Unit Manager for Special Housing

Kristinehamns kommun · Full-time

Kristinehamn kommun, Kristinehamn, Sweden

Are you ready to take the next step as a unit manager where you contribute to developing the municipality's elderly care? Support, Care and Social Services Administration is now seeking an engaged, confident, and communicative leader for our special housing operations. One of our current unit managers is moving on to another role, which is why we're looking for a replacement. Within Kristinehamn Municipality, there are eight special housing facilities located both within and outside Kristinehamn town center. You will be part of a team of nine unit managers who together lead and develop elderly care services, always with the individual at the center. We are an engaged, curious, and competent team that supports one another in our daily work, and through participation and close collaboration, we succeed together. Support, Care and Social Services Administration is an organization with strong faith in the future, significant commitment, and a focus on development. Here, approximately 750 employees work in elderly care, home services, support for people with disabilities, healthcare, and social assistance processing. Together, we create conditions for people to live a secure and independent life. Kristinehamn is a city that combines the best of two worlds - the calm and community of a small town with excellent opportunities for work and development. Here, commuting time decreases, the pace becomes more balanced, and daily life becomes easier to manage. With Vänern just around the corner awaits a beautiful and accessible archipelago environment, and we have a rich cultural and recreational life for both children and adults that makes it easy to live an active life. In this position, we offer flexible hours and the opportunity to work remotely to contribute to a better balance between work and leisure. Other benefits include a wellness allowance and access to our engaged staff club that creates community and energy year-round. Options for vacation exchange and benefit cycles are other examples of benefits we offer. 1 position(s). JOB RESPONSIBILITIES As a unit manager in special housing, you are responsible for operations, finances, personnel, and work environment. You lead and develop the operations with a focus on creating secure, high-quality, and person-centered care and support for residents. In this role, you work both strategically and operatively by planning, following up, and developing operations based on established goals, legislation, and guidelines. You are responsible for recruitment, staffing, competency development, and systematic work environment management, as well as ensuring balanced finances. You drive quality and improvement work and collaborate closely with employees, healthcare personnel, social assistance handlers, relatives, and other partners to create the best possible care for residents. As a unit manager, you are part of the management group for special housing and actively contribute to the development of operations together with other managers. A group with broad expertise and experience that values quality and financial awareness highly and enjoys a good laugh. To support you in daily work, there are coordination functions, ombudsman roles, and specialist expertise available. QUALIFICATIONS We welcome you if you have relevant higher education in social care, healthcare, behavioral science, or other education within the service areas. Since our special housing facilities are spread both within and outside Kristinehamn town center, you need to have a category B driver's license. We consider it an advantage if you have: • previous management or leadership experience • previous experience with politically governed operations, preferably in care and social services • knowledge of the Social Services Act and other legislation that guides care and social service work. As a unit manager, you have many collaboration interfaces; therefore, we place great value on your ability to collaborate and build good relationships. Your confident, communicative, and operationally-oriented leadership contributes to creating good conditions for a health-promoting workplace together with your employees. Creating clarity and ensuring that everyone involved has a common understanding of goals, responsibilities, and expectations comes naturally to you. You enjoy working with varied tasks and have a good ability to prioritize and organize. We expect you to take great responsibility for your work tasks, be flexible, and maintain a professional approach. We place great emphasis on personal suitability in this recruitment. Interviews may be conducted on an ongoing basis. We look forward to receiving your application today! Employment type: Permanent employment. Duration: Permanent, start date: 2026-12-07 or by agreement. OTHER If you are not a citizen of Sweden, the EU, EEA, or Switzerland and are offered employment, you must be able to demonstrate that you have a valid work permit or are exempt from the requirement to have a work permit. In Kristinehamn Municipality, we work for active leadership and employee engagement. This is created through dialogue and interaction between leaders and employees, which creates good conditions for workplace satisfaction in the organization. Our work environment is affected by how we treat each other, and we all have a responsibility to contribute. Together, we work to ensure that the organization achieves its goals and that decisions made are also implemented. A curious mindset and willingness to collaborate are prerequisites for continuous improvements that lead to the best possible service to the municipality's residents. As an employee with us, you can expect support for new ideas, good development opportunities, and that we provide you with the tools you need to perform your work well. Kristinehamn Municipality sees diversity as a strength, and we welcome all applicants. Our competence-based recruitment methodology aims to focus on the individual's competence and thereby also counteract discrimination. We warmly welcome your application! To ensure quality in the recruitment process and maintain good communication with you as a job applicant with us, we ask that you submit your application only via the application link in the announcement. Questions regarding the recruitment process are handled by the recruitment unit.