Do you have a commitment to people and want to help more people have a better everyday life?
Are you good at guidance and focus on opportunities? Do you have courage and great capacity?
Are you good at relationship building and goal setting? Do you also have experience in the field of substance abuse?
Then you may be exactly what we're looking for. Read on

Nav Løten has a vacancy in the Mental Health and Rest Service. NAV Løten is a partnership between the state and Løten municipality, and we consist of two departments; work-oriented follow-up and finances as well as the qualification department, which consists of the refugee service and mental health and substance abuse. We are located in the municipal building in Løten, and you will have skilled and dedicated colleagues. We are passionate about giving people opportunities and helping our users achieve their goal of work or education.

The mental health service in Løten municipality currently consists of several employees in mental health and substance abuse and has an experience consultant, a FACT resource and an RPH team (Rapid Mental Health Assistance).

Tasks

• Conduct talk therapy with a focus on motivation and change
  
• Environmental therapy with a focus on activity and coping
• Develop and lead group activities in the talk therapy service
• Interdisciplinary collaboration within the municipality and with other support services
• Have a
• Focus on user participation and use assisted self-help to ensure systematic user feedback
• Individual outreach follow-up of addicts with concomitant severe mental illness
• Identify and assess the need for help and refer to other support services
• Follow up users before, during and after treatment in the specialist health service
• Other tasks may be assigned to the position
  

Tasks may vary according to the needs of the office.

Qualifications

• Minimum three-year college/university education, preferably in health and social sciences
• Experience from the field of substance abuse
• Good digital skills
• Good oral and written presentation skills in Norwegian
• Driver's license class B
  

It is desirable that you have:

• Additional education in mental health and / or substance abuse work
• Experience from similar work
• Experience from interdisciplinary collaboration
  

Personal qualities

• You are committed and positive
• Have good collaboration skills and promote a sharing culture
• Enjoy working in a team and can at the same time plan your own workday and work independently
• Are robust, structured and flexible
• Able to think holistically and solution-oriented in meeting with users and other services in the municipality
• Is development-oriented, innovative and can contribute to change/development
• Has the ability to implement and is concerned with goal achievement
• You are committed, have a good mood and contribute to a positive community
• Personal suitability will be emphasized
  

We offer

• An exciting job with a good professional environment and opportunities for development
• Varied and exciting work tasks
• Skilled colleagues in a good working environment
• A socially beneficial and meaningful working day
• Salary according to municipal regulations
• Good pension scheme and group life insurance
  

Employment is otherwise on the terms that follow from applicable laws, regulations and collective agreements.

The application is sent electronically via Webcruiter, and all documentation that you want to be taken into account must be uploaded as an attachment to the application.

Welcome as an applicant!

Contact information

Steinsrud, Siri, Head of Department, 91103786

Place of work

Tingberg, Kildevegen 1
2340 Løten

Key information:

Employer: Løten Municipality

Reference no: 5112539312
Position percentage: 100%
Permanent
Application deadline: 10.05.2026