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Speech and Language Therapist for the Children's Team – Rehabilitation Center Västerås

Are you looking for a job that is interesting, varied, and where you play a meaningful role? Welcome to the Rehabilitation Center in Västerås and the unit for intellectual disabilities! We are currently looking for a Speech and Language Therapist (SLT) for our children's team.

Our workplace is characterized by interdisciplinary team work and strong cohesion. You will create opportunities for our patients to live a good life while helping to develop the operations together with us.

Responsibilities

As an SLT at the unit for intellectual disabilities (IF-unit), your main areas of work will be communication, oral motor skills, and eating and swallowing abilities. The concept of communication includes voice and speech, language, as well as various alternative and/or augmentative communication methods (AAC). In addition to direct patient work, the job involves informