Care Assistant to Home Care East in Klippan Municipality

In Klippan Municipality, we are motivated by development and aim to improve a little every day. Here, everyone has the opportunity to make a difference - both for each other and for all those in our operations.

With us, everyone's ideas are welcome, and there is room for you to be creative and brave in your own way. We trust each other and create together. In this way, we find joy in our work.

We in Klippan are guided by our values and directions: "Wanting each other's success", "Daring to stand out", and "Fun at work".

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The Social Administration is one of the municipality's largest workplaces with about 550 employees and has the social board as its client. We are a dedicated and committed administration. We welcome drive, forward-thinking, and new ideas that can contribute to developing our work methods and creating a modern and attractive organization focused on employee participation and leadership. We aim to contribute to the best for our municipal residents.

In Klippan Municipality's home care, we work long-term while meeting the mobility that our operations are constantly in. We are proud of our work and our employees who make a difference for our clients every day.

JOB DESCRIPTION

Home Care East is growing rapidly, and therefore we are looking for more fantastic care assistants for the unit. We offer both permanent and temporary employment. Home Care East is entirely car-based, and you must have a driver's license to work with us.

As a care assistant in Klippan Municipality, you will perform tasks that fall under both the Social Services Act and the Health and Medical Services Act, where you are obligated to follow legal requirements and stay updated in your professional field. You are responsible for ensuring that the implementation plan exists and is updated, act as a primary care contact, and report and document according to legal requirements. You will have an active and close collaboration with other professionals in the team, such as case managers, nurses, physiotherapists, and occupational therapists. You will actively and preparatively participate in team meetings with other professionals.

In your role, you always focus on the individual, carrying out the approved and prescribed interventions with a preventive and health-promoting approach.

Guiding and supporting new colleagues and students is part of your work, as well as your own professional development.

You have good knowledge of personal care and can provide good and safe health and medical care based on the various care needs of the individual. Furthermore, you also have good knowledge of everyday rehabilitation and hygiene. You can perform social pedagogical tasks such as conversations, contact, and activation and have knowledge of health and medical tasks.

QUALIFICATIONS

Crucial for the position is that you are a care assistant with 1500 credits according to the National Agency for Education's vocational package from the health and social care program designed for work as a care assistant or equivalent, where the employer assesses equivalently.

A driver's license is required for the position, as well as the ability to cycle.

You have and maintain the knowledge required to receive the following delegations:

• Handing over medication
• Insulin treatment
• Subcutaneous injections in pre-filled syringes
• Tube feeding via Mic-Key or PEG.

You have language skills in Swedish, where you have the ability to understand, speak, read, and write the Swedish used in healthcare.

Your ability to use technical equipment and technical aids, as well as to use information technology for information, communication, and documentation, is good.

In addition to this, we also see that:

• you have a professional attitude where the individual and relatives should be given a good reception with empathy in all situations.
• Your ability to plan and perform care and support tasks is good. You should be able to prioritize tasks according to prevailing situations and handle stressful situations. Furthermore, you should collaborate with colleagues to ensure that the individual receives their interventions with good quality.

To obtain a permanent position, proof from the National Board of Health and Welfare of a protected professional title for care assistants is required.

OTHER

To ensure the quality of our recruitment process, we work in a competency-based recruitment tool. We will review the selection continuously and may call candidates for an interview and fill the position before the application period has ended. When you apply, you should only attach your CV and relevant certificates. You may also be required to answer a number of questions included in our selection assessment.

We do not use cover letters in our recruitment process.

Union representatives can be reached through the municipality's customer service at 0435-280 00.

We ask that you attach certificates and diplomas relevant to the position in your digital application. If you are called for an interview, you should also be able to present a valid driver's license for the relevant service vehicle if this is a requirement for the position.

To work with us, you must show a valid passport, national ID card, or personal certificate along with identification at the job interview. If you are a citizen of a country outside the EU/EES or Switzerland, you also need to bring a work permit.

If you are offered a position, you must present a valid extract from the Police's criminal record before employment. The extract is free to order and can be done via the police's website https://polisen.se/tjanster-tillstand/belastningsregistret/ (https://polisen.se/tjanster-tillstand/belastningsregistret/)

We are looking for you who have the competence to contribute to our operations regardless of gender, age, ethnic background, religion or other beliefs, sexual orientation, or disability.

We apply individual and equal salary setting depending on experience, competence, and market conditions.

For everyone's comfort, our working hours are smoke-free.