develop professionally and grow as a person. We welcome your application!

Välfärd Gävle is growing, and we need to expand with more case workers

At the Investigation Unit for Functional Support LSS/SoL, we currently have about 30 employees, and we now need to expand with additional case workers, primarily handling cases under the Social Services Act (SoL).

We work in teams led by a Senior Case Worker. Team meetings take place weekly. We work systematically and actively with operational improvements through focus groups, where your knowledge and participation are valued.

We value a good work environment with close leadership and supervision. As a new employee, you will have an introduction plan and access to a mentor.

We are located in nice premises, with private offices, right in central Gävle city, with close train and bus connections. We warmly welcome you to apply for the position!

1 position(s).

WORK RESPONSIBILITIES

Are you a person who enjoys collaborating, is motivated by common goals, and contributes to a positive team spirit? In the role of a case worker, you work independently but are also part of a dynamic work group where we work in teams and where your competence is truly valued.

At the unit, we handle cases concerning the target group of social psychiatry as well as LSS, and you will work primarily within one legal framework. This means that as a case worker within the SoL framework, you will investigate applications according to the Social Services Act for both individuals within the scope of social psychiatry and for LSS target groups. LSS case workers investigate applications regarding the Act on Support and Service for Certain Persons with Disabilities (LSS).

Your tasks include, among other things:

• Investigate, assess, and make decisions regarding the need for support and measures according to the Social Services Act (SoL).
• Work with counseling, planning, coordination, and follow-up of decisions in close collaboration with other case workers as well as various internal and external actors.
• Follow statutory requirements, policies, and instructions, and adhere to set timelines.

QUALIFICATIONS

Formal Competencies:

• Degree in Social Work or graduation from the Social Care Program
• Class B driver's license
• Driving proficiency

Meritorious for the position is experience as a case worker, previous work within the area of operations, and experience in exercising authority.

To succeed in the role, you are:

• Structured: You have the ability to see what needs to be prioritized and organized, are efficient, and use resources to achieve results in the best possible way.
• Stable: You inspire trust and easily create confidence and trust.
• Collaborative: You are good at building networks and creating contacts. For you, it is natural to start from the meeting with customers, relatives, and each other.
• Communicative: You adapt your language to different situations and different recipients.
• Quality-conscious: You follow statutory requirements, policies, and instructions, and adhere to set timelines. By working according to current guidelines and established processes, you ensure that the work maintains high quality and the right standard.

Employment type: Permanent employment.
Duration: Start date: 2026-09-01.

You are important to us!

As an employee in Gävle Municipality, you have:

• Generous holiday conditions, and as a new employee, you also have the right to paid holiday already during your first year of employment.
• Compensation for fitness and exercise when you have been employed for more than three months.
• Several different insurances through our collective agreements, for example, sick leave insurance and work injury insurance are included.

Read more about our benefits here: https://www.gavle.se/formaner (https://www.gavle.se/formaner)

Our Values

Quality, treatment, and collaboration are the most important success factors for solving our mission in the best way. To do the right things and act wisely in our daily lives, it is important that we base ourselves on our jointly stated values.

Read more about us as an employer and what it is like to work in Gävle Municipality here:
https://www.gavle.se/jobbahososs (https://www.gavle.se/jobbahososs)

Here you can read more about our organization:
https://www.gavle.se/organisation (https://www.gavle.se/organisation)

Gävle Municipality belongs to the Finnish administrative area. Therefore, if you speak Finnish in addition to our other competence requirements, it can be an asset.

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