Social Secretary Adult with Placement Coordination Responsibility

Emmaboda Municipality is in an exciting development phase where the modern small town is being built. The municipality is a hub in the heart of southeastern Sweden with proximity to both beautiful nature and to Kalmar, Karlskrona, and Växjö. The overarching and common goal is to constantly develop so that the municipality is attractive to live, work, and be in, and so that the municipality is attractive as an employer. 1 position(s). JOB RESPONSIBILITIES Are you looking for more than just a new job? In Emmaboda, you have the opportunity to help shape the future of social services. We are in the midst of transitioning to the new social services law and developing social work based on relationships, participation, trust, and quality. We are looking for someone who wants to think differently, contribute ideas, and help develop our operations. We value courage, collaboration, and the desire to make a difference for people. We are seeking a social secretary who wants to combine authority functions with an overall responsibility for placements. The position involves working as a social secretary with the handling and follow-up of cases, while also having special responsibility for coordinating and developing the municipality's placement work. As a social secretary, you are responsible for investigation, assessment, decision-making, and follow-up of interventions according to applicable legislation. You meet people in different life situations and work to create sustainable change through legally secure, professional, and individually tailored social work. In the role of placement coordinator, you are a support for colleagues and the organization in matters relating to external placements. You coordinate contacts with HVB, supported housing, sheltered housing, and other external service providers. You contribute to ensuring that the right intervention meets the right need by quality assuring, following up, and developing the municipality's placement work. You will have a central role in working to create conditions for working locally. In your role, you will, among other things, coordinate and support placements by maintaining established contacts with care providers. You will work to follow up on quality and results from external service providers by visiting the operations we use, and you will work with agreements and contribute to gathering statistics and analyses of the work. You will be a support for colleagues in complex placements and collaboration processes. The position offers an exciting combination of operative social work and strategic development work. QUALIFICATIONS We are looking for someone who is trained as a social worker or has other education that the employer deems equivalent. Requirements: - experience with authority functions within social services - experience with placements according to SoL, LVU, and LVM - knowledge of HVB, supported housing, sheltered housing, or other external care - experience collaborating with external service providers - experience with quality and development work Meritorious: - experience with ASI and FREDA investigations - experience working in the psychiatric field and with people who have services according to LSS - experience with placement work, for example as a foster care secretary, social secretary, treatment educator, or through work at HVB - experience with management, coordination, or operations development within public operations For the role of placement coordinator, it is particularly meritorious if you have experience driving processes, coordinating interventions, and independently planning, prioritizing, and leading your work. The role places high demands on initiative, structure, and the ability to create good collaboration both internally and externally. Who are you? Social work is not performed by robots. We are therefore looking for a person with enough confidence to know that no one knows everything, who has the courage to try something new, and who has the insight that sometimes an ice cream in the sun with a resident can be better than a conversation in the office. Therefore, we place great emphasis on your personal qualities. You find it easy to create trusting relationships and enjoy working in a role where collaboration is an important success factor. You are organized, take responsibility, and have the ability to see both the individual's needs and the organization's overall perspective. You are self-driven, enterprising, and enjoy taking responsibility for developing and coordinating working methods. You have a good ability to create structure in complex processes and can switch between operative and strategic tasks. Above all, we are looking for someone who wants to make a difference, both for the people we meet and for the development of the future social services. Great emphasis will be placed on personal suitability. Salary form: Monthly salary. Employment form: Permanent employment. Duration: Start date according to agreement. Working hours: Daytime. Work may occur outside traditional office hours. Employees of Emmaboda Municipality should reflect the diversity that exists in the municipality. We welcome applicants regardless of age, gender, and foreign background. We firmly decline contact from media sales representatives, recruitment sites, and similar.

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