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 an operation with two Operations Managers, 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.
The adult unit consists of social workers who investigate substance abuse, social psychiatry/social support, domestic violence and employment/self-sufficiency as well as social workers 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 training sessions or day passes at Dundret. The assistance unit has reduced working hours, with 2.5 hours per week at full-time work.
Work 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 the Social Services Act.
In the work of the unit, we collaborate with other colleagues in our business and with other partners. The unit has reduced working hours and support from experienced colleagues.
Qualifications
We are looking for you who are a social worker or have another experience that the employer considers equivalent. You must be able to work independently with case management and you must have good knowledge of current legislation.
As a person, you have good social skills, and are easy to cooperate with others but also able to work independently. You should have an empathetic approach 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 have good ability to express yourself in both speech and writing. You will 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 6 months with the possibility of extension
Salary:
Monthly salary, We apply individual salary setting.
Information
Director of Operations Maria Apelqvist 0970-818 312
Union representatives:
Vision and SSR
Application
Date of application: 2025-11-02
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:
- Fresh care benefit in the form of strength training/group training/Dundret
- Fresh care hour
- Free bath
- The assistance unit has a working time reduction, with 2.5 hours per week for full-time work.
- We invest in close leadership and coordinators for supervision every week.
Welcome with your application!