Assistant Unit Manager, Home Care Services

Be part of shaping the future of care and support in Strängnäs municipality during a time of transformation and change. In this role, you will work both operatively and strategically with the goal of creating a safe, high-quality, and developmental everyday life for our users. You are an important support to the unit manager within home care services but also work closely with staff members. Strängnäs municipality has decided to appoint assistant unit managers within the municipality's home care and resource unit. The municipality's home care is distributed across three units. The resource unit includes night patrols and substitute recruitment within elder care. The purpose of the role is to increase quality, safety, and user influence within the operations. We strive for high staff attendance and a good work environment. In this role, you will have an important mission and be a key person in achieving our established goals. We are now seeking, for a limited-term assignment of 12 months, someone with commitment and drive who wants to make home care services the best! 1 position(s). WORK TASKS As an assistant unit manager, you support the unit manager in leading and developing the unit. The unit manager has overall budget and operational responsibility as well as rehabilitation responsibility for staff and then distributes tasks and areas of responsibility to the assistant unit manager based on the needs of the operations. The assistant unit manager handles operational tasks related to daily operations, personnel matters, and also has an active role in strategic issues related to development, quality assurance, and improvement proposals. Depending on delegation, decision-making may also be included. You support the work of leading staff, following up on work environment, and contributing to a safe and healthy workplace. You participate in recruitment, orientation, and skills development, and support staff with questions related to daily work. You will also actively support the unit manager in budget work through documentation, follow-up, and improvement proposals. You ensure that users receive services of high quality according to decisions and implementation plans, follow up on key figures, deviations, and user surveys, and initiate improvement measures. You actively participate in development and quality work, implement and follow up on welfare technology. The role also includes contact and collaboration with users, relatives, authorities, union representatives, and internal support functions. You report to the unit manager, who will also be your immediate supervisor. You will work from our new premises, Helheten, located just outside the city center. In this role, we consider it important that you contribute to a work environment characterized by respect, clarity, and openness. QUALIFICATIONS We are seeking someone who has: • Relevant higher education in care and support or social work, or other education that the employer deems equivalent. • Experience working in care and support. • Good ability to express yourself in speech and writing in Swedish. • Good ability to use digital tools to support your work, such as Word, Outlook, and Teams. • Valid driver's license (category B). We consider it highly meritorious if you have: • Experience in management as a manager, team leader, project leader, or similar. • Experience in leading development (for example in digitalization, staffing planning, or other important areas for the operations). • Experience in work environment and quality work. • Experience working in a politically governed organization. • Experience/education in work environment legislation, labor law, collective agreements, the Social Services Act (SoL), and quality systems. It is also meritorious if you have education in organization and leadership. Your personal qualities are important, and we will place great weight on these. We are seeking someone who enjoys meeting people and has the ability to create trust, confidence, and good relationships. You are communicative and can convey messages to relatives, users, and staff in a pedagogical manner. You have a structured and efficient working method with a clear operational focus and economic awareness. You see solutions rather than problems and can adapt to changed circumstances. Your good collaborative skills make you a valued cooperation partner, both internally and externally. Your leadership is characterized by attentiveness, clarity, and commitment. You inspire staff to develop and contribute to common goals. During spring 2026, a new law came into force that means work in the homes of elderly persons or adults with disabilities will also be covered by background checks. For this position, it means that the final candidate must present documents from both the criminal record register and the suspect register before employment can be offered in Strängnäs municipality. We warmly welcome your application today! Employment type: Limited-term employment. Duration: 6 months or longer, start date: According to agreement. Strängnäs municipality applies smoke-free working hours to create a healthy work environment for all employees, colleagues, and users. Application process and personal data handling: • As an applicant, you are responsible for clearly documenting your qualifications so that we can make a fair and objective assessment of your application. • Strängnäs municipality handles your personal data in accordance with applicable legislation. You can read more about our personal data handling on our website: https://www.strangnas.se/kommun-och-politik/overklaga-beslut-rattssakerhet/personuppgifter-i-strangnas-kommun Strängnäs municipality has selected media channels for this recruitment and therefore declines contact from ad sellers and recruitment services. We look forward to learning more about you and how you want to contribute to Strängnäs' future.

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