Coordinator for the Adult Group, Assistance Unit
Gällivare, Sverige
Type of Employment Full-time
Job position Social worker
Work model On location
Application due date 17 August 2025
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Business description
Do you want an exciting, educational and developing work. We can offer you a varied and challenging job with good development opportunities and the opportunity to refresh your knowledge. In Gällivare municipality, we have a unit with all exercise of authority in the areas of social services. The welfare unit's organization consists of an operation with two heads of operations, one for the group of children and young people and one for the group of adults, in addition we have a coordinator in each group. Collaboration is one of the key words in social administration. It is important that all units contribute and work for good cooperation both within their own unit and within all activities of the social administration. The adult unit consists of social workers who investigate substance abuse, social support, domestic violence and employment/self-sufficiency. We also deal with financial assistance and elderly care. The adult unit includes outpatient care for adult addiction.

Now we are looking for a social worker who wants to work as a coordinator for all authority exercise within the adult group.

Tasks

The coordinator's tasks will be support for the social secretaries and administrators in the daily work. The purpose of the position is to ensure and maintain legal certainty in the exercise of authority. The work of the coordinator involves, among other things, keeping up to date with current case law and ensuring that caseworkers/social secretaries work in accordance with guidelines and legislation. Assisting caseworkers in home visits and emergency cases/situations where there is a need Identify necessary development areas internally and thus also collaborate internally and externally in the work area. The work will take place in close relationship with the employees within the unit, heads of operations within the Assistance Unit and the coordinator for the children and young people group. This is a position where you will thrive if you like a job in constant change, at a high pace and great variety of tasks. The service includes emergency preparedness.

Qualifications
We are looking for you who have a social worker degree. You need to have good knowledge of IBIC and current legislation in SoL and LVM. It is also desirable that you have worked with coaching case guidance and work with adults in vulnerable situations. You are not afraid of challenges and have a great interest in social work and want to be involved in developing the business. You must be able to express yourself well in speech and writing, have good computer skills and be passionate about collaboration. Important qualities for the position are that you are calm and stable in stressful situations and that you are good at planning and prioritizing. You are a person who appreciates collaboration, participation and being involved in the important work for the residents of Gällivare municipality. Great emphasis is placed on personal suitability.

Within the framework of the National Minority Languages Act, Gällivare municipality is an administrative municipality for Sami, Meänkieli and Finnish. Knowledge of one of these languages is an advantage when applying for employment in Gällivare municipality.

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Other

We would like to receive a CV and a personal letter with your application. Original documents will be provided on request. Interviews may take place on a rolling basis.

Gällivare municipality offers you:

  • Fresh care benefit in the form of strength training/group training/Dundret
  • Fresh care hour
  • Take part of the workplace's Trivselpeng
  • Membership in GKFF (Gällivare municipality's leisure association)
  • The possibility of vacation exchange

Working hours / Duration

Full-time, until further notice. Probationary period may apply. The assistance unit has a working time reduction of 2.5 hours less working hours per week for full-time work, which means a weekly working time of 35.92 hours.

Salary: We apply individual salary setting. Please provide salary requirements in your application

Access: According to agreement.

Union representatives

Vision, vision@gallivare.se SSR; ssrdirekt@akademssr.se

Welcome with your application!