Social Secretary, Harmful Substance Use and Social Psychiatry

Munkedals kommun · Full-time

Centrumtorget 5, Munkedal, Sweden

Do you want to work in a small municipality with great opportunities? Warmly welcome to us in Munkedals Municipality! Munkedals Municipality is located in northern Bohuslän between Oslo and Gothenburg. Here forest, river, and sea meet, and distances are short between people and results. With us, you work closely with both colleagues and operations, with the opportunity to influence and make a difference in everyday life. We build on what is already strong and develop what makes people want to live, reside, and work here. Development is created through interaction between residents, businesses, associations, and the municipality. This means that as an employee, you are part of driving change together with others. We work with people's well-being in focus and to ensure that Munkedals Municipality is a place to thrive in and want to recommend. The Welfare Administration's task is to help people who, due to age, disability, economic or family problems, need various forms of support and assistance. The Welfare Administration consists of three departments: care and nursing, support, and IFO (individual and family services). The care and nursing department consists of units within elderly care facilities, home services, and municipal primary care. The support department includes LSS services. The IFO department consists of social services, employment unit, social psychiatry, and assistance unit. The Adult Unit Individual and family services consist of several units, of which IFO Adult is one. IFO Adult in turn consists of the substance abuse group and subsistence support group. The substance abuse group has three people: one full-time with treatment, one with a shared position directed toward treatment and authority exercise in harmful substance use, and a third position with responsibility for authority exercise in harmful substance use and social psychiatry. Our colleague working with authority exercise in harmful substance use and social psychiatry is moving on to another position, and we are therefore seeking a new colleague for our unit. Warmly welcome to become part of our committed team and help create positive change in Munkedals Municipality! Job Description As a social secretary with us, you work primarily with processing applications for services under the Social Services Act (SoL), focusing on people with harmful substance use and addiction as well as social psychiatric needs. The work involves investigating, assessing, making decisions, and following up on interventions. Within social psychiatry, the interventions are residential support, contact person services, and individual occupational activities. In this work, you will have ongoing follow-up with service providers on residential support regarding ongoing interventions. Part of your work duties will also be to support caseworkers and treatment providers for domestic violence when needed. Qualifications We are looking for you who have a degree in social work or other relevant higher education. have documented experience with authority exercise in harmful substance use and addiction. have experience working with change initiatives. have experience with authority exercise in social psychiatry (meritorious). Your personal qualities are important to us, and we will place great emphasis on them. We value that you are confident in your professional role, your assessments, and decisions. You are stable, self-directed, and responsible, and have very good cooperation skills. We also appreciate your ability to see the bigger picture and that you can create structure in sometimes complex work. What We Offer You a stimulating and developing work environment where you have the opportunity to make a difference in people's lives. support in your professional development through training and supervision. flexible working hours that allow you to balance work and leisure in a good way. wellness allowance, discounts on gym memberships, and access to the training facility Styrkan. opportunity for holiday exchange. membership in the personnel association Cirkulus. We Want to Inform You that a background check will be conducted prior to employment. To be eligible for employment, you must at the interview: show valid ID when required, present a copy of your grade/degree certificate have the right to work in Sweden and be able to show valid work permit when required, show valid driver's license when required, show valid professional credentials For certain positions: a security clearance will be conducted. If you become eligible for such a position, approved security clearance is required. legitimacy verification will be conducted via the National Board of Health and Welfare or the National Agency for Education. a check against the Swedish Inspectorate for Social Care register will be conducted. you must be a Swedish citizen, but may have a foreign background. We value the qualities that diversity and equal gender distribution bring to operations and therefore welcome applicants with different backgrounds and life experiences for this position. Warmly welcome with your application—we look forward to hearing from you! 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