Senior Social Worker - Adult Services and Economic Assistance

Dals-Eds kommun · Full-time

ED, Sweden

Dals-Eds kommun, located in the picturesque Dalsland region, "Sweden in miniature," has approximately 4,600 residents, with 3,000 in the Ed town center. We are an attractive employer offering development for both individuals and the organization. We value trust, security, and consideration. Our ability to create a pleasant work environment and be a flexible organization determines our future success. We offer well-functioning services with good connections to, for example, Oslo and Gothenburg. Did you know that we also have excellent commute options from Trollhättan, Vänersborg, and Uddevalla with a travel time of 40 - 60 minutes, and that we have several employees who commute to our fantastic workplace every day. For more information about the municipality, visit www.dalsed.se Dals-Eds kommun is now seeking a Senior Social Worker in Adult Services and Economic Assistance, as our current senior social worker has moved to another role within the organization. We are looking for you—a skilled coaching investigator and work leader who never loses focus on the individual's best interests. You are driven to develop working methods and advance operations. We believe in good relationships and a holistic approach to social work. We work toward a systematic and knowledge-based social service. Here you can expect to work with qualitative and developmental tasks. The employer is also open to listening to employees' ideas regarding work and organizational development. We expect open dialogue, and we as an employer prioritize a good physical and psychosocial work environment. Dals-Eds kommun offers its employees excellent professional development opportunities, generous wellness benefits, a pleasant and secure work environment, and reasonable workload. WORK TASKS: As senior social worker, you will work together with the unit manager to lead and distribute daily work and provide support and guidance both individually and in groups. Your duties include ensuring that work complies with applicable legislation and is conducted based on current knowledge, proven experience, and high quality. You are also responsible for methodological supervision and method development within the service area. You will introduce new employees to practical work. You will stay updated on legislation and implement changes and new working methods. Personal involvement and case handling in client work will partially be part of your assignment. Your duties also include preparing matters for and presenting cases to the board and in court. The unit is in a development phase where we will implement new working methods and areas such as Budget and Debt, as well as estate administration. You will be the one driving this implementation in collaboration with the unit manager and employees. QUALIFICATIONS: The position requires that you are a social worker or have education that the employer considers equivalent, with several years of experience in government administration. You have extensive knowledge of applicable legislation. You communicate clearly and have the ability to assess which tasks should be prioritized. This requires strong ability to structure and organize your own and others' work. You use time efficiently and work systematically. As the work involves substantial documentation, it is a requirement that you express yourself well in speech and writing and have strong ability to document and write various forms of materials. You have very good computer skills and the ability to quickly learn new operational systems. You have the ability to drive processes forward and employ a coaching approach. You can collaborate and build good relationships. You also have the skill to make well-founded decisions and possess economic awareness. Previous experience in a management role is a merit. It is also a merit if you have worked in Lifecare and if you have knowledge of various aspects of Individual and Family Care such as adult services, assistance, and child and youth services. In the overall assessment, considerable weight will be given to personal qualities and suitability. A class B driver's license is required. With us you will have varied and enjoyable work where development and quality are combined with exciting challenges. For us, courage, credibility, joy, and consideration are important for thriving at work and in everyday life. Our employees are accustomed to short decision-making processes and good development opportunities. TERMS OF EMPLOYMENT: - Permanent employment - Start date by agreement - 100% employment - Work scheduled during daytime, but evening work may occasionally occur - Individual and differentiated salary setting applies - Collective agreement: the agreement area's Main Agreement with associated General Terms and its supplements applies. OTHER INFORMATION: We conduct continuous selection in this recruitment; interviews may take place during the application period. Employment requires presentation of an extract from the criminal and suspicion register in accordance with the law (2013:852) on background checks of persons working with children. Please order your extract via the Swedish Police Authority's e-service. INQUIRIES: See contact persons below. Union representatives can be reached via the municipality's switchboard 0534-19000. APPLICATION: To ensure quality in the recruitment process, we ask that you submit your application together with a CV, etc., digitally and not via email or paper format. To protect your privacy, we ask that applicants avoid protected and sensitive personal information in documents sent to us. This includes, for example, identification numbers and information that can be linked to ethnic origin, family situation, religion, health, political or union activities. You apply via the link *Apply* no later than 2026-10-18. We welcome your application! We decline all offers of advertising and recruitment assistance in connection with this ad.