Vacant job

Exciting things are happening in the picturesque town of Karlskoga. In our city, you are always close to both beautiful nature and the high-tech industry. We offer you a welcoming workplace where people and innovations can thrive.

The Social Administration is divided into five areas: Home Care, Care and Nursing Homes, Health and Medical Care, Individual and Family Care, and the area for people with disabilities.

The Social Psychiatry Unit is organizationally within IFO. The unit consists of three LSS homes and two SoL homes, a social psychiatric support residence, and a housing support group. The unit consists of 45 employees.

Österleden A and B are our LSS homes within the Social Psychiatry Unit. The workgroup consists of a total of 18 employees, including support assistants, support educators, and operational coordinators. The work is scheduled, and you will work days, evenings, weekends, and night shifts. We are now looking for two support assistants for a 6-month temporary position with the possibility of extension.

Welcome to a meaningful job where you can truly make a difference!

Karlskoga Municipality works with competency-based recruitment aimed at recognizing each person's skills and thereby combating discrimination.

JOB RESPONSIBILITIES

As an employee, you will work based on decisions made according to the Social Services Act, the Health and Medical Services Act, and LSS (the Act on Support and Service for Certain Disabled Persons). You will work in a team with support assistants in user-oriented work to provide residents with a meaningful and functional everyday life. This may involve support with cooking, hygiene, cleaning, laundry, contact with authorities, and leisure activities.

As a support assistant, you strive to preserve and develop the skills of the residents in your purposeful work to increase their independence.

Your role includes maintaining social documentation according to legislation and establishing, following up, and revising implementation plans.

You will participate in the quality development of the operations and attend various meetings, training sessions, and supervision. The work is conducted with great respect for the residents' right to self-determination and integrity.

You will work based on a clarifying and pedagogical approach, have good knowledge and understanding of the importance of a low-arousal response.

You will also have responsibilities as a contact person and collaborate with relatives.

Delegated tasks from the nurse, such as medication management and, if applicable, rehabilitative and training interventions from a physiotherapist/occupational therapist, are also included.

We are committed to conducting a developing and learning organization. We value employees' engagement and initiatives. As an employer, we are keen to provide you with opportunities to develop as a person and grow together with the group and the organization.

QUALIFICATIONS

We are looking for someone who has completed the Child and Leisure Program or the Health and Care Program or another education that the employer assesses as equivalent.

You need to have good knowledge of Swedish in both spoken and written form.

A driver's license (B) is a requirement.

It is an advantage if you have worked in social psychiatry and/or within LSS with neuropsychiatric disabilities.

To be suitable for the job, it is important that you:

• have a good ability to adhere to established work/behavioral approaches
• are confident in your professional role based on potential solo work and in meeting individuals with mental health issues and various difficulties related to neuropsychiatric disabilities.
• understand the importance of having a relationship-building approach in relation to individuals with neuropsychiatric disabilities/mental health issues.
• have a good ability to analyze your own work/behavioral approach and be able to change your working methods based on the needs of the users.

OTHER

Background Check

To work in user- and patient-related positions, you must provide a background extract from the police's criminal record. You must request an extract from the National Police Board using the form "Extract from the Criminal Record" available on the police's website.

If you have protected personal information, do not register your application documents in our recruitment system. Instead, contact PA-support (HR department) at tel: 0586-610 55 for further handling.

Trial employment may occur.

Karlskoga Municipality is part of the Finnish administrative area and thus has a responsibility to uphold the status of the Finnish language. This means, among other things, that we should offer preschool activities and elderly care in Finnish.