Care Assistant for 24/7 Care for Young Adults

We are expanding our 24/7 care for young adults and are therefore looking for several new employees to join our team.

Are you a care assistant interested in developing eating disorder treatment? Then this is the job for you!

The Stockholm Center for Eating Disorders (SCÄ) is one of the largest specialist clinics in the world for patients with eating disorders and receives patients of all ages. We have a well-developed operation with outpatient care, day care, and 24/7 care for both adults, children, and adolescents. Today we have over 200 employees, we have expanded significantly during 2024 and will continue to do so in 2025. From March 2025, all three of our 24/7 care departments will be located at Danderyd Hospital while outpatient care remains in Södermalm, Stockholm.

Please read more about our operations here.

Do you want to work with and learn more about patients with eating disorders? We offer you as a trained care assistant a stimulating and pleasant workplace where we have the patient at the center. You will initially receive training in our treatment methods and then subsequent supervision based on needs. We provide standard eating disorder treatment, self-chosen admissions, and care for young adults. Since December 1, 2023, we have also been providing national highly specialized care (NHV) for patients with treatment-resistant eating disorders. We are a dedicated team with high competence that has good conditions to build care for patients with particularly complex needs.

Job Responsibilities:

As a care assistant with us, your duties will include both psychiatric and somatic care. The psychiatric care focuses on meal support, anxiety management, daily conversations, and the most common treatment method is CBT-E, where we work in phase 1 in 24/7 care. You will also perform somatic examinations such as blood sampling, assist in the insertion of a gastric tube, and EKG. You will be involved in the patients' care planning regarding permissions and team discussions.

Education & Learning Opportunities:

To maintain competence, we offer, among other things, lunch lectures on interesting and current topics.

Employment Type:

Permanent employment, day/evening and weekend shifts. Full-time 37 hours/week, or as agreed. A probationary period may apply.

Qualifications:

We are looking for you who are a trained care assistant, with a certificate of protected professional title from the National Board of Health and Welfare, and who has experience working with patients with eating disorders, either from somatic, psychiatric, or specialized eating disorder care. We consider it an advantage if you have completed care assistant training with a focus on psychiatric care and have experience with patients with autism spectrum disorders or PTSD. If you are a certified CPR instructor or Bergen instructor, that is also an advantage. Likewise, previous practical experience with somatic examinations such as venous blood sampling and EKG, as well as knowledge of the TakeCare journal system.

Personal Qualities:

You have a genuine interest in people. You use conversation as a tool in patient work and focus on patient-centered care. Great importance is placed on personal suitability, and we hope you are a person who shows commitment and initiative in your work. You are unpretentious, loyal, and have good social skills. You care about the work environment for the team and want to create a pleasant environment for everyone. As the care department is in the startup phase, there is a need for flexibility and a willingness to participate in the creation process of the care department.

Our Benefits:

SLSO creates good conditions for you as an employee to develop and become really good in your profession. As an employee, you have benefits such as free healthcare up to the high-cost protection limit, extra compensation during parental leave, occupational pension, and insurance. We also apply flexible working hours, wellness hours, and 5000 SEK in wellness allowance per calendar year.

Follow your dream and work with us at the Stockholm County Council (regionstockholm.se)

Please attach proof of protected professional title from the National Board of Health and Welfare in your application. Interviews are conducted continuously during the application period. Welcome with your application today! The position will be filled provided that it is not needed for internal relocation, according to applicable regulations.

In patient-related work within the Stockholm County Council:

• background checks are applied before a hiring decision according to applicable guidelines.
• employees who will have patient contact must undergo a pre-employment health examination, according to applicable directives, which is done through occupational health care before employment.
• good knowledge of the Swedish language corresponding to level C1 according to the Common European Framework of Reference (CEFR) is required, in addition to Swedish professional license. The same requirements apply to non-licensed personnel with patient contact.

Stockholm County Council (SLSO) is one of Sweden's largest healthcare providers with 11,600 employees. We offer healthcare within the framework of Region Stockholm in psychiatry, primary care, geriatrics, ASIH, urgent care, somatic specialist care, habilitation and health, as well as assistive devices. In collaboration with Karolinska Institutet, we conduct research, education, and development. https://www.slso.sll.se/ (https://www.slso.sll.se/)

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