Vacant job

As an employee of Härnösand Municipality, your primary mission is to provide good service to residents and guests together with your colleagues.

Our culture should be characterized by trust, curiosity, and learning, and we want you to have a long-term sustainable working life.

We are convinced that our approach to each other and our work has a direct connection to residents' experiences of our welfare services. We are also sure that equality and diversity develop and enhance the quality of our operations. We encourage lifelong learning and provide you with opportunities for development and career.

Härnösand is part of the High Coast with UNESCO World Heritage nature constantly present. Here, we have the sea right in the city. The pride for our place is great and the community is strong. The creative power gives rise to innovative companies and a vibrant association and cultural life that excels in breadth and delivers in height. In Härnösand, there is time for shared experiences.

About the position

The Social Administration in Härnösand works for everyone's right to function based on their conditions. Through support, service, and care, we enable Härnösand residents with intellectual, mental, or physical disabilities to live an independent and good life.

Within Functional Support and Employment: Social Psychiatry, the goal is for individuals to have the conditions to live their lives with as high a degree of quality of life, health, and independence as possible. The individual support can be both rehabilitative and habilitative.

We are now looking for two support assistants for the residence Saltviksvägen!

As a support assistant within social psychiatry, you will work to support, motivate, and activate users in their daily lives. This involves individualized support in practical matters such as cooking, cleaning, hygiene, employment, leisure, and social life. In your work, you will promote participation through good encounters and respect for the individual's self-determination. You will have delegated health and medical care tasks, act as contact personnel, and fulfill documentation obligations. Together with other professionals, you will drive the development of the operations based on legislation, guidelines, and proven working methods.

An active effort is also underway with Everyday Life Rehabilitation as an evidence-based method with a user focus, recovery, and meaningful everyday life within our social psychiatric residence.

Qualifications

Requirements

• Degree from the Child and Leisure Program with a focus on pedagogical and social work or the Care Program with a focus on disability/psychiatry, or equivalent education assessed as equivalent by the employer
• Good knowledge of the Swedish language (minimum level SFI D)
• Basic computer skills and documentation experience
• Driver's license B

Meritorious

• Experience working with people with mental disabilities
• Experience with challenging behaviors and working with low-arousal responses, clarifying pedagogy, cognitive support, and AAC
• Experience working with comorbidity/substance abuse and dependency

We are looking for someone who is secure and stable with good self-awareness. You meet changes with an open mind and see opportunities in the new. Collaboration is a given for you, and you create good relationships through attentiveness and clear communication.

For us, who you are as a person is important – therefore, we place great emphasis on personal suitability.

Additional information

Employment type: Permanent position with start date by agreement.
Scope: Full-time with shifts during days, evenings, and weekends.

Individual salary setting applies.

A criminal record extract will be requested before employment.

Selection and interviews may occur on an ongoing basis. Therefore, you may be contacted before the application deadline. Don't hesitate – take the chance to develop with us. Welcome to apply!

To be considered for employment, you must at the interview:
- Show valid ID.
- If necessary, provide a copy of your diploma/certificate.
- Have the right to work in Sweden and present a valid work permit.
- If necessary, present a valid driver's license.
- If necessary, present a valid professional license.

For certain appointments, a security review will take place. If you are considered for such a position, you must:
- Undergo and be approved in a security review.
You may need to be a Swedish citizen in some cases, but you are welcome to have a foreign background.
- We will request an extract from the criminal record before employment can be offered for positions that require it by law. You can read more about which areas are affected on the police's website.

To quality assure the recruitment process, we ask you to apply for the position via this ad. We do not accept applications in any other way. If you have a protected identity, please contact the responsible recruiter.