Social Secretary with Focus on Elderly Care

Description:

Do you want to make a real difference? At Sollefteå Municipality, you contribute every day to making society function, grow, and develop. We are nearly 2,000 colleagues who together create security, service, and confidence in the future for our residents. Here you get more than just a job: you become part of a team characterized by courage, innovative thinking, and pride. We offer excellent opportunities for development and influence – and a work environment that makes it easy to find balance between career and leisure. As an added bonus, you have access to wellness subsidies, free cross-country skiing at Hallstaberget, free swimming at several of our facilities, and much more. And perhaps best of all: you get to work in a municipality where magnificent nature meets small-town charm, where community is strong and confidence in the future is clear. Job Description: One of our employees is retiring, so we are seeking a new team member. As a social secretary/case officer, you have important work where you create value for people in your surroundings every day. Do you have a strong sense of responsibility and focus on individuals' needs? Then perhaps we are looking for you. The unit is part of the main unit for health and social care and belongs to the Individual and Family Care (IFO) department. Welcome to us! 1 position(s). DUTIES As a social secretary with a focus on elderly care, you work from a holistic perspective and meet service users with the aim of strengthening their own abilities and continued independence. Your main duties are to investigate and assess needs, follow up on the services you grant, and ensure that the services meet the individual's needs regarding home care, day activities, respite care, short-term stays, and special housing primarily for elderly persons. You handle matters within applicable legislation (the Social Services Act), current legal standards, and established guidelines. We work with continuous case management in groups. Case handling and documentation take place in the Life Care system. We use the IBIC model in our assessments to describe, evaluate, and follow up on the individual's needs. Your duties also include participation in network meetings, writing statements, responsibility for phone hours, and active participation in ongoing development work. The work requires legally sound case handling where you as a case officer must ensure that the applicant is involved and can express their views. You work closely with the individual, relatives, service providers, colleagues, and other professionals and authorities. The work is focused on quality and legal security with the service user in focus. We offer you support structures in the form of an introduction program, mentorship, unit meetings, peer supervision, external supervision, basic and targeted training initiatives, as well as wellness hours/wellness allowance. With us, you become an important person! QUALIFICATIONS We are looking for someone with a degree in social work. It is considered meritorious if you have previous experience working within social services. You have an interest in working with people in different life stages. You are independent, have good collaboration skills, are responsible, and have the ability to create trusting meetings. As a person, you are accustomed to taking personal responsibility for your workday, planning and completing your tasks in a legally sound and efficient manner. Your duties require you to be flexible, see opportunities in changes, and be thorough. You can express yourself clearly and well-formulated in speech and writing. Social services in Sollefteå strive to work systemically, and you should have the ability to see and work from people's own strengths and resources. Great emphasis is placed on personal suitability. A Class B driver's license is required. Employment Type: Permanent employment. Duration: Ongoing. In Sollefteå Municipality, a number of positions are classified in a security category according to the Security Protection Act (2018:585). For those positions, security vetting is included in the employment process. Register Extract: For positions in elderly care, services for persons with disabilities, and services for children and young people, a check of the register extract is part of the recruitment process. A form for ordering a register extract can be downloaded from the Police website: http://polisen.se Please note that we only accept applications via Offentliga jobb (Public Jobs). The first time you apply for a job via Offentliga jobb, you register at www.offentligajobb.se and enter your information there. You should be careful when filling in your details, as your information forms the basis for processing. When we receive your application, you will receive a confirmation via email. We strive for diversity and equal gender distribution within Sollefteå Municipality. We kindly but firmly ask not to be contacted by recruitment and advertising agencies.

Overview

Type

job

Status

active

Visibility

public

City

Sollefteå

Address

Sollefteå

GPS

62.3857804, 17.3294368copyopen in

Phone

0620-68 20 00

Views

7

Published

2. 6. 2026

Edited

22. 6. 2026

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