Therapist for outpatient care Type of Employment Part-time
Job position Social worker
Work model On location
Application due date 18 December 2024
Are you the one? Jokkmokk is a municipality with an eye on the future!
We are a place where community and responsibility are at the center, where your skills and ideas can be part of shaping the way forward. If you value a 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 help create something new.
In Jokkmokk municipality, we are now taking a big step forward to meet the new requirements in social services. With a new investment in our Individual and Family Care (IFO), we are building an organization that is equipped to meet both today's and tomorrow's challenges. And you have the opportunity to help shape it!
We have a vision to create an IFO organization that not only meets but exceeds the requirements of the new Social Services Act, which will begin to be implemented in the summer of 2025. Our ambitions go beyond the minimum requirements of the law. We aim to build a business that puts the actual needs of the individual at the center and offers tailor-made solutions for every single citizen.
WORK TASKS
As a small municipality with short decision-making paths, we offer a unique working environment where you can help shape the social services of the future. We are now looking for two committed therapists who want to work broadly in outpatient care and make a real difference for our residents.
About the role
As a therapist with us, you will work broadly within the social services' outpatient care, which means that you will have a varied and developing role where you meet different target groups and work with different types of interventions. You will work both preventively and therapeutically, and your tasks may include everything from supportive conversations and crisis management to more long-term treatment efforts.
The role includes working closely with other activities within the municipality, such as schools, culture and leisure, within the framework of our established collaborative project "Hela Byn". This gives us a unique opportunity to create cohesive support for our residents and allows us to work flexibly and effectively to meet the needs of individuals and families.
We offer
- A dynamic and development-oriented work environment in a small municipality with short
decision-making paths.
- Opportunity to work broadly and develop in several areas of social work
- Short decision-making paths and the opportunity to influence your work and the development of the organization
- Support and cooperation from other professions within the municipality
- Good opportunities for skills development and further training
QUALIFICATIONS
We are looking for you who have a great commitment to social work and who want to be involved in making a difference in people's lives. You enjoy working in a varied role where you meet different types of challenges and see opportunities in working broadly within the social services. You are flexible, collaborative and enjoy working in teams to create the best solutions for our residents.
Qualifications:
- Social work degree and experience in social change work.
- Experience in treatment work with both children, adolescents and adults
- Knowledge of different treatment methods and ability to adapt interventions to the needs of individuals and families
- Ability to work independently and in teams, and to take own initiatives
- Strong empathy and ability to build trusting relationships
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Welcome to the municipality of Jokkmokk - where together we shape a brighter future for all our residents. Do you want to be part of making a difference? Apply today and become part of our dedicated team!
Jokkmokk municipality strives for gender, ethnic and cultural diversity in our operations. Knowledge of the Sámi language and culture is seen as an asset. Our core values aim to set out the values that should permeate all activities in Jokkmokk municipality, where our key words are respect, equal value, responsibility, courage, commitment and competence.
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