Female Personal Assistant Needed for 14-Year-Old Girl in Hovås, Approx. 60%

A female personal assistant is needed for Leah, a social and cheerful 11-year-old girl living with her family in Hovås.

The job involves afternoon/evening shifts on weekdays and longer shifts every other weekend.

Leah needs assistance with floor mat training, so it is important that you are mobile and do not have any physical issues. She has a lift at home, but lifting may occur.

She does not have verbal communication but communicates through a pod-book. If you are not already familiar with this, you will be trained. However, it is important that you speak and understand Swedish very well, as you will interpret Leah to her surroundings. Leah enjoys reading books for children aged 0-9 years, and when it comes to magazines, Pets and Top Model are her favorites.

Leah likes to go on outings, both to Liseberg, Universeum, the library, and to various heated pools, so it is important that you can accompany her in the water.

Every other weekend she rides, so you cannot be allergic to horses.

To work with children, you must, by law, have a criminal record extract, which you can apply for here criminal record extract (https://polisen.se/tjanster-tillstand/belastningsregistret/barn-med-funktionsnedsattning/). If you have Kivra, please check that you want it sent to your digital mailbox, so you can receive it within a day.

GIL has been coordinating personal assistance since 1989. The cooperative has roots in the Independent Living movement, which is based on the principle that those with disabilities know best how they want to live their lives. Normally, the person entitled to assistance is the closest manager of the assistants, or a person with special knowledge about the individual is appointed.

As a personal assistant, you support a person with a disability to live the life they want to live. To attract and retain competent and satisfied assistants, we invest in training and events. We believe that development and meeting others lead to motivated and secure assistants who enjoy and find it rewarding to work with us.

• GIL has a collective agreement with Fremia-communal.
• GIL offers its employees up to 2,500 SEK/year in wellness and health benefits.
• GIL applies individual salary setting. Salary according to agreement.
• At a potential interview, you are expected to present a criminal record extract.

Please submit your application as soon as possible as selection is ongoing! Good luck!