Social Worker - Financial Assistance

Köpings kommun · Full-time

Nibblesbackesvägen 17, Köping, Sweden

Are you ready for a challenging and rewarding role as a Social Worker for Financial Assistance where you can support individuals toward self-sufficiency and a better future? In this role, you will also participate in a project targeting people who lack income qualifying for sickness benefits (SGI) and have no other income. Are you passionate about making a difference and creating positive change for individuals and society? Then you might be the person we're looking for! The Social and Labor Market Administration is responsible for all individual and family services as well as municipal labor market initiatives and adult education. Our operations are based on a user perspective, collaboration, and a holistic approach. As a Social Worker for Financial Assistance, you will join an engaged and curious work team with close leadership that actively works on development issues. We also offer modern and attractive workplaces with high security where you have your own workspace. Managers, team leaders, and case workers sit together, which contributes to close leadership with short decision-making paths. Our employee and user surveys show that we are an administration at the forefront! What can we offer you? When you start with us, you will receive a customized introduction, regardless of whether you have extensive experience or are newly graduated. During the introduction, your mentor, supervisor, and manager are jointly involved to give you the best possible start with us! We also offer: Generous flexible working hours system with time off during congested periods Administrative support Wellness allowance Opportunity for vacation exchange 1 position(s). WORK TASKS In your role as Social Worker for Financial Assistance, you will be responsible for processing applications for financial assistance and conducting active change work together with the client. Particular focus is on work based on the new legislation on activity requirements, which means that you work together with the client toward increased independence and self-sufficiency. You work closely with the labor market department with joint planning and shared action plans. The work also involves investigating, assessing, and making decisions in cases as well as collaborating with both internal and external actors to create the best possible conditions for the individual's development. We use digital tools and handle applications through our e-service. As part of the role, you will also participate in the ongoing project Team Collaboration in Västra Mälardalen, which is financed by the Västmanland Coordination Association. The project is led by a project manager and steering group and targets people between 18 and 65 years old who lack income qualifying for sickness benefits (SGI) and therefore are referred to financial assistance. Together with other actors, the project works to find pathways to work or studies, increased self-sufficiency, and reduced poor health. The project runs through 2027 and comprises 50% of the position. QUALIFICATIONS We are seeking someone with a degree in Social Work (socionom). It is advantageous if you have previous experience working within social services, particularly within financial assistance, and are trained and experienced in solution-focused approaches. You have a good understanding of the challenges faced by people on the margins of society, and you have experience working with individuals who are far from the labor market where change work and meeting people are an important part. You have good knowledge of labor market requirements and conditions. As a person, you are organized, have good documentation skills, and a well-developed ability to make professional assessments that form the basis for decisions. Car driving may occur in this work, which requires you to have a category B driver's license. We place great importance on personal suitability and your personal qualities. We warmly welcome your application! Type of employment: Permanent position. Duration: Permanent. Our Municipality Köping is located in Västra Mälardalen between Örebro, Västerås, and Eskilstuna. With our 26,000 residents, we are a reasonably sized municipality where close collaborations become possible. Working in the municipality is meaningful and makes a direct difference in the daily lives of Köping residents. Köping Municipality has done its utmost for recruitment and declines all offers of advertising and recruitment assistance in connection with this posting.