The position is placed within the Integration and Labor Market Administration, one of eight administrations in Linköping Municipality. We strengthen the opportunities for Linköping residents who are dependent on financial assistance to become self-supporting and independent. We also contribute with competence supply to Linköping Municipality and the business community.
Do you want to improve the everyday life, future, and quality of life for Linköping residents? With us, you can combine important assignments with a meaningful day. Welcome to us!
As a social services secretary with us, you have one of the municipality's most important assignments. You are the first contact for people in need of support and your contribution is crucial in strengthening the individual's path toward self-support and independence. With us, you get to combine professional authority with genuine commitment to people, where each meeting carries the possibility of positive change. Welcome to a workplace where your work makes a difference for the entire community!
Your Work Tasks
We are seeking a social services secretary focused on financial assistance, which means you receive and process new applications for financial assistance according to the Social Services Act as well as investigate resources and obstacles for self-support. As a social services secretary at the Reception Unit, you will be the first contact for individuals with short and long-term financial assistance needs.
Your work tasks include motivation work and coaching (MI) in connection with investigation work to develop the client's opportunities for self-support. It also includes work coordinating internal and external contacts such as the Public Employment Service, the Social Insurance Agency, contacts within the administration and other parts of Linköping Municipality, as well as other cooperation partners.
Your Workplace
The Integration and Labor Market Administration's assignment is to strengthen the opportunities for Linköping residents in need of financial assistance to become self-supporting and independent, as well as to contribute with competence supply to Linköping Municipality and the business community. The administration includes approximately 300 employees. We work closely with municipality residents, the business community, the civil society sector, authorities, and other public actors.
The Working Life and Financial Support Department consists of the units Reception, Integration and Working Life, and Financial Support 1-5. Within the Working Life and Financial Support Department, case management regarding financial assistance is conducted at 5 units with different focuses: Reception, Integration and Working Life, and Financial Support 1-3. You will be part of the Reception Unit.
The workplace is located at Drottninggatan 45; we work activity-based in open office landscapes. Working hours are daytime with flexible working hours options.
We offer you challenging and varied work. With us, you become part of a wonderful team with great collegiality and high competence.
About You
We are seeking someone who has a degree in social work or a degree in behavioral science with emphasis on courses in psychology and sociology. If you have completed courses in social work, social law, or administrative law, this is considered a merit. It is also meriting if you have previous experience in social work, social authority work, or have worked with financial assistance. If you have previous experience with the Lifecare business system, that is also considered meriting as we use it today. For the position, it is required that you have good knowledge of Swedish in speech and writing as the work involves contact with authorities and documentation.
To succeed in the role, we see that you work well with other people. Listening and communicating in a constructive way is self-evident to you. Since no day is the same as another, you easily adapt to changed situations and conditions. You take responsibility for your work tasks and plan and structure your work efficiently. In stressful and pressured situations, you remain calm and stable. You distinguish between the personal and professional and see relationships in their proper perspective.
Warmly welcome with your application!
Additional Information
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Start Date: By agreement
Employment Type: Three permanent positions, two time-limited positions until 2027-01-31.
Degree of Employment: 100%
Number of Vacant Positions: 5
Ref. No: 17450
In this application, you do not attach a personal letter.
Together We Shape the Future City
Linköping is one of Europe's most innovative cities and a municipality of possibilities. With energy, courage, and heart, we make our city even better. We are driven by curiosity and the desire to find new solutions. And by enriching everyday life and improving the quality of life for our residents.The position is placed within the Integration and Labor Market Administration, one of eight administrations in Linköping Municipality. We strengthen the opportunities for Linköping residents who are dependent on financial assistance to become self-supporting and independent. We also contribute with competence supply to Linköping Municipality and the business community.
Do you want to improve the everyday life, future, and quality of life for Linköping residents? With us, you can combine important assignments with a meaningful day. Welcome to us!
As a social services secretary with us, you…