Värmland County Care Association is hiring a Treatment Assistant

Värmland County Care Association is a municipal association with 16 member municipalities in Värmland. The association operates HVB activities in several areas and is a player in the overall development work regarding harmful use/dependency in the county. The Dependency Center Värmland is jointly operated with Region Värmland for adults with harmful use/dependency and in need of detoxification care. Kvarnbacken is an integrated HVB home for adults that we operate jointly with Region Värmland. Riddarnäset is an integrated operation where we, together with Region Värmland, run HVB for young people aged 13-20. Flöjten is our emergency and assessment home for children aged 0-12. The association also organizes courses and conferences in the area of harmful use/dependency and has a joint mission with Region Värmland and the county's municipalities to develop work on harmful use/dependency in Värmland.

Description

Would you like to start working at our new HVB home for adults? Kvarnbackens HVB opened in November 2025, as a collaboration between Värmland County Care Association and Region Värmland (Adult Psychiatry).

The unique composition of the staff provides opportunities for all personnel to work integrated. All to ensure that our clients receive the best care, support, and treatment for their difficulties in life.

At Kvarnbacken, we accommodate up to 14 clients, adults from 21 years old with harmful use and dependency combined with mental health issues.

The staff group consists of doctors, nurses, psychologists, occupational therapists, treatment assistants, treatment consultants, chefs, and caretakers.

Kvarnbacken offers a unique opportunity to work with care and treatment in an integrated operation in a fantastic environment. Kvarnbacken is located in Forshaga municipality, specifically Mölnbacka Herrgård.

The treatment will cover areas that are assessed to hinder the client and contribute to as independent a life as possible. There will be access to, in addition to health and medical care, school, internships, various psychoeducational interventions, and treatment programs.

We are convinced that our integrated operation increases the conditions for a cohesive care chain and qualified care and treatment.

We now need to hire a treatment assistant.

Job Responsibilities

As a treatment assistant, you will be responsible for the daily practical work with the clients. Together with other staff, you are responsible for implementing the treatment planning. The work includes collaboration with the client's family/network, social services caseworkers, as well as other authorities and important contacts.

Ongoing documentation of journal notes is included, which means that you should be able to express yourself well in speech and writing in Swedish.

The time with clients during their placement at Kvarnbacken has clear goals and purposes, which means that you perform structured activities during work shifts together with the clients individually or in groups. You are expected to participate in all activities that clients should/can perform, both theoretical and practical in nature.

Qualifications

You preferably have training as a treatment educator/assistant, or other training that the employer assesses as equivalent to the legislator's requirements for education for work in HVB.

We place great emphasis on your personal qualities. We see that you as a person easily create contact with clients, are flexible, proactive, and have high stress tolerance as well as very good collaboration skills. The work can be demanding at times, which requires calmness and endurance from you as a person.

Knowledge of harmful use and dependency, psychiatry/neuropsychiatry, and psychosocial treatment methods for people with harmful use and dependency.

You have good knowledge of Swedish, both spoken and written.

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

Meritorious:

• Experience working in HVB homes.
• Experience working in an environment where different cultures and approaches meet.
• Training in assessment instruments, primarily ASI, AUDIT/DUDIT.
• Training in treatment programs, primarily MI, CRA, ESL, and ÅP.

Conditions

A valid extract from the police's suspicion and crime register for HVB homes is required.

Working hours are scheduled day/evening/night/weekend.

Recruitment will take place continuously during the application period. So do not hesitate to submit your application as soon as possible.

Welcome with your application! We would like you to submit your application via our recruitment tool on our website. Information on how we handle your personal data can be found here (https://www.forshaga.se/GDPR). If for any reason you cannot apply (e.g., protected identity), please contact the contact person in the advertisement for an alternative application method. We kindly decline calls from staffing and recruitment companies as well as sellers of job advertisements.