{"data":{"id":203998,"slug":"socionom-med-forskarutbildningstjanst-kommundoktorand","type":"job","title":"Social Worker with Doctoral Research Fellowship (Municipal Doctoral Candidate)","description":"Do you want to help develop social services through both research and practice?\n\nHow do we know that social services interventions make a difference for the people we meet? How can we better track outcomes, understand clients' experiences, and develop approaches that strengthen the quality of our support?\n\nHalmstad Municipality is now seeking a municipal doctoral candidate who wants to combine doctoral studies with practice-based work. Here you'll have the opportunity to contribute to new knowledge that can make a real difference for residents, while being an active part of social services development.\n\nThe position is carried out in collaboration between Halmstad Municipality and Halmstad University of Applied Sciences. You will be employed by the Social Affairs Department while also being admitted to doctoral education at the licentiate level.\n\nYour responsibilities\n\nAs a municipal doctoral candidate, you will divide your time between research and work in social services. The position comprises 50 percent doctoral studies and 50 percent practice work over four years. You will contribute to developing knowledge on issues that are important to social services' core mission.\n\nIn the role, you will:\n - plan and conduct an independent research project\n - pursue doctoral studies leading to a licentiate degree\n - participate in doctoral courses, seminars, and conferences\n - present research results to both researchers and practitioners\n - help translate research into practical development within social services\n - strengthen knowledge development through collaboration between academia and practice.\n\nThe doctoral education is conducted at the Academy of Health and Welfare, Halmstad University of Applied Sciences, within the research environment Center for Research on Welfare, Health and Sports (CVHI).\n\nYour qualifications\n\nWe are looking for someone with an advanced degree in health and lifestyle studies that is relevant to doctoral education and who wants to help develop the future of social services through research and practice development.\n\nRequirements\n - advanced degree in health and lifestyle studies\n - eligibility for doctoral-level education\n - strong ability to express yourself orally and in writing in Swedish and English\n - experience from social services or other relevant welfare activities\n - ability to formulate research questions and translate ideas into a research plan.\n\nMerits\n - experience with research, development, or evaluation work\n - experience with follow-up and quality assurance work\n - experience with service user or client participation\n - scientific publications or other relevant academic work\n - experience with collaboration between academia and practice.\n\nTo succeed in the role, you need to be able to take responsibility for your work and drive processes forward independently. You identify issues that need development and take initiative to find solutions that contribute to new knowledge and practice benefits.\n\nYou have strong analytical skills and can examine complex questions from multiple perspectives to draw well-founded conclusions. Since the role involves collaboration between research and practice, you also need to be responsive and collaborate well with different professionals and stakeholders.\n\nYou plan, prioritize, and follow up on your work so that both the research project and practice assignments progress with high quality. At the same time, you act with integrity and a professional approach in your interactions with people, practitioners, and research environments.\n\nWhat we offer you\n\nWith us, you'll have the opportunity to combine research and practical work in a role that contributes to the development of social services.\n\nWe offer you:\n - half-time doctoral education for four years leading to a licentiate degree\n - mentoring and support from experienced researchers\n - a stimulating research environment with national and international networks\n - the opportunity to influence the development of social services approaches\n - close collaboration between Halmstad Municipality and Halmstad University of Applied Sciences\n - meaningful work where research and practice development meet.