Coordinator for Central Placement Function in the Social Services Administration

Stockholms kommun · Full-time

Storforsplan 44, Farsta, Sweden

Stockholm – our capital with millions of dreams, expectations, and ambitions. We work for everyone who lives here today and in the future. Now we're looking for you who want to think big, new, and differently with us – for the people of Stockholm. The Social Services Administration in Stockholm's City has an overarching and coordinating role for social services' individual and family care and the disability services area. Here we create good conditions for meeting residents in need of social services support. In close collaboration with the district administrations, we contribute to a modern, digital, lawful, equal, and knowledge-based social service with a strong development focus. Within the administration, we offer a wide range of support services to the city's residents, and the offering changes based on Stockholm residents' needs and the district administrations' wishes. Work often takes place in close cooperation with other authorities, civil society, and the business sector. The Social Services Administration is also responsible for the city's catering and tobacco licenses and performs supervision. Now we're looking for a coordinator for our central placement function at the social services administration! Do you want to be part of contributing to an important societal function and make a difference for residents in Stockholm's City? As a coordinator, you'll have a central role in developing and coordinating operations, where you work with others to ensure high quality and long-term solutions. Welcome to us Within the social services administration, there is the Competence Area for Disability Services and Social Psychiatry, which consists of four units. Now we're looking for employees for the Assessment and Placement unit, the LSS External Placements work group. The Placement Function is a new function that supports large parts of Stockholm's City social services. On behalf of the district administrations, we work to ensure equal placements and agreements in accordance with the Act on Support and Services for Persons with Certain Disabilities (LSS). The unit consists of 17 employees and a unit manager. We welcome you to a dynamic work environment where you will fill an important role for the operation. Here you will contribute to establishing new ways of working together with the team and many colleagues in the city. What we offer you You're offered meaningful and varied work where your efforts make a real difference in people's lives. Here there are good opportunities for both personal and professional development. Our office is located in pleasant Farsta centrum, close to the subway, restaurants, and shopping, which makes it easy to get here. You're offered a wellness allowance, flexible working hours, winter and summer working hours, and the possibility of holiday exchange. Feel free to read more about our benefits here. Your role As a coordinator in the Placement Function, you have an important role in supporting Stockholm's City social services in ensuring equal placements and agreements in accordance with the Act on Support and Services for Persons with Certain Disabilities (LSS). You function as a support to the unit manager and the team, where you contribute to developing and optimizing the operation's working methods and processes to ensure high quality in service delivery. Your main responsibilities include: - Acting as a support function for the unit manager and employees in daily work with process development - Handling agreement and placement requests - Collaborating with colleagues responsible for placements of children and young people within individual and family care - Maintaining and developing dialogue with managers and colleagues in the affected district administrations and handling contacts with external providers Your competence and experience We're looking for you who have: - A degree as a social worker or another university degree that the employer deems equivalent - Experience leading teams and projects in a politically governed organization - Experience making placements within the disability services area - Current experience in a strategic and coordinating role within government operations - Good ability to express yourself in Swedish, both verbally and in writing We consider it a merit if you have: - Experience with provider agreement follow-up within LSS - Good knowledge of municipal operations, preferably within Stockholm's City organization - Experience in a leading role in operations within the disability services area - Experience in government operations for children and young people In the recruitment, we place great emphasis on your personal qualities. To succeed in the role, you're structured and have the ability to create order and drive work forward. It's important that you're stable since the role involves handling pressured situations and prioritizing between different responsibilities. You also have a good overall perspective and can see how different parts connect to contribute to common goals. Since the operation is in a new establishment phase, it's important that you're flexible and enjoy working in a changing environment where conditions can change. You have a constructive approach, adapt to new situations, and contribute to finding solutions together with others. You will be our face to the outside and have extensive contact with other administrations and external actors, which requires that you're good at collaborating and have very good communication skills. Warmly welcome with your application! Other information We recruit without a personal letter in this recruitment to strengthen the focus on the competencies and experience required for this role. In assessing your application, we will only base our evaluation on your CV and a number of questions you will answer when you apply for the position. We ask that you answer the questions concretely and briefly. Stockholm's City works with competency-based recruitment aimed at recognizing each person's competence and thereby counteracting discrimination. Remember never to upload a police certificate (Data Protection Regulation, GDPR) with your application.