Vacant job

For over 100 years, Iris has worked with individual development. Today, the mission is to offer personalized education and development throughout the country. Iris works broadly to support individuals in taking their next step in the labor market. We do this through education such as SFI, municipal adult education, and corporate training. Through labor market initiatives and job matching, as well as through assessments and adaptations. Iris is part of the Iris Group, which is one of Sweden's leading actors for effective education and support measures for adults. The Iris Group, which consists of the operations Iris and Medlearn, has a turnover of approximately 400 million SEK and over 550 employees in 80 locations across Sweden. The vision is to realize dreams. Through our efforts where each individual reaches their full potential, we create a better society with reduced unemployment and increased integration. Iris strives for gender balance and values the qualities that diversity brings to the organization. Watch the film about Iris, read more at iris.se and irisgruppen.se.

What are my tasks?

The target group for the work is job seekers who, due to disabilities and/or a history of ill health, need work-oriented rehabilitation to enter employment or education. You will carry out the assignment together with the competencies of other colleagues in the team, and you will work in all parts of the service.

The overall goal of the assignment is to identify the participant's resources and support needs and to strengthen and develop the participant with the goal of employment or education, in a cohesive process throughout all parts of the assignment.

The assignment includes mapping the individual's needs to find the participant's resources, gathered conditions, and support needs related to different work situations in a constructed environment. You will map and capture resources, support needs, and professional areas that best correspond to the participant's interests, competencies, and skills in relation to a job. You are responsible for the choice of activities, responsible for assessing the participant's performance of activities, and for the adaptations that the participant needs. You contribute to strengthening and developing the participant's conditions to enter a workplace through, among other things, motivating efforts, guidance, and work trials in a workplace to ultimately find a workplace where the participant can obtain employment in the regular labor market.

The tasks include planning and mapping the participant's needs for activities and adaptations within the service and guiding, instructing, and observing participants based on questions. You motivate and support the participant with a focus on solutions in the work situation and adjust environmental factors to support the participant's capacity. You make assessments according to various instruments and document activities and performance of activities as well as results in ongoing daily notes throughout the service. You conduct competency mapping, have individual conversations as well as group activities, follow up on the participant's progression and work trials. You work with motivational conversations, guiding, and health-promoting activities. You assist in preparing application documents and other strengthening activities regarding the labor market and have contacts with employers to find suitable work trial placements. Administration and documentation are ongoing, and it is important to meet set deadlines. Travel in the service is included in the work.

Who is suitable for the position?

You who have previous experience motivating and guiding adults towards new goals. You have experience and knowledge about individuals with various disabilities or health issues and want to remove the barriers that exist for the person to reach their full potential. You have a post-secondary education in pedagogy, behavioral science, or another field that the employer deems equivalent. You may be a licensed occupational therapist, preferably with knowledge of the instruments MOHOST, DOA, AWC, AWP, and WRI. We would like you to have experience working with various aids and designing adaptations at the individual level. Furthermore, we appreciate good administrative skills as documentation is part of the service.

As a person, you are self-driven with a good ability to structure and prioritize your work. You are used to following up on how the work is progressing and work proactively to plan and meet deadlines in, for example, administrative tasks. You are creative with a focus on solutions and opportunities. We place great importance on personal suitability. Since the work involves daily contact with participants, clients, and colleagues, it is also important that you have very good collaboration skills.

Additional information

The position is a permanent employment on full or part-time basis as agreed. We apply a 6-month probationary period. Start date as soon as possible. We would like you to have a B driver's license and access to a car.

Location: Linköping

Selection is ongoing, so do not wait to apply! The position may be filled before the application deadline. The application deadline is 2025-05-02.

For questions regarding the position, contact Coordinator Kristoffer Vajda, kristoffer.vajda@iris.se or District Manager Erica Sjödin, erica.sjodin@iris.se