Job Advertisement: Care Assistant for Home Care Area Öster

Here in Falkenberg municipality, you can make a significant difference. Our job is to provide good municipal services at all stages of life. We are also involved in developing Falkenberg as a place. Our vision is to grow for a sustainable future.

In the social administration, within care and support, we work based on full-time as the norm. We work with more regular employees in the planning to cover for each other's absences. This means that you work within a collaborative area and not just at one workplace. In part of the area, we are working on a pilot project called "Falkenberg's Home Care Model," which is a political initiative to create a more sustainable working environment for home care. The aim is also to increase continuity for users with a more person-centered elderly care. Here you will work with colleagues who have good experience and competence from care and support work.

We are now looking for 1 new colleague for the home care area Öster, which includes Hjortsberg and Slöinge!

In the Hjortsberg and Slöinge home care, we work together and help each other across boundaries when needed. To assist you in your work, there are several professions available, such as unit manager, team coordinator, care assistant, nurse, occupational therapist, and physiotherapist. Our focus is on doing what is best for the user to feel safe in their home.

Do you want to be part of developing our operations? Don't hesitate to submit your application!

JOB RESPONSIBILITIES

You will work in the user's own home, providing care, support, and services according to approved assistance. You will work from a rehabilitative perspective with an emphasis on dignity and well-being for the user. You should utilize and stimulate the individual's resources and perform healthcare tasks as delegated by the nurse. Here you will work with colleagues who have good experience and competence from care and support work.

In home care, you will also meet team coordinators who plan the work with you to ensure the quality of care and support for the user.

QUALIFICATIONS

We are looking for you who are a trained care assistant (and can provide proof from the National Board of Health and Welfare of the right to use the protected professional title). If you are applying for a position as a care aide, the requirement is that you have a care aide education (equivalent to 800 points) and have passed Swedish 1. If you do not meet the educational requirement for care aide, it may instead be relevant to consider an employment as an assistant.

You need to have good computer skills to work in our operational systems. We are looking for you as a colleague who is interested in creating and maintaining an operation where we work based on our users' health and living conditions. You are genuinely interested in meeting people in need of care and support.

To thrive with us, you need to be flexible and interested in working with varying tasks. You are responsible, have the ability to plan and organize your work, and find it easy to collaborate. You are cheerful and positive and can adapt to unexpected situations. You are proactive and attentive to the user's needs and have a natural respect for your fellow human beings.

Do you recognize yourself? We will place great emphasis on personal suitability as it plays a crucial role in our users' daily lives.

Being able to cycle and having a B driver's license is a requirement for the position.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

Since July 1, 2023, care assistant is a protected professional title. This means that proof from the National Board of Health and Welfare is required to use the title care assistant within care and support. Read more on the National Board of Health and Welfare's website. Link to the National Board of Health and Welfare (https://legitimation.socialstyrelsen.se/underskoterska-blir-en-skyddad-yrkestitel)

Attach your proof to your application! If you have applied for your proof but have not yet received it, you need to inform the recruiting manager about this.

The position will be filled on the condition that it does not need to be claimed by already existing staff.