Vacant job

Would you like to work as a personal assistant for a 13-year-old boy living with his family in Strängnäs? We are looking for an assistant who can cover for absences and vacations. As a substitute, you need to be able to work both day shifts and awake night shifts.

About the position

Our client is a 13-year-old boy with CP, epilepsy, and autism-like behavior. He is wheelchair-bound but can also move without a wheelchair with support. He does not have his own speech, so you as an applicant need to be sensitive and attentive to the boy's signals to understand him. He needs help with everything in his daily life. During the day, the boy attends school and does not have assistance, but during holidays and days off, he has assistance even during the day. The boy loves everything that spins and rolls and can spend hours rolling large stones; he is also a whiz on YouTube and loves his tablet.

The work is based on respect for the individual's self-determination and integrity. A thorough and clear introduction is provided upon employment, so that you as an assistant feel secure, but most importantly, so that the client feels secure with you. There are cats in the home, so you should not be allergic to cats.

You as an applicant

As an applicant, you should preferably have experience in personal assistance and working with children within LSS. You should be loyal, flexible, and mature in your approach to different situations, both demanding and less demanding. You should be able to adapt your pedagogical approach to the individual. Experience with epilepsy, low-arousal responses, and experience with challenging behavior is an advantage.

As a personal assistant, you will work in the boy's family home, so it is important that you are good at communicating, have a respectful and kind demeanor, and possess good empathetic skills.

Since the boy does not have spoken language and has difficulty expressing himself, it is required that you are creative, attentive, and observant of small signals. Experience in personal assistance is advantageous, but personal suitability and caregiving experience will weigh the heaviest. Please include in your application when you are available for the position.

Since the boy is under 18 years old, a criminal record extract must be presented before employment.

• You must not be a smoker
• You should not be allergic to cats
• You need to have a driver's license and a car to commute to and from work as public transport is insufficient

We handle applications on an ongoing basis, so do not wait to submit your application with a personal letter and CV.

Iustitia Assistans has a policy to check newly hired employees against the police criminal record as part of the hiring process. Iustitia Assistans values the safety and security of its clients and has a routine to obtain this extract for all persons employed by the company. This means that upon hiring, we will request a criminal record extract from you before you can start working. You will order the extract according to LSS from the police. You can find the form at the following web address: http://www.polisen.se/sv/Service/Registerutdrag/ The form you should choose is LSS - performing certain services for children with disabilities (442.9), regardless of which position you have applied for with us. The police's processing time can be up to two weeks, so please order your extract as soon as possible. By applying for a job at Iustitia Assistans, you give your consent for the employer to also check you against the enforcement authority's register.

Iustitia Assistans is licensed by the National Board of Health and Welfare and operates a fair, open, and honest assistance service focused on providing our clients with the opportunity for participation and self-determination. Iustitia Assistans aims to give the client the tools they need to control their life and assistance.