Lead Social Worker

In Mölndal Municipality, we are proud to have Sweden's most important jobs where we together create the best possible everyday life for our citizens. With knowledge, courage, and creativity, we develop our operations and contribute to making Mölndal an even better place to live and work in. Welcome to make a difference in people's everyday lives every day! The Care and Service Administration with approximately 1,500 employees is one of the administrations in Mölndal Municipality and encompasses elderly care, support for people with disabilities, and health and medical care. The Social Psychiatry Authority consists of 8 social workers and 1 lead social worker. The unit is led by a unit manager and together we strive to work with high competence based on current legislation, informing, investigating, assessing, and making decisions about interventions according to the Social Services Act and the Act Concerning Support and Service for Persons with Certain Functional Impairments. We are divided into intake teams and follow-up teams within the unit. 1 position(s). JOB RESPONSIBILITIES As a lead social worker, you will supervise social workers in their daily work so they can carry out their assignments. You are responsible for ensuring that social workers operate in accordance with the political mandate and the regulations and guidelines that govern our work. You are responsible for quality-assuring case handling and ensuring that the measures granted are cost-effective and legally sound. You are part of the unit's management, which means you work on behalf of the unit manager and are expected to contribute to the operations' goal work and development. An important part of the work is being able to adapt your leadership and methodological support to the social workers' needs while being humble and development-oriented in processes with employees and collaboration partners. You are active in working toward professional cooperation both internally and externally. The role may involve representing the administration in various contexts in the city and advocating for the board in administrative court and appeal court. The Care and Service Administration's exercise of authority is characterized by positive great commitment to those we serve, high level of knowledge, and shared responsibility for a good work environment. QUALIFICATIONS We are looking for someone who is a social worker or has other education that the employer deems equivalent. You have previous experience with the social psychiatry target group, people with disabilities, and have very good legal knowledge within applicable legislation, LSS, SoL, and FL. The position requires that you have experience with exercise of authority and collaboration with multiple different units and functions. In addition, you have experience working with IBIC and SAMSA; it is meriting if you have worked in Treserva. It is meriting if you have previously worked as a lead social worker or held an equivalent supervisory role. For the position, you need to have a comprehensive perspective and be able to oversee your own area of responsibility as well as place your own operation's significance in a larger context. You have an interest in and collaborate on overarching issues to create added value. We are looking for someone who is attentive and listens to other people in order to understand their needs, actively seeks the views and perspectives of others and is receptive to them. You work for cohesion in the work group and create space for dialogue. In the role, you need to be able to work effectively under stress, balance different demands, and remain calm in difficult situations. You have the ability to make well-founded decisions under time pressure. You need to be strategic, think long-term, and have a broad perspective on work-related issues, and you have the ability to analyze the current situation to plan ahead. We also see that you are development-oriented and see opportunities to think new in work-related contexts and this can be put into practice and lead to improvements. You stay updated through environmental monitoring. You have very good Swedish in both speech and writing. Great weight will be placed on personal suitability. Employment form: Permanent employment. Duration: Permanent, start: October 1, 2026 or by agreement. Within the Care and Service Administration, active work is underway to be able to offer employees the desired level of employment in order to reduce involuntary part-time employment. In cases where the advertisement concerns a part-time position, our ambition is to eventually provide the opportunity for increased employment level. In recruitment, we consider the diversity perspective to better reflect our operations. Do you need help applying for the position? Contact customer service at 0771-693 693. Before a possible employment, an acceptable extract from the police's criminal record register must be presented if the position involves user- or patient-facing work. We will also check citizenship. If you are not a citizen of Sweden, the EU, EEA, or Switzerland, you must be able to present a valid residence/work permit or be able to prove that you are exempt from the requirement to have a work permit. Background checks may be conducted before employment. In certain positions, digital identification (e.g., BankID) is required to perform work tasks. The identification is used only to confirm your identity in the systems. We want to inform you that your application is a public document under the principle of public access. If you have protected personal information, you should NOT apply through the system but contact the responsible recruiting manager to handle your application. Contact information can be found in the advertisement. We kindly but firmly decline direct contact from staffing and recruitment companies and sellers of additional job advertisements. Mölndal Municipality has contracted agreements.

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