Personal Assistant in Kristianstad

We are now looking for someone who wants to work in a cheerful and pleasant team that provides assistance to several of our clients.

As a personal assistant within Kristianstad municipality, you will be part of an organization that collaborates closely with clients, colleagues, support pedagogues, unit managers, and other stakeholders in a continuous learning environment. As an employee with us, you will be offered a meaningful job where you make a difference in someone's life.

Your Role with Us

Your tasks will involve traveling to multiple clients to provide assistance based on the decisions made according to LSS.

The tasks mainly consist of providing our clients with individual support and care, developing and maintaining abilities and communication considering the disabilities. You will support clients' participation in leisure and cultural activities, involvement at all different levels, individual, group, and community level, as well as self-determination and personal integrity.

You will be the contact person, and in this role, you are responsible for ensuring that the implementation plan is established and followed up. Furthermore, you are responsible for social documentation according to current guidelines. If applicable, you will perform medical tasks delegated by a nurse or assist the client with self-care. You should be able to work at more than one workplace.

Who Are We Looking For?

We are looking for someone who has a high school education as a childcare worker, nursing education, or a 3-year high school education with additional training as a personal assistant. You have experience working with people with disabilities and, if applicable, performing medical tasks delegated by a nurse or assisting the client with self-care. We prefer that you have experience working with sign language support and alternative communication, as well as experience in low-arousal responses and clarifying pedagogy.

Since the job requires communication and documentation, we expect you to be computer literate and proficient in Swedish, both spoken and written. A B driver's license for a manual transmission is a requirement.

Your personality is important to us, and we are looking for someone who has good collaboration skills, maintains a professional attitude, promotes a good work environment, and finds solutions in everyday situations. Furthermore, you should be able to independently plan your work and make your own decisions while respecting decisions made by others and executing tasks on their behalf.

We want you to be responsible and have a consequence-oriented mindset based on different situations that arise. Being attentive to the client's needs and remaining calm, even in unforeseen events, is an advantage. You are solution-focused and flexible, doing your utmost to support the client.

This is Us

The Social Services Department's operations are aimed at the elderly and individuals who need functional support, as well as those requiring home healthcare. The operations are functionally divided into four areas: support in ordinary housing, support in care and nursing homes, health and medical care, and functional support. The department also includes the authority unit, national gymnasium, and assistive technology center in Eastern Skåne.

We Offer

We are over 7,000 employees in Kristianstad municipality who make a difference in people's everyday lives, every day. With us, you will find employees who are passionate about welfare and want to turn ideas into reality. Kristianstad municipality offers several career paths so that you can develop throughout your working life. Read more about our benefits and us as an employer here (https://www.kristianstad.se/jobbochforetagande/jobbochpraktik/kommunensomarbetsgivare.670.html).

Good to Know

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If you have questions about how to submit your application, contact the system's support at 0771-69 36 93. Choose 1 - Visma Recruit and 2 - job seekers.