IPS Employment Specialist in Psychosis Care

We are now looking for an IPS Employment Specialist who wants to help shape the future of psychosis care.

Stockholm County Council, SLSO, is forming a new operation - Psychosis Care Stockholm, where all outpatient clinics and inpatient wards for patients with psychotic disorders will be gathered within this new operation.

About us

The Psychosis Unit in Södertälje strives for high flexibility, accessibility, and individualized interventions. We offer outpatient visits and also home visits when needed. The unit has two psychosis teams that provide treatment to patients with chronic psychotic disorders, as well as a team specifically focused on receiving patients who have recently developed psychosis (the NIP team).

We have psychologists, nursing assistants, nurses, doctors, social workers, occupational therapists, and medical secretaries working with us.

About the position

The Psychosis Unit is looking for a colleague who can support and coach patients at the clinic to obtain and maintain employment or start studies. You will work according to the Individual Placement and Support (IPS) method, and to succeed in your role, you need to work independently and collaborate with the clinical team as well as with various employers, organizations, and authorities. As an IPS Employment Specialist, you have the opportunity to influence the planning of your own work and enjoy variety in your daily tasks. Much of the work takes place outside the office, for example during employer visits and collaboration meetings.

Who are you?

You have a good ability to meet individuals with complex needs and can adapt your approach based on each person's unique situation. You show trust in the target group and their potential for development, and your attitude is characterized by calmness, security, and attentiveness.

You thrive in a job that is varied and largely takes place in close contact with the environment, where you collaborate with employers and various professional actors. You find it easy to build trusting relationships and collaborations, both with patients and external parties.

With a solution-oriented and flexible approach, you can handle changes and adapt interventions according to the circumstances, whether they are related to work life or personal life situations. You prefer to work in a structured manner and with support from evidence-based methods, and you are driven by the desire to develop and deepen your competence in your professional role.

Personal qualities:

• Curiosity and openness
• You see it as an exciting challenge to search for and match workplaces
• You have good collaboration skills and enjoy creating relationships
• You have the ability to see each person's individual needs and strengths and adapt your approach and working methods accordingly.
• You have a good ability to plan, structure, and prioritize your work.

Requirements

You are a trained occupational therapist, social worker, or have equivalent post-secondary education.

You have experience working with work-oriented rehabilitation. Knowledge of labor market policies, the social insurance system, and how societal support is structured and functions for these individuals is of great importance. Experience with the target group is also desirable.

Meritorious

• Previous experience with Individual Placement and Support (IPS)
• Driver's license (B)

We place great importance on your personal qualities.

The employment is a project position for 1 year, with the possibility of extension.

The position will be filled provided that it is not needed for internal relocation, according to current regulations.

For patient-related work within Stockholm County Council:

• background checks will be applied before hiring decisions according to SLSO's overarching guidelines for background checks during employment.
• employees who will have patient contact must undergo a pre-employment health examination, according to current directives, which is done through occupational health services before employment.
• in addition to Swedish professional certification, good knowledge of the Swedish language corresponding to level C1 according to the Common European Framework of Reference (CEFR) is required. The same requirements are guiding for non-certified staff with patient contact.

Stockholm County Council (SLSO) is one of Sweden's largest healthcare providers with 11,600 employees. We offer health and medical care under the auspices of Region Stockholm within psychiatry, primary care, geriatrics, ASIH, urgent care, somatic specialist care, habilitation and health, as well as assistive devices. In collaboration with Karolinska Institute, we conduct research, education, and development. https://www.slso.regionstockholm.se/ (https://www.slso.regionstockholm.se/)

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