Vacant job

Personal assistant sought for an active 67-year-old man in Vellinge municipality

About me:

I am a 67-year-old man who is now looking for an additional personal assistant for my team. I use a wheelchair but can stand with support. A year ago, I lost my speech and now use various speech programs and a speech machine.

Before my mobility declined, I was a very physically active person. In addition to taking care of our house and garden, I sailed, played tennis, rode horses, trained our dogs, and traveled a lot. I am also very interested in photography and have photographed, developed, and held exhibitions. All of this still belongs to my interests, even though I no longer practice them in the same way. I worked as a civil engineer until September when I turned 67.

Today, I enjoy going to the theater with my wife, meeting children and grandchildren, going out with my scooter and our two dogs, keeping myself informed about what is happening at home and in the world. Therefore, I read and listen a lot on my iPad, among other things. Going out to restaurants with my wife, friends, or family is also nice.

I spend many hours a week training. Twice a week, I train for two hours with my neurologically specialized physiotherapist. At home, I train with my assistants every day. Once a week, I go to water aerobics with my assistant in a warm water pool. I have a specially adapted car that my assistants drive.

About the job and what I expect from you:

I am looking for someone who is secure, attentive, and responsible, preferably with a knack for physical work. You may be a man, as I believe it would fit well in the role, but the most important thing is who you are as a person. So please reach out regardless of your profile if you recognize yourself in the description.

You need to have a driver's license and be flexible as your workplace is wherever I am, at home in our well-adapted single-story house and garden, but also at my children’s homes, during training, at the theater, or for medical visits.

You will be my extended arm and help me with things I can no longer manage alone, both in daily life and in training, which I take very seriously. Therefore, it is important that you also engage in my exercises and learn them.

You should be structured, have foresight, and help me keep track of aids, schedules, and things that need to be brought along. Communication is also important, e.g., during phone calls or medical visits. You need to be able to work days, evenings, nights, weekdays, and weekends according to a schedule, and be flexible to cover for colleagues.

You will receive shadowing until both you and I feel secure and you feel that you have a grasp of the routines.

It may be good if you have experience in personal assistance, but this is not a requirement. Your personality is the most important thing, as you will, more or less, be a part of my closest family. A family that sometimes consists only of my wife and me and sometimes includes adult children and grandchildren of varying ages. We have two dogs (Schapendoes), so it’s a plus if you like animals.

You will have nice colleagues as I have a wonderful group around me with humor, laughter, joy, singing, and music, and several different languages, although Swedish must be the foundation.

If you find it interesting and pleasant to work with me, please reach out. Then we can arrange a time to meet.

Application

Send a personal letter where you tell about yourself and why you are suitable for the role, along with your CV and references.

You can send your application to [email protected]

Ongoing recruitment.

Warm welcome with your application!

I arrange my assistance through the cooperative SMIL. It is a user-controlled association that organizes personal assistance for people living in Malmö and surrounding areas and is a cooperative without a profit motive!

Of course, SMIL has a collective agreement, and thus personal assistants have access to occupational pension, for example. We have wellness grants twice a year. We regularly organize various training sessions that you, as a personal assistant, will benefit from in your work.

We are an IfA-approved assistance provider with roots in the movement that once contributed to making personal assistance a possibility in Sweden. SMIL has both members and employed staff who have been with us since SMIL's early start! SMIL has permission to conduct assistance according to IVO.

Website - www.kooperativetsmil.se