\n\nAs a municipal doctoral candidate, you'll have the opportunity to contribute to both scientific knowledge development and better conditions for the people that social services exist to support.\n\nOther information\n\nThe doctoral education is conducted half-time over four years and leads to a licentiate degree. The position also comprises half-time practice work within the Social Affairs Department. Placement occurs through dialogue taking into account the candidate's preferences, the organization's needs, and suitability based on research area. You do not need to be employed by Halmstad Municipality today to apply.\n\nWith your application, we would like you to attach:\n - research plan of 3-4 pages\n - CV\n - degree certificates and transcripts\n - relevant theses, independent work, and any scientific publications.\n\nThe research plan should describe a research area with clear relevance to social services. You may submit multiple research ideas, but a maximum of four.\n\nThe selection is based on a combined assessment of eligibility, scientific maturity, analytical ability, the quality of the research outline, and other experience deemed relevant to the assignment.\n\nInformation about the recruitment process\n\nThe application deadline is October 15.\n\nAfter the application period closes, an initial screening process is conducted where research plans are anonymized and summarized. Thereafter, the research plans are reviewed by SOL-collaboration, which assesses the relevance and quality of the proposals.\n\nApplicants will receive feedback on their research plans at the end of October. Interviews are planned for November, and references will be collected after interviews are completed.\n\nThe goal is for recruitment to be completed and the position filled by January 15 at the latest.","language":"sv","is_translated":true,"title_original":"Socionom med forskarutbildningstj\u00e4nst (Kommundoktorand)","description_original":"Vill du vara med och utveckla socialtj\u00e4nsten tillsammans med b\u00e5de forskning och praktik?\nHur vet vi att socialtj\u00e4nstens insatser g\u00f6r skillnad f\u00f6r de m\u00e4nniskor vi m\u00f6ter? Hur kan vi b\u00e4ttre f\u00f6lja upp resultat, f\u00f6rst\u00e5 klienters erfarenheter och utveckla arbetss\u00e4tt som st\u00e4rker kvaliteten i v\u00e5rt st\u00f6d?\nNu s\u00f6ker Halmstads kommun en kommundoktorand som vill kombinera forskarstudier med verksamhetsn\u00e4ra arbete. H\u00e4r f\u00e5r du m\u00f6jlighet att bidra till ny kunskap som kan g\u00f6ra verklig skillnad f\u00f6r inv\u00e5nare, samtidigt som du \u00e4r en aktiv del av socialtj\u00e4nstens utveckling.\nTj\u00e4nsten genomf\u00f6rs i samverkan mellan Halmstads kommun och H\u00f6gskolan i Halmstad. Du blir anst\u00e4lld i socialf\u00f6rvaltningen samtidigt som du antas till forskarutbildning p\u00e5 licentiatniv\u00e5.\nDina arbetsuppgifter\nSom kommundoktorand delar du din tid mellan forskning och arbete i socialtj\u00e4nstens verksamhet. Tj\u00e4nsten omfattar 50 procent forskarutbildning och 50 procent verksamhetsarbete under fyra \u00e5r. Du kommer att bidra till att utveckla kunskap inom fr\u00e5gor som \u00e4r viktiga f\u00f6r socialtj\u00e4nstens k\u00e4rnuppdrag.\nI rollen kommer du att:\n\u00a0- planera och genomf\u00f6ra ett sj\u00e4lvst\u00e4ndigt forskningsprojekt\n\u00a0- bedriva forskarstudier som leder fram till en licentiatexamen\n\u00a0- delta i forskarutbildningskurser, seminarier och konferenser\n\u00a0- presentera forskningsresultat f\u00f6r s\u00e5v\u00e4l forskare som verksamheter\n\u00a0- bidra till att oms\u00e4tta forskning i praktisk utveckling inom socialtj\u00e4nsten\n\u00a0- st\u00e4rka kunskapsutvecklingen genom samverkan mellan akademi och verksamhet.\nForskarutbildningen bedrivs vid Akademin f\u00f6r h\u00e4lsa och v\u00e4lf\u00e4rd, H\u00f6gskolan i Halmstad, inom forskningsmilj\u00f6n Centrum f\u00f6r forskning om V\u00e4lf\u00e4rd, H\u00e4lsa och Idrott (CVHI).\nDina kvalifikationer\nVi s\u00f6ker dig som har en examen p\u00e5 avancerad niv\u00e5 inom h\u00e4lsa och livsstil, som \u00e4r relevant f\u00f6r forskarutbildningen och som vill vara med och utveckla framtidens socialtj\u00e4nst genom forskning och verksamhetsutveckling.