Social Worker – Economic Assistance

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1 position(s). Social Worker – Economic Assistance Want to make a difference? Want to work on a meaningful assignment where you contribute every day to helping people receive the right support and better conditions to achieve self-sufficiency? Then you could be the social worker we're looking for at Hjo Municipality. With us, you'll be part of a dedicated work team where lawful authority exercise, professional conduct, and collaboration are an integral part of daily work. We offer a developing and varied position where you have the opportunity to make a difference for residents in vulnerable life situations. Responsibilities As a social worker in economic assistance, you're responsible for authority functions according to the Social Services Act. You investigate, assess, and make decisions regarding economic assistance and work to ensure that individuals receive the right support to achieve self-sufficiency. Your duties include receiving and processing applications for maintenance support and other economic assistance, conducting initial visits, investigating individual needs, and making decisions according to applicable legislation. You're also responsible for ongoing case management of maintenance support cases, documentation, daily payments and recovery measures, as well as investigations regarding acute homelessness. The role also includes reporting to various authorities and maintaining close collaboration with colleagues within social services and other internal and external partners, all to create the best possible conditions for the individual. Qualifications We're looking for someone with a degree in social work or other university education that the employer considers equivalent. You have good knowledge of the Social Services Act, excellent communication skills in Swedish both verbally and in writing, as well as good digital competence and experience working in management systems. It's an advantage if you have experience with authority functions within social services, handling economic assistance cases, investigation and decision-making according to the Social Services Act, collaboration with other authorities, and experience from municipal operations. Personal Qualities To thrive and succeed in this role, you work lawfully and make well-founded decisions based on legislation and guidelines. You're structured, plan and organize your work efficiently, and ensure that documentation and time frames are maintained. You're self-driven and take responsibility for your cases while having good collaboration skills and contributing to a positive work environment. You treat people with respect, responsiveness, and professionalism, even in challenging situations. We also value good decision-making ability and the capacity to make well-considered assessments even when the information is complex. What We Offer At Hjo Municipality, you'll get varied and developing work where quality, lawfulness, and collaboration are in focus. As a department, we're in an exciting development phase, and in this position you'll have the opportunity to influence from the start how we'll work based on the new Activity Requirement. Together with dedicated colleagues, you'll work to provide the municipality's residents with professional support and excellent service. You'll become an important part of Hjo Municipality – the small municipality with a big heart. Hjo is beautifully situated on the shores of Lake Vättern and is known as one of Sweden's three preserved wooden towns. Here we work together to create good living conditions for our residents, with a focus on quality, collaboration, and sustainable development – through meaningful encounters. Regardless of which department you work in, you'll have proximity to most of what our picturesque town has to offer. We're an employer that values commitment, participation, and a good work environment. With us, you have the opportunity to make a difference – every day. To read more about Hjo Municipality as an employer, you can do so at Hjo.se/jobbaihjo We warmly welcome your application! Recruitment and Application We ask that you submit your application via Visma Recruit. We may conduct personality tests via Jobmatch and use digital reference checks. We may recruit on a rolling basis. We're happy to receive questions from candidates but decline other contact related to this posting. To be employed within social services at Hjo, we request an extract from the criminal record register and ID documentation in connection with an offer. We reserve the right to recruit from this material for equivalent positions that arise within six months from the end of recruitment. Employment type: Permanent employment. Duration: Permanent, Start date: 2026-09-01. Start date by agreement.

Overview

Type

job

Status

active

Visibility

public

City

Hjo

GPS

58.300197247265, 14.291191261674copyopen in

Phone

0503-350 00

Views

6

Published

11. 6. 2026

Edited

21. 6. 2026

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