Occupational Therapist for HS Team 6

Jönköping Municipality is a large employer with hundreds of different job roles. We are growing as the city develops with more residents, more housing, and a larger range of services. We are always on the lookout for new skills - employees with diverse backgrounds and experiences, united by a common drive to create a better city to visit, live, work, and reside in.

Are you an occupational therapist with knowledge and interest in the target group of mental and intellectual disabilities? We are now looking for you as an occupational therapist for a temporary position in HS Team 6, focusing on intellectual disabilities!

Your New Job

As an occupational therapist in health and medical care team 6, you will provide rehabilitation and habilitation measures based on the citizen's own abilities and resources.

This applies to citizens who need rehabilitation at home in special housing as well as service housing, regardless of diagnosis and age throughout Jönköping Municipality. In addition, you will collaborate with both primary and specialist care to adapt care needs. In your role as an occupational therapist, you will actively collaborate both internally and externally.

Examples of some of your main tasks:

• Promoting health and independence by maintaining or increasing activity and participation in daily life for the citizen
• The occupational therapist works independently with investigative and therapeutic measures, including providing advice and support, guiding and educating citizens, relatives, and other professionals
• Collaboration in a team with colleagues from other professions, such as physiotherapists, nurses/specialist nurses, and care staff
• The occupational therapist is responsible for individually prescribing assistive devices. Educating and providing instructions and prescriptions to care staff for the execution of rehabilitation and habilitation measures

Your Qualifications

• Licensed occupational therapist
• Experience in care and nursing is an advantage. This experience may include previous work as an occupational therapist, rehabilitation assistant, or care staff
• To fit in this role as an occupational therapist, you should have experience working with the target group of intellectually disabled
• Driving license B is a requirement
• You have good knowledge of Swedish, both spoken and written. Since many of the patients you meet in your work have difficulties with information exchange, you must have good communication skills, which often go through the staff. A lot of time is spent guiding staff to provide patients with the best conditions for good health. You also have good computer skills for documentation
• The work requires physical mobility as it takes place in home environments where situations arise that cannot be predicted and must be solved in a context-appropriate manner

When it comes to your personal competencies, we believe that you who apply have an easy time adapting to changing circumstances and see opportunities in changes. You are good at planning and organizing and prioritize your work independently in an efficient manner. As a person, you are calm and stable. You have the ability to focus on the right things even in pressured situations, you have an empathetic approach and are quality-conscious in your work. You value good collaboration and work well with other colleagues. We place great importance on personal suitability!

We Offer You

When you start in a role with us, we will agree on an introduction program tailored to your experiences and qualifications. You will also receive guidance from more experienced colleagues. We work with a close trust-based leadership, which means you have the freedom to independently plan and structure your workday.

Read more about the benefits you receive as an employee in Jönköping Municipality here (https://www.jonkoping.se/jobba-hos-oss/jonkopings-kommun-som-arbetsgivare-/detta-far-du-nar-du-jobbar-hos-oss!).

Welcome to Us

HS Team 6 is part of the health and medical care function in Jönköping Municipality. With us, the municipality's psychiatric team (KPT) and the team for intellectual disabilities (TIF) are included. This position involves work from both teams. The workgroup consists of nurses/specialist nurses, physiotherapists, occupational therapists, and unit administrators, and we operate from the team premises in the barracks at Asecs shopping center.

Good to Know

The recruitment concerns a temporary position for about 1 year. Working hours are daytime Monday to Friday and full-time. Start date is 25/8-2025 or by agreement. Selection is ongoing. We may fill more positions and offers of employment in another team may be relevant.

Want to Know More?

If you are curious about the position, you are welcome to contact the recruiting unit manager, Ros-Marie Klasson, if you want to know more!

Union representatives: here (https://www.jonkoping.se/fackligasoc).

Together we make Jönköping Municipality better – for everyone. Come and work with us. Welcome to apply for the position!

Jönköping Municipality strives to offer an attractive workplace that is free from discrimination and provides equal opportunities for all.

In preparation for the recruitment work, we have taken a position on recruitment channels and marketing. We kindly but firmly decline all calls regarding advertising and recruitment assistance.