\nKrav\nexamen p\u00e5 avancerad niv\u00e5 inom h\u00e4lsa och livsstil\nbeh\u00f6righet till utbildning p\u00e5 forskarniv\u00e5\ngod f\u00f6rm\u00e5ga att uttrycka dig muntligt och skriftligt p\u00e5 svenska och engelska\nerfarenhet fr\u00e5n socialtj\u00e4nst eller annan relevant v\u00e4lf\u00e4rdsverksamhet\nf\u00f6rm\u00e5ga att formulera forskningsfr\u00e5gor och oms\u00e4tta id\u00e9er till en forskningsplan.\n\nMeriterande\nerfarenhet av forsknings-, utvecklings- eller utredningsarbete\nerfarenhet av uppf\u00f6ljnings- och kvalitetsarbete\nerfarenhet av klient- eller brukarmedverkan\nvetenskapliga publikationer eller andra relevanta akademiska arbeten\nerfarenhet av samverkan mellan akademi och praktik.\n\nF\u00f6r att lyckas i rollen beh\u00f6ver du kunna ta ansvar f\u00f6r ditt arbete och driva processer fram\u00e5t p\u00e5 ett sj\u00e4lvst\u00e4ndigt s\u00e4tt. Du identifierar fr\u00e5gor som beh\u00f6ver utvecklas och tar initiativ f\u00f6r att hitta l\u00f6sningar som bidrar till ny kunskap och verksamhetsnytta.\nDu har en god analytisk f\u00f6rm\u00e5ga och kan unders\u00f6ka komplexa fr\u00e5gest\u00e4llningar ur flera perspektiv f\u00f6r att dra v\u00e4lgrundade slutsatser. Eftersom rollen inneb\u00e4r samverkan mellan forskning och praktik beh\u00f6ver du ocks\u00e5 vara lyh\u00f6rd och samarbeta v\u00e4l med olika professioner och intressenter.\nDu planerar, prioriterar och f\u00f6ljer upp ditt arbete s\u00e5 att b\u00e5de forskningsprojekt och verksamhetsuppdrag drivs fram\u00e5t med god kvalitet. Samtidigt agerar du med integritet och ett professionellt f\u00f6rh\u00e5llningss\u00e4tt i m\u00f6tet med m\u00e4nniskor, verksamheter och forskningsmilj\u00f6er.\nVi erbjuder dig\nHos oss f\u00e5r du m\u00f6jlighet att kombinera forskning och praktiskt arbete i en roll som bidrar till utvecklingen av socialtj\u00e4nsten.\nVi erbjuder dig:\nforskarutbildning p\u00e5 halvtid under fyra \u00e5r fram till licentiatexamen\nhandledning och st\u00f6d fr\u00e5n erfarna forskare\nen stimulerande forskningsmilj\u00f6 med nationella och internationella kontaktn\u00e4t\nm\u00f6jlighet att p\u00e5verka utvecklingen av socialtj\u00e4nstens arbetss\u00e4tt\nn\u00e4ra samverkan mellan Halmstads kommun och H\u00f6gskolan i Halmstad\nett meningsfullt arbete d\u00e4r forskning och verksamhetsutveckling m\u00f6ts.\n\nSom kommundoktorand f\u00e5r du m\u00f6jlighet att bidra till b\u00e5de vetenskaplig kunskapsutveckling och b\u00e4ttre f\u00f6ruts\u00e4ttningar f\u00f6r de m\u00e4nniskor som socialtj\u00e4nsten finns till f\u00f6r.\n\u00d6vrig information\nForskarutbildningen bedrivs p\u00e5 halvtid under fyra \u00e5r och leder till licentiatexamen. Tj\u00e4nsten omfattar samtidigt verksamhetsarbete p\u00e5 halvtid inom socialf\u00f6rvaltningen. Placering sker i dialog med h\u00e4nsyn tagen till kandidatens \u00f6nskem\u00e5l, verksamhetens behov och l\u00e4mplighet utifr\u00e5n forskningsomr\u00e5de. Du beh\u00f6ver inte vara anst\u00e4lld i Halmstads kommun idag f\u00f6r att s\u00f6ka.\nTill din ans\u00f6kan vill vi att du bifogar:\nforskningsplan p\u00e5 3-4 sidor\nCV\nexamensbevis och betyg\nrelevanta uppsatser, sj\u00e4lvst\u00e4ndiga arbeten och eventuella vetenskapliga publikationer.\n\nForskningsplanen ska beskriva ett forskningsomr\u00e5de med tydlig relevans f\u00f6r socialtj\u00e4nstens verksamhet. Du har m\u00f6jlighet att l\u00e4mna flera forskningsid\u00e9er, men maximalt fyra stycken.\nUrvalet grundas p\u00e5 en samlad bed\u00f6mning av beh\u00f6righet, vetenskaplig mognad, analytisk f\u00f6rm\u00e5ga, forskningsskissens kvalitet samt \u00f6vriga erfarenheter som bed\u00f6ms relevanta f\u00f6r uppdraget.\nInformation om rekryteringsprocess\nSista ans\u00f6kningsdag \u00e4r den 15 oktober.\nEfter ans\u00f6kningstidens slut genomf\u00f6rs en f\u00f6rsta urvalsprocess d\u00e4r forskningsplanerna anonymiseras och sammanfattas. D\u00e4refter behandlas forskningsplanerna av SOL-samverkan som g\u00f6r en bed\u00f6mning av f\u00f6rslagens relevans och kvalitet.\nS\u00f6kande f\u00e5r \u00e5terkoppling p\u00e5 sina forskningsplaner i slutet av oktober. 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