Torsås Municipality - a municipality characterized by closeness and quality of life in southern Kalmar County. With approximately 7,000 residents, the municipality can be described as Sweden in miniature. Here you'll find the sea, coastline, beaches, plains, lakes, and forests. The economy is dominated by manufacturing industry but also has great potential in tourism and other sectors. We offer high quality of life with closeness and great security for residents and visitors. Torsås Municipality has five administrations and two fully owned companies.
In Torsås Municipality, we dare to find new solutions, think big thoughts, and come up with exciting ideas. To succeed, we work closely together. We collaborate toward a common goal: to provide everyone living here with the best conditions for a good life. Our closeness is evident in how we leverage each other's strengths. The fact that administrations and operations work closely together means there's never far between employees and management, which leads to short decision-making paths and close collaboration.
Torsås Municipality's values are built on the words Participation, Development, Clarity, and Security. An approach that every employee and elected representative demonstrates in daily work and in meeting with citizens and customers.
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DUTIES
Would you like to be part of the Employment Unit's exciting work and future development?
Are you prepared to meet with an open mind the major challenges we face in the employment sector? Then this could be the job for you!
As a mentor, you'll be part of a team working with participants at the center. The team includes three employment case officers, two case officers for financial assistance, one coordinator for the RESA initiative, and two colleague mentors. We work with employment measures such as work trials, internships, job search activities, coaching/guidance, and various forms of employment support.
The target group consists of job-seeking municipal residents aged 16-64 who are referred by social services, the Swedish Public Employment Service, the Social Insurance Agency, the Region, and other collaboration partners. The work is characterized by a solution-focused approach where we start from the individual's conditions.
An important part of the assignment is work related to the statutory activity requirement that comes into effect on July 1, 2026.
As a mentor, you have a central role in planning, following up, and ensuring that participants are given the right conditions to meet the activity requirement. You work closely with both case officers at the Work Life Center and case officers within financial assistance, where you together form a team around the individual. Collaboration, structure, and clear follow-up are crucial parts of the assignment.
The Scale is a workplace where participants can grow through work trials in various areas. As a mentor, you organize the operation, plan work tasks, and support participants in their development. The work is both practical and pedagogical, and you need to be able to mentor and participate in the operation where needed.
You will have close collaboration with the case officers at the Work Life Center.
This position is a project employment running from 2026-09-01 to 2028-12-31.
QUALIFICATIONS
We're looking for someone who wants to make a difference, is action-oriented, and has personal maturity. You are open, creative, flexible, and unpretentious, with respectful conduct and good collaboration skills.
We'd like to see that you have:
• Pedagogical education or relevant education for the assignment
• Documented experience mentoring and working with people in need of support
• Good knowledge of the Swedish language
• Training in MI (motivational interviewing), solution-focused approach, empowerment, or IPS/SE
• Documentation experience
• B-driver's license is required.
Desirable competencies:
• Social work degree
• Good knowledge of the Swedish Public Employment Service's employment support
• Knowledge of the new statutory activity requirement
• Experience mentoring individuals in change processes
• Good familiarity with the local labor market
Meritorious:
• Experience working with people with functional variation.
Employment form: Fixed-term employment.
Duration: 6 months or longer, start date: 2026-09-01, end date: 2028-12-31.
We strive for equal gender distribution and see diversity as a strength, so we welcome applicants with different backgrounds.
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We warmly welcome your application!Torsås Municipality - a municipality characterized by closeness and quality of life in southern Kalmar County. With approximately 7,000 residents, the municipality can be described as Sweden in miniature. Here you'll find the sea, coastline, beaches, plains, lakes, and forests. The economy is dominated by manufacturing industry but also has great potential in tourism and other sectors. We offer high quality of life with closeness and great security for residents and visitors. Torsås Municipality has five administrations and two fully owned companies.
In Torsås Municipality, we dare to find…