Social Secretary at the Emergency Department

Borås kommun · plný úvazek

Borås Stad, Borås, Švédsko

Now we're preparing for the future of social services! Since fall 2025, the Department of Care and Elderly Services has been piloting social secretaries at health centers and emergency departments. The new working methods have been successful and will become permanent. In addition, we are exploring the possibility of starting a reception unit. Therefore, we are now expanding our operations with more social secretaries. Do you want to be part of developing a completely new role, part of the future of social services in close collaboration with the emergency department at Södra Älvsborgs Sjukhus and the Sjuhärad municipalities? Are you an experienced and attentive social worker who wants to work both preventatively and in an authority capacity - and make a real difference for people at an early stage? We are now seeking two social secretaries for the emergency department at Södra Älvsborgs Sjukhus, with a clear focus on preventive work and early interventions. About the operation Your primary workplace will be at Södra Älvsborgs Sjukhus (SÄS), Brämhultsvägen 53, where you will spend most of your time. In addition, you will have your workplace at the Department of Care and Elderly Services' authority operations, at a centrally located office at Ramnåsgatan 1 near Central Station and the Travel Center. To help balance work and leisure, flexible hours are available when work permits and some remote work is possible. You have access to various benefits; in addition to the wellness allowance, our award-winning staff club MerKraft organizes activities and you have free admission to the city's swimming facilities. There is also the option to lease a bicycle/e-bike with a gross salary deduction. We offer you a pleasant workplace with a heterogeneous work group characterized by joy in work, commitment, and respect. You are offered a secure position with varied work in a good working environment. As a new employee, you will receive an individually adapted introduction to help you get started in the best way, you will continuously receive support and help from method supervisors and experienced colleagues, and you will have close contact with your immediate supervisor. Work duties Against the backdrop of demographic changes, the transition to new social services legislation, and the development of nearby care, we are working with new, preventive work methods. During 2025-2026, the Department of Care and Elderly Services conducted a pilot with social secretaries at the emergency department at Södra Älvsborgs Sjukhus two days per week. Experience shows that the emergency department is an effective arena for early identification of social needs, providing advice, directing people to preventive measures, and when necessary, quickly making decisions about support measures under the social services act for safe return home. During fall 2026, a work group will jointly develop working methods where social services is represented at the emergency department at SÄS for the entire Sjuhärad catchment area. The work will contribute to developing a more accessible, preventive, and coordinated social service in close collaboration with health and medical care. In your professional practice, you will represent all eight Sjuhärad municipalities but will be employed at the Department of Care and Elderly Services in Borås City. The position at the emergency department is 100%, but will be shared between two people at 50% each. During the time you are not at the emergency department, you will be part of an authority team at your regular workplace and have the opportunity to review appropriate tasks for the role within the scope of authority operations. As the positions are being developed during fall 2026, you need to be open to not having your work duties clearly defined, but rather see the opportunity to influence upcoming working methods. In this role, you will have a clear health-promoting and preventive approach, working with information, advice, and guidance, rather than traditional case management. The focus is to strengthen the individual's own resources and independence while delaying entry into elderly care for the individual's benefit. To provide individuals with the right help at the right time, you also need to master authority operations. We conduct assessments according to the IBiC model, Individual Needs in Focus, so it is a merit if you have experience with this. You will primarily work in close collaboration with a colleague in the same role and with staff at the emergency department, but also with other colleagues and operations. You will have the opportunity to help build a new working method and create more preventive work for the municipality's seniors. Qualifications We are looking for someone with a degree in social work or equivalent education, with good expertise in social work related to elderly care and preventive work. Since you will be working in another care provider's arena, you need to be relationship-building and unpretentious, while at the same time being able to represent social services independently. Working at an emergency department also requires authority operations competence, great flexibility, pedagogical skills, and the courage to ask questions that may be perceived as sensitive. The ability to motivate behavioral change and to meet people in different life situations is central. You need to independently be able to plan, structure, and prioritize your work. Good knowledge of Finnish is a merit. A driver's license is a requirement. Application Interviews may be conducted during the application period. Welcome to us! Other information Feel free to follow our daily work on Instagram: aldreomsorgmyndighet_borasstad. There you will get an insight into our operations and work within the Authority. Want to know more about what it's like to work as a social secretary in elderly care in Borås City? Read more here: Social Secretary in Elderly Care - Borås City