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Housing Support Worker for Social Psychiatry Residence Wanted

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Housing Support Worker for Social Psychiatry Residence Wanted

We are looking for someone interested in a daytime position.

We have 4 psychiatric residences with round-the-clock staffing.

The residences within the social psychiatry area are:

  • Luna, with 12 places
  • Oxen, with 14 places
  • Vega, with 6 places
  • Stella, with 12 places

It is to Oxen that we are now seeking a new flexible team member.

The activities of social psychiatry fall under “Units for Social Interventions for Adults” and we are organizationally part of individual and family care.

Of course, our values attract you!

  • I am here for the residents of Borlänge
  • I enjoy challenges
  • I meet every person with openness

JOB RESPONSIBILITIES

You will be a social, motivating, and educational support in the client's home and local environment.

You should be able to meet, converse, support, and help the client in a professional manner, based on individual needs.

The support is based on participation and is shaped individually for each person.

You are an engaged employee focused on the client's best interests and actively work from an implementation plan. You need to accept that the work involves sudden changes between different activities. We will focus on working with the strengths of each individual, which requires openness to differences.

The work involves:

  • Working rehabilitatively with supportive/training interventions, but sometimes compensatory interventions may also occur during periods when the individual is feeling worse in their illness.
  • Motivational and activation support in their own apartment and/or in common areas.
  • Support in structuring daily life and finding/following routines.
  • Support in breaking isolation, engaging in activities, and participating in community life.
  • Support in social interaction and communication with others.
  • Support in difficult conversations and in contacting authorities, the region, and other community functions.

QUALIFICATIONS

You should be a trained nursing assistant in psychiatry, specialist nursing assistant, social educator, treatment educator, or trained as a caregiver in psychiatric care.

You must have a very good command of the Swedish language as there are administrative tasks such as record-keeping and developing implementation plans. A driver's license is also a requirement.

It is advantageous if you have training in ESL pedagogy, low-arousal responses, body-based methods, and motivational interviewing.

Personal qualities:

You are structured and at the same time attentive to others' potential for development, and can also read when they need compensatory support. You need to be secure in yourself and be in a good place in life, i.e., grounded. You should be able to work independently but also understand why we need to have close collaboration in the workgroup and why we must work towards the same goals and follow established routines and working methods.

Flexibility is good, but what does it mean for you? For us, it means that no day is like the other and sometimes it requires adapting the day according to what happens in the operation.

We have a lot of fun at work, and we welcome you to become a part of our team.

OTHER

In connection with the interview, you as a candidate need to provide proof of citizenship in Sweden/EU/EES or a valid work residence permit.

For those with protected personal information, we offer an extra protected application process. Contact the recruiting manager before submitting your application, and we will ensure that your information is handled in a safe and correct manner according to current routines.

To ensure the quality of the recruitment process in Borlänge municipality and to enable good communication with our applicants, we ask you to submit your application digitally via the link and not in any other way.

Welcome with your application!

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