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First-line Manager in Care and Elderly Care – Ängsgärdet

In a dynamic daily life, you contribute with your close and secure leadership that helps others grow and thrive at work. Through smart solutions and flexibility, we meet the challenges of the future together with the goal of providing the best care for those we serve.

Your Responsibilities

Your most important task, as a first-line manager, is to be present for your employees and lead them in their daily work. With your energy and positive attitude, you are a role model for others. You are skilled at involving employees to create engagement with the operations. Driving systematic quality work through, for example, quality groups and follow-up of the operations is an important part of everyday life. In this operational role, you show initiative and act when needed, for example during challenging conversations with relatives or employees. Your success factors are listening and confirming to create security and good communication.

You report to the unit manager who has the overall responsibility for the operations and the economy. You are part of the management group consisting of the unit manager and fellow department managers. We have continuous meetings with a focus on both operational and strategic perspectives. You contribute your competence to business development, strategic planning, and economic issues.

Your Competence

You have the ability to lead employees in change processes, create security in groups, and communicate clearly and trustfully. With a solution-focused approach, you see opportunities even in challenging situations. Your educational background is an academic degree with a relevant focus (e.g., nurse, social worker, occupational therapist, or behavioral scientist). You have experience working in care and elderly care, social work, or another relevant field.

Perhaps you are ready to take the step into your first managerial role, or you already have experience leading and developing employees. It is beneficial if you have knowledge of relevant legislation, as well as experience driving development and change work. It is also an advantage if you are accustomed to working in digital systems and find it easy to get into new IT systems.

Recruitment Process

We have a common recruitment process for all department managers within care and elderly care. This means that we work continuously to recruit the most suitable candidate to our needs for department managers.

The Care and Elderly Care Administration has department managers within four areas of operations: Care and Elderly Care Housing and Short-term Operations, Home Care and Service Houses, Operations for Persons with Disabilities, and Health and Healthcare. The common focus is on development and change management, as well as staffing planning to distribute resources in the best way.

We are currently recruiting for:

• Ängsgärdet Care and Elderly Care Housing

What We Offer

For you who want to work with close and developmental leadership, we offer an operation that is constantly developing to meet the needs of those we serve. Together we think new and are brave to shape the care and elderly care of the future.

To you as a new manager in Västerås Municipality, we offer a manager introduction with various training courses. As a manager, you have strong support in your daily life from various specialized competencies that back you up when you need it. We have support functions within HR, economy, development, communication, and digitalization.

Here you become part of something bigger! With warmth and respect, we show initiative in the big and the small. We live our values in the meeting with each other and those we serve. Every day, all year round, we ensure that Västerås functions. Together with your approx. 11,500 colleagues around the city, you get Sweden's most important job.

Read more about opportunities, career paths, and our offer here: https://www.vasteras.se/jobbochkarriar (https://www.vasteras.se/jobbochkarriar)

Leadership in Västerås Municipality

Leadership in Västerås Municipality is permeated by our core value: Always the best possible meeting. To ensure that you as a leader get tools, can develop, and are equipped to lead through "Always the best possible meeting," there are several city-wide initiatives. We are proud that all managers undergo our own leadership program. All to develop abilities to lead and develop both operations and employees.

As a manager, you have strong support in your daily life from various specialized competencies that back you up when you need it. We have support functions within HR, economy, development, communication, and digitalization.

Please read more: http://www.vasteras.se/naringsliv-och-arbete/jobb-och-karriar/vara-yrken/jobba-i-en-ledande-roll (http://www.vasteras.se/naringsliv-och-arbete/jobb-och-karriar/vara-yrken/jobba-i-en-ledande-roll)

Other Information

Please attach proof of studies with your application.

Contact for union representatives:

• Vision: Susanne Moell, [email protected]
• Kommunal: 010-442 81 47, [email protected]

In connection with the interview, you need to prove your citizenship. You can do this with a passport or alternatively a registration certificate together with an ID document. If you are not a citizen of Sweden, the EU, EEA, or Switzerland, you must show 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, which is required according to the Aliens Ordinance.

All offers regarding recruitment and advertising assistance are declined.

Employment Type: Permanent position.
Duration: Permanent.