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At Region Dalarna, you will find a meaningful job where you can make a difference. Together, we work for a sustainable Dalarna with development potential in all parts of the county.

Do you want to help build a new service that makes a real difference for children and young people? 

Region Dalarna's Child and Adolescent Psychiatry (BUP) within the Division of Psychiatry and Rehabilitation is now looking for a licensed psychologist for the new county-wide service Mini-Maria in Falun and Mora - accessible reception centers for children and young people up to 21 years old with risk use, harmful use, or dependence, with or without psychiatric comorbidity. Here you will find a meaningful job with a clear focus on children and young people, where you will have the opportunity to help build a new service from the ground up. 

Mini-Maria operates within the framework of a county-wide collaboration between Region Dalarna and the municipalities of Dalarna, where Falu and Mora municipalities are the host municipalities.  

We are now looking for a licensed psychologist for the reception in Falun. The service is planned to start in the autumn of 2026. In this role, you will have a unique opportunity to shape working methods, collaboration, and content together with engaged colleagues from both the municipality and the region. The work is characterized by interdisciplinary teamwork, trust, and collaboration, with good opportunities for continuous professional development as the service grows and develops. 

Mini-Maria is a low-threshold service that offers advice, support, and treatment to children and young people as well as their relatives. The work is based on the individual's needs and is built on evidence-based methods and national guidelines. 

The main receptions in Falun and Mora will have satellite receptions in Avesta and Älvdalen that will be staffed regularly. The work is carried out in interdisciplinary teams together with doctors, nurses, midwives, and therapists from the municipality.  

As a psychologist at Mini-Maria, you will: 

• Work with assessment, diagnosis, and treatment for children and young people up to 21 years old 
• Conduct neuropsychiatric assessments in collaboration with doctors 
• Work integrated and parallel with comorbidity 
• Collaborate closely with other healthcare services in the region as well as with municipalities, schools, and other actors based on the individual's needs 
• Actively participate in the establishment of the service, including the development of routines and working methods 
• Conduct conversations both physically and digitally 
• The work mainly takes place during the day, Monday to Friday, with possible evening work about once a week.  

Requirements

• Licensed Psychologist 
• Experience with neuropsychiatric assessments 
• Good ability to express yourself in Swedish in both speech and writing 
• Driver's license B 

Desirable qualifications 

• Experience working in child and adolescent psychiatry 
• Experience working with risk use, harmful use, or dependence and/or psychiatry, preferably aimed at children and young people 
• Experience working with comorbidity - risk use, harmful use, or dependence in combination with other psychiatric issues. 

Personal qualities 

To thrive and succeed in this role, you need to be flexible, solution-focused, and have a needs-driven working method where you can confidently adapt interventions based on the individual you meet. You are comfortable interacting with children and young people and their relatives and have an easy time building trusting relationships. You work independently with responsibility for your tasks while enjoying working in a team and seeing collaboration as a natural part of the work. Furthermore, you are structured, communicative, and have a reflective approach that contributes to quality and development in your work. 

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This job involves direct and regular contact with children and/or adolescents. Before an employment offer can be made, you as the applicant must present an extract from the Police's criminal record in a sealed envelope or via a digital record extract, according to law 2013:852 or 2000:873. More information can be found here: Criminal Record - request an extract (polisen.se) (https://polisen.se/tjanster-tillstand/belastningsregistret/).

This position requires you to have a valid license for the relevant profession. Your professional license will be checked against the National Board of Health and Welfare's register of licensed healthcare professionals (HOSP) before any employment offer. Read more here: The register of licensed healthcare professionals (HOSP) - National Board of Health and Welfare (https://www.socialstyrelsen.se/statistik-och-data/register/halso-och-sjukvardspersonal/).

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Union - Region Dalarna (https://www.regiondalarna.se/jobb-och-utbildning/jobba-med-oss/fackforbund/)