Benefits Advisor for the LSS Assistance Unit

Järfälla kommun · Full-time

Järfälla, Sweden

The Social Administration in Järfälla Municipality is responsible for elderly care and disability services, individual and family care, as well as care and support. The Disability Authority division is part of the Elderly Care and Disability Services department. The Disability Authority area encompasses three units: the LSS Assistance Unit for Adults, the LSS Assistance Unit for Children and Youth, and the SOL Assistance Unit. We are now seeking a new colleague with an interest in the LSS field of operations. We are located in what is called an authority building within the Social Administration, with close proximity to case officers and social workers in other operational areas, which facilitates collaboration on joint matters. In our team, cohesion means a lot. We have built a collaboration that works well—we support each other, laugh together, and dare to speak our minds. Here we value open communication and an inclusive climate for everyone. As a benefits advisor, you will encounter challenging cases, and for that reason it is important that the working environment among colleagues is safe, warm, and unpretentious. With us, no one enters alone—we solve things together and support each other when needed. To succeed in this role, you need to have good communication skills, be flexible, and work in a structured manner. You thrive working independently and have a clear holistic perspective. Do you recognize yourself in this description and believe you would fit into our team? If you also have knowledge and experience of working according to the Act on Support and Service for People with Certain Disabilities (LSS), then you are already a good match. Read on to see what we are formally looking for in this role. 1 position(s). DUTIES Your main responsibility is to investigate, make decisions on, and follow up on approved services under LSS and SOL as well as the Act on National Transportation Service for Persons with Disabilities. Work involving government authority is varied—meetings with clients and their relatives are part of it, as are documentation and development work. The role includes contact and collaboration with service providers and other professionals, both internally and externally. You will be responsible for your own area but will receive help and support from your colleagues. QUALIFICATIONS • A degree in Social Work or other university education that the employer deems equivalent • Strong collaboration skills and personal maturity. • Communication skills in both speech and writing. Merits: • Experience with the Lifecare management system. • Knowledge of LSS and experience working according to the Act on Support and Service for People with Certain Disabilities. • Experience with IBIC as an assessment method We offer: • Stimulating, complex, and challenging work tasks. • The possibility to work partially remotely when work permits. • Wellness allowance and access to a generous benefits portal. • Annual working hours, which provides greater freedom to distribute your work time compared to standard flexible hours. Interviews take place continuously during the posting; the position may be filled before the final application deadline, so we warmly welcome your application today! Employment type: Permanent employment. Duration: Permanent. Järfälla has Northern Stockholm's most exciting geographical location and is growing rapidly. We offer a workplace with great variety, good development opportunities, and work according to the vision Järfälla for All Moving Forward. Järfälla Municipality works with a competence-based recruitment process for unbiased hiring. We in the Social Administration work together regardless of gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, ethnicity, religion, disability, and age. Differences enrich and enable development for everyone moving forward! Since Järfälla Municipality is a Swedish-Finnish administrative area, knowledge of Finnish is seen as a merit, as well as other languages. We conduct limited background checks for final candidates in this hiring process. Background checks are conducted only to the extent that it is relevant for the current position. Where extracts from the criminal record register are required by law, you will also need to provide such an extract. We collect consent both orally and in writing. For more information about how we work with background checks, see www.jarfalla.se/bakgrundskontroller Continuous interviews and filling of the position before the application deadline may occur; a probationary period may be applied. We decline all offers of advertising and recruitment assistance in connection with this announcement.