Business description
Do you want to be part of 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 authority exercise in the social services areas. The assistance unit has implemented an organizational change where an operation with two Operations Managers has been introduced, one for the group of children and young people and one for the group of adults, in addition we have a coordinator within each group.

The adult unit consists of social secretaries who investigate substance abuse, social psychiatry/social support, domestic violence and employment/self-sufficiency as well as social secretaries for elderly care. We also handle financial assistance and estates. The adult unit includes a relatives' center and outpatient care for adult abuse.

Benefits: Gällivare municipality wants to be an attractive employer and we have various staff benefits such as wellness hours, the possibility of holiday exchange, a certain number of free baths, strength training/group exercise sessions or day passes at Dundret. The assistance unit has reduced working hours, with 2.5 hours per week at full-time work.

Working tasks
As an authority practitioner in elderly care, you are responsible for investigating, assessing and deciding on interventions according to the Social Services Act together with the individual. You work from a holistic approach where the individual's ability and sense of meaningfulness are taken into account.

As an employee, you focus on quality, development and legal certainty with a focus on the individual, based on the Social Services Act. The service is focused on investigation in elderly care where you make assessments of needs and various assistance such as home care, special housing and short-term housing. We work according to IBIC and the work is based on SoL. the Social Services Act.

In the work of the unit, we collaborate with other colleagues in our business and with other partners. Within the unit, you have reduced working hours and support from experienced colleagues.

Qualifications
We are looking for you who are about to become a social worker or have another experience that the employer considers equivalent. You should be able to work independently with case management and you should have good knowledge of current legislation.

As a person, you have good social skills, and are easy to work with others but also able to work independently. You should have empathy and be able to communicate easily with users, relatives and coworkers.

It is positive if you are easy to handle when conditions and planning change in the work and that you can be flexible based on what needs arise in the work. It is important that you enjoy expressing yourself in writing and that you have good ability to express yourself in both speech and writing. We see that you can contribute to developing working methods and your approach should be characterized by commitment, drive and the ability to take responsibility. Great emphasis is placed on personal suitability.

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

Working hours/Duration
Full-time, temporary 3 months with the possibility of extension

Salary: Monthly salary, We apply individual salary setting.

Information
Head of Operations Maria Apelqvist 0970-818 312 or
Acting Head of Operations Lena Olsson 0970-818 392

Union representatives: Vision and SSR

Application
We would like to receive a CV with your application. Original documents will be provided upon request. Interviews may take place on an ongoing basis.

Other
Gällivare municipality offers you:
- Wellness benefit in the form of strength training/group training/Dundret
- Wellness hour
- Free bath
- The assistance unit has a working time reduction, with 2.5 hours per week at full-time work.
- We invest in close leadership and coordinators for supervision every week.