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habilitation & Health offers specialized care and support to individuals with permanent disabilities; such as reduced ability to communicate, see, hear, or move. The goal is to maintain and develop functional ability, create conditions for good health, and enable active participation in society. Do you want to make a difference for individuals with disabilities? Welcome to habilitation & Health, part of Västra Götaland Region. Together we have the power to change.

Habilitation is specialized health care for children and adolescents with autism, intellectual disabilities, movement disabilities, or acquired brain injuries. We provide health-promoting and therapeutic interventions based on each individual's unique needs and circumstances, and we have specialized knowledge of how disabilities can affect daily life, health, and development.

Permanent Occupational Therapist Position

Are you looking for a job that provides great value for patients while also offering good opportunities for professional development? Do you want to work in a team with broad expertise and good collaboration? Do you enjoy challenges and development work with a focus on the patient? Then you should apply to us!

We need to recruit an occupational therapist for one of our teams for children and adolescents with movement disabilities and are looking for someone who wants to work, develop, and grow with us.

You will work in a multidisciplinary team consisting of occupational therapists, physiotherapists, speech therapists, special educators, social workers, psychologists, nurses, doctors, and dietitians.

We offer a permanent position at 100% with immediate start or as agreed.

Job Responsibilities

As an occupational therapist in habilitation, you will have the opportunity to utilize your entire skill set and also broaden it. Our services are directed towards children and adolescents with permanent disabilities within various diagnostic groups including movement disabilities, intellectual disabilities, and autism spectrum disorders.

You will assess patients' abilities and activity levels, plan therapeutic interventions, and implement them together with the patient, guardians, or others in the patient's network. The work is team-based, and you will have close contact with other professionals in your team.

You will also trial and prescribe assistive devices, provide information, guidance, and consultation to patients, relatives, and staff. Collaborating with other healthcare providers and authorities is also part of your job responsibilities. We provide interventions both individually and in groups. The work can be conducted either digitally or physically at the habilitation's facilities and, when necessary, in the patient's local environment.

The work is varied. You will be offered an introductory period, a mentor, regular professional meetings, and good opportunities for further education. The child and youth habilitation has a good collaboration within the region, and when needs arise, we assist each other between units.

Qualifications

You are a licensed occupational therapist. We prefer that you have experience working in habilitation or that you are familiar with assessment and therapeutic interventions for children and adolescents with disabilities.

The work involves collaboration with guardians and the patient's network, with other professionals within habilitation, and with other healthcare providers, which places high demands on collaboration skills, flexibility, and good interpersonal skills. We place great importance on personal suitability. Since travel is required in the position, you need to have a B driver's license.

Other Information

The clinic in Gothenburg is centrally located on Hisingen and has very good public transport connections, with both bus and ferry, only 10 minutes from Gothenburg central station.

Within habilitation & Health, we strive for a balanced gender distribution and see diversity as a strength, where our employees' differences enrich and develop the organization.

In habilitation & Health's employment benefits, you will find, among other things, pension agreements, salary exchange, contractual insurance, free open healthcare, and wellness grants. You can read more about habilitation on our website http://www.vgregion.se/hoh (http://www.vgregion.se/hoh)

Interviews will be held on February 4-5, 2025

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About Västra Götaland Region

Västra Götaland Region exists for the people of Västra Götaland. We ensure that there is good health care for all. We work for sustainable development and growth, a good environment, improved public health, a rich cultural life, and good communication throughout Västra Götaland.

Västra Götaland Region actively works to digitize more work processes. To be part of the digital transformation, you should possess basic skills and be able to use digital tools and services. You can search for information, communicate, interact digitally, be risk-aware, and have the motivation to participate in development to learn new things.

Västra Götaland Region places all permanent employees in crisis management.

If you want to know more about Västra Götaland Region, you can visit our introduction for new employees at the link https://www.vgregion.se/introduktion (https://www.vgregion.se/introduktion). You can also read more in the presentation at https://mellanarkiv-offentlig.vgregion.se/alfresco/s/archive/stream/public/v1/source/available/sofia/rs4011-467070786-672/surrogate (https://mellanarkiv-offentlig.vgregion.se/alfresco/s/archive/stream/public/v1/source/available/sofia/rs4011-467070786-672/surrogate).

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