Do you want an exciting and varied job where you really make a difference? With us, you get a meaningful and varied job where you have the opportunity to influence and contribute to safe and quality elderly care. The role sometimes involves challenges, such as complex assessments and the need to quickly reprioritize. At the same time, you get to take part in many positive meetings with people, follow their development and be an important part of shaping the future of elderly care. The vision of elderly care: Together for a better life - for life. We work towards two overall goals: to strengthen the independence of the elderly at home and to ensure safe and secure care. Our work is based on our four strategic directions: collaboration, prevention, skills supply and digitalization. With our shared vision, we create drive, innovation and focus going forward. We are now looking forward to welcoming two social workers to our team! Your tasks Within Utredning Äldre we meet people from 65 years and up who, due to aging and its consequences, need support and help. We receive applications, investigate and make decisions according to the Social Services Act (SoL) and follow up the decisions to ensure that each individual has their needs met. We investigate according to the model IBIC, Individens Behov i Centrum. You work independently but also in close collaboration with colleagues, other professionals and businesses both internally and externally. The unit consists of about 40 employees and our office is centrally located in Umeå. About you We are looking for you who are a trained social worker with a few years of experience of exercising authority where you have carried out investigations and decisions based on the Social Services Act (SoL). You can express yourself well in the Swedish language in both speech and writing and have a B driving license. In the role of social secretary, you often meet people in difficult life situations, so it is important that you as a person are safe and stable and can see the needs of the individual and put it into a larger perspective. You are good at taking your own initiative and can work independently, but you also have good cooperation skills and see collaboration issues as a natural part of your work. The work requires flexibility and the ability to reprioritize at short notice as the workload can be high during periods. You want to actively participate in developing the business and contribute to a good working environment. We attach great importance to personal suitability. Welcome with your application! Follow Umeå municipality on Linkedin! About Umeå municipality Umeå municipality is the region's largest employer with over 13,000 employees. The municipality has around 440 managers and the operations are divided into eight administrations. Our jobs and our values are based on citizen focus, openness, trust and continuous improvement. Umeå is a cultural city in constant development. To meet the target of 200,000 inhabitants by 2050, we need more people working for growth and welfare. We know that diversity enriches and welcome everyone to apply for jobs with us. Over the next ten years, we will be hiring around a thousand people every year. Do you want to join us? Find out what it's like to live in Umeå here: https://www.umea.se/flytta Umeå municipality is part of three administrative areas for Finnish, Meänkieli and Sami www.umea.se/minoriteter. As an employee of Umeå municipality, you can take advantage of a number of benefits. Take part of our benefits https://umea.se/jobbochforetagande/jobbochpraktik/kommunensomarbetsgivare/varaformaner.4.1b4d24fb1752122eb843bf.html Do you sell ads or offer recruitment support? Please do not contact us about it! We select and contact the companies we work with ourselves.