Personal Assistant Wanted

Hello! We are currently looking for a lively and caring personal assistant who wants to make a difference in everyday life. You are a positive, attentive, and responsible person with high integrity, who is secure in yourself and can work independently while also being able to collaborate easily with others.

As a personal assistant, it is important that you are a good listener and have the ability to adapt to different situations. You show respect for personal integrity in all parts of the work. You should be comfortable with cooking and preferably enjoy preparing meals. You also need to be smoke-free.

About me:
I am a woman in my 30s with a spinal cord injury who needs support in everyday life. It is important for me to have an assistant who is secure, attentive, and respectful, and who can contribute to a functioning and positive daily life.

Requirements for the position:

• Be lively, caring, and positive
• Be attentive, reliable, and have high integrity
• Be self-sufficient and responsible
• Be comfortable with and enjoy cooking
• Be able to collaborate easily
• Communicate fluently in Swedish, both spoken and written
• Be smoke-free

Preferred qualifications:

• Experience working as a personal assistant
• Experience with spinal cord injuries

Lead Assistant:
This position as a personal assistant includes an extended role as a lead assistant (personal coordinator) in the assistance. This means that you, in close consultation with the assistance user (or legal representative), design the personal assistance according to the intentions of LSS regarding self-determination, choice, and personal integrity.

In addition to leading other assistants as mentioned above, you ensure that the work environment is safe and secure, you are responsible for scheduling, participate in the recruitment of new assistants, and document, etc. You will have close and continuous collaboration with the team leader at the office who is your immediate supervisor. You will receive extensive training, support, and coaching to manage your key position. This is a paid assignment.

Working hours:
The position is 75% and involves working according to a fixed schedule. Working hours are allocated to both day and night shifts. Night shifts include 7 hours of standby time. We prefer that you are available for both types of shifts and can work every other weekend.

Staffing:
This position includes an extended (and paid) staffing assignment which means that some weeks you must be reachable at times other than working hours, to call in a substitute or step in and assist when intervention is required. This is Assistans i Balans's way of ensuring that our clients always have a familiar assistant by their side. The assignment is shared by all assistants working according to a regular schedule.

About Assistans i Balans:
Assistans i Balans provides - with long and personal experience - high-quality personal assistance to individuals with extensive disabilities in accordance with LSS and the Independent Living movement. We aim to contribute to a more equal world where everyone, regardless of disability, is given the opportunity to live an independent life with self-determination and self-respect in focus. Our service is close, personal, and continuous, and our level of ambition is high. All employees receive thorough introduction, ongoing training, participate in our value work, wellness contributions, and security through collective agreements (Fremia - Kommunal).

Read more at www.assistansibalans.se (http://www.assistansibalans.se)

We place great importance on personal suitability. Welcome with your application!