Värmland County Care Association is Hiring a Chef for Kvarnbacken HVB

Värmland County Care Association is a municipal association with 16 member municipalities in Värmland. The association operates HVB activities in several areas and is a key player in the overall development work regarding harmful use/dependency in the county. The Dependency Center Värmland is jointly operated with Region Värmland for adults with harmful use/dependency and in need of detoxification care. Riddarnäset is an integrated operation where we, together with Region Värmland, run HVB for young people aged 13-20. Flöjten is our acute and investigation home targeting children aged 0-12. The association also organizes courses and conferences in the area of harmful use/dependency and has a joint mission with Region Värmland and the municipalities in the county to develop work on harmful use/dependency in Värmland.

Description

Do you want to start working at our new HVB home for adults? Kvarnbackens HVB, which is set to open in November 2025, is a collaboration between Värmland County Care Association and Region Värmland (Adult Psychiatry).

This means that all staff, including treatment assistants, chefs, work instructors, nurses, psychologists, occupational therapists, and doctors work together. All to ensure that our clients receive the best care, support, and treatment for their difficulties in life.

Kvarnbacken HVB will accommodate up to 14 clients, adults from 20 years old with harmful use and dependency combined with mental health issues.

The staff group consists of doctors, nurses, psychologists, occupational therapists, treatment assistants, treatment consultants, work instructors, and chefs.

Kvarnbacken offers a unique opportunity to work with care and treatment in an integrated operation in a fantastic environment. Kvarnbacken is located in Forshaga Municipality, specifically at Mölnbacka Herrgård.

The treatment will cover areas that are assessed to hinder the client and contribute to as independent a life as possible. There will be access to, in addition to health and medical care, school, internships, various psychoeducational interventions, and treatment programs.

We are convinced that our integrated operation increases the conditions for a cohesive care chain and qualified care and treatment.

We now need to hire a chef.

Job Responsibilities

As a chef at Riddarnäset, you will be solely responsible for the kitchen and cooking. Breakfast, lunch, and dinner will be prepared for approximately 25 people. The tasks include all kitchen-related duties such as cooking, baking, self-control, receiving goods, as well as dishwashing and other cleaning of the kitchen. You will also be responsible for planning and ordering ingredients within the current budget for your varied menu.

There will regularly be clients in the kitchen to learn and assist. This means you need to be able to function as a supervisor together with the work instructor and occupational therapist, thus being part of the overall treatment work at Kvarnbacken.

Qualifications

You should be a trained chef and have worked in the profession for at least three years, experience in both municipal and private restaurant operations or HVB operations is an advantage. You may also have other education or experience that we consider suitable.

We place great emphasis on your personal qualities. We see that you as a person have an easy time creating contact with clients, are flexible, proactive, and have high stress tolerance as well as excellent teamwork skills. The work can be demanding at times, which requires calmness and endurance from you as a person.

You have good knowledge of Swedish, both spoken and written.

A driver's license is a requirement.

Meritorious:

• Experience working in HVB homes.
• Experience in educational work in kitchens.
• Experience working in an environment where different cultures and approaches meet.
• Knowledge of harmful use and dependency, psychiatry/neuropsychiatry, and psychosocial treatment methods for individuals with harmful use and dependency.

Conditions

A valid extract from the police's suspicion and criminal record for HVB homes is required.

Probationary employment may be applied.

The working hours are primarily daytime, with some shifts possibly scheduled for evenings/weekends.

Welcome with your application! We want you to submit your application via our recruitment tool on our website. Information on how we handle your personal data can be found here (https://www.forshaga.se/GDPR). If for any reason you cannot apply (e.g., protected identity), please contact the contact person in the ad for an alternative application method. We kindly decline calls from staffing and recruitment companies as well as sellers of job advertisements.