About this role
Jokkmokk is a municipality with its sights set on the future!
We are a place where community and responsibility are at the center, where your skills and ideas can help shape the path forward. If you value high quality of life with proximity to both nature and community, Jokkmokk offers a rich cultural life and affordable leisure opportunities to experience.
Welcome to a municipality that combines drive and helpfulness – here you can be part of creating something new.
Do you want to be a key person in our work to quality-develop social services?
As a Socially Responsible Coordinator (SAS), you will be part of our development group together with three colleagues and be an important part of the social services management function.
You will join a dynamic group with specialist services including Medically Responsible Nurse and Business Development Manager. The group is characterized by a positive spirit focused on collaboration for high quality and individual focus in social services' client and patient work. As a SAS, you will work closely with the Medically Responsible Nurse (MAS). Jokkmokk Social Services encompasses areas of Individual and Family Care, Elder Care, Healthcare Unit, and Disability Support.
WORK TASKS
The SAS position has a broad scope and will include qualified investigative work, strategic operational planning, and development within social services. SAS has an overarching and strategic quality management function within the social services area based on applicable laws and regulations.
Your work includes developing, educating, and ensuring quality in social services processes, creating routines, and compiling the annual quality report together with MAS. Additionally, you will lead and support work groups and provide advice and support to managers within the organization.
You will also be responsible for following up operational self-monitoring and the social services incident management function, as well as developing and following up documentation related to social work.
As SAS, you will independently investigate reports of misconduct under Lex Sarah by delegation from the committee and assess and decide on misconduct. Together with core operations, you will create and follow up action plans. Serious misconduct will be reported to the Health and Social Care Inspectorate (IVO).
You will coordinate and monitor the external environment while staying updated on current laws and regulations. Part of your role as SAS also includes exploring and evaluating potential improvement areas within the social services branches. You will report directly to the Social Services Director.
QUALIFICATIONS
The ideal candidate should have experience in investigative work and be familiar with working in a politically governed organization. You will professionally collaborate with others across all social services areas.
Collaboration will also occur with other internal and external partners. We want you to have post-secondary education deemed relevant and have extensive experience in social services work areas.
In your role as SAS, high demands will be placed on your ability to inspire and motivate staff and coach towards development. Staying current with research and development in your field is a given, as is being structured and clear in communication, both verbally and in writing, with good computer and IT skills.
We want someone with a clear development focus and genuine interest and commitment to addressing short and long-term social services challenges. You should have good self-awareness, be calm and methodical with the ability to think strategically.
To be suitable for the role, you need to be a person who takes initiative and is structured in your work. You have the ability to lead and inspire others to achieve goals while understanding the long-term consequences of your decisions.
The employer places significant emphasis on personal suitability, and a driver's license is required.
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Jokkmokk Municipality strives for gender balance and ethnic and cultural diversity in our operations. Knowledge of the Sami language and Sami culture is considered an asset. Our core values aim to define the values that should permeate all activities in Jokkmokk Municipality, with our guiding principles being respect, equal value, responsibility, courage, commitment, and competence.
To quality-assure our recruitment process and enable good communication with applicants, we ask you to submit your application digitally via the "Apply Here" link and not via email or paper format.
To staffing, mediation, and recruitment companies and salespeople:
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Jokkmokk Municipality's Social Services requires access to extracts from suspicion and criminal records in the event of potential employment.
The salary range for this position is between 37,000 - 42,000 SEK/month full-time. We apply individual salary setting based on your experience and competence.
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