Care Assistant at Kvarnbacken HVB Home

Värmlands läns Vårdförbund is a municipal association with 16 member municipalities in Värmland. The association operates HVB services in various areas and is a key player in the overall development work regarding harmful use/dependency in the region. Beroendecentrum Värmland is jointly operated with Region Värmland for adults with harmful use/dependency in need of detoxification care. Kvarnbacken is an integrated HVB home for adults that we operate together with Region Värmland. Riddarnäset is an integrated facility where we, together with Region Värmland, provide 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 municipalities in the region to develop work on harmful use/dependency in Värmland.

Description

Would you like to work at our new HVB home for adults? Kvarnbacken HVB, opened in November 2025, is a collaboration between Värmlands läns vårdförbund and Region Värmland.

This means that all staff work integratively to ensure that our clients receive the best care, support, and treatment for their difficulties in life.

Kvarnbacken HVB accommodates up to 14 clients, adults aged 21 and over 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 janitors.

Kvarnbacken offers a unique opportunity to work with care and treatment in an integrated environment in a fantastic setting. 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 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 several treatment assistants to cover during the holiday period of 2026.

Responsibilities

As a treatment assistant, you will be responsible for the daily practical work with the clients. Together with other staff, you will be 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 you should be able to express yourself well in spoken and written Swedish.

The time spent with clients during their placement at Kvarnbacken has clear goals and purposes, which means you will carry out structured activities during work shifts with 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 have training as a treatment pedagog/assistant, or other education that the employer assesses as equivalent that meets the legislator's requirements for competence to work in an HVB.

We place great emphasis on your personal qualities. We see that you as a person can easily establish contact with clients, are flexible, proactive, and have high stress tolerance as well as very good collaborative 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 individuals with harmful use and dependency.

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

A driver's license is a requirement.

Meritorious:

• Experience working in an HVB home.
• 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.

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 ask that you 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 ask for no calls from staffing and recruitment companies or sellers of job advertisements.