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Social Worker in Pediatric and Adolescent Medical Care at the Hospital in Ystad

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Do you want to work at a small hospital with great opportunities? Are you interested in working as a social worker in pediatric and adolescent medical care? Then this might be the job for you!

The Hospital in Ystad is an emergency hospital with a wide range of specialized care. We offer health and medical care with quality, accessibility, a holistic view, and compassion. At the Hospital in Ystad, there are great opportunities to further develop in many different medical areas such as internal medicine, neurology, cardiology, or orthopedics.

Rehabilitation Ystad serves all inpatient departments at the Hospital in Ystad. The area of responsibility also includes rehabilitation within pediatric and adolescent medical care at the hospital. Our unit consists of approximately 40 employees with different professions, such as occupational therapists, physiotherapists, social workers, nursing assistants, medical secretaries, care assistants, and nurses. We work in teams with other professions within the hospital's various departments and clinics.

Here, we invest in professional development and have a vision characterized by responsiveness to patients' needs, innovation, and a welcoming approach. In this position, you have a great opportunity to influence your daily work and gradually develop both your and the team's working methods.

JOB RESPONSIBILITIES

Rehabilitation Ystad is now seeking a social work colleague with primary responsibilities within pediatric and adolescent medical care.

The position involves work both in outpatient care, wards, and emergency. You will have contact with patients and parents/siblings. Treatment efforts are carried out both independently and in close collaboration with other professionals. You contribute with psychosocial expertise in teamwork and patient education.

Your responsibilities include, among others:

  • Psychosocial assessment, evaluation, and treatment work
  • Crisis support, motivational work, and therapeutic conversations in cases of chronic or serious illness
  • Support for the patient's family/significant others
  • Collaboration with care neighbors and authorities
  • Providing in-depth knowledge about children in vulnerable situations
  • Contact person/child representative for children in vulnerable situations
  • Parent education
  • Development work regarding patients with diabetes, obesity, and functional pain conditions
  • Supervisor for students
  • In the absence of regular social workers, assist Women's Health and Maternity in urgent matters

You will be offered continuous external supervision in this position.

QUALIFICATIONS

We welcome you who have a degree in social work and a few years of relevant work experience. Language skills in Swedish corresponding to at least level C1 according to the Council of Europe's scale are required.

It is advantageous if you are a licensed healthcare social worker and have basic psychotherapy training level 1 and/or other relevant further education. Experience working with social determinants in the context of medical (chronic) conditions in children and young people is advantageous.

You will work independently with your own areas of responsibility, which requires good ability to organize, prioritize, and take initiative. You are responsible and can work both independently and in various types of teams. Furthermore, you communicate clearly, have a genuine commitment to working with people, and of course, a professional approach. We place great emphasis on personal suitability.

In this recruitment, we apply ongoing selection. Warm welcome with your application!

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Region Skåne exists to ensure that everyone living in Skåne feels good and has hope for the future. Through limitless collaborations and care, the best conditions for a healthy life are created - within business, public transport, culture, and health and medical care - in Skåne. Together, we make life more possible.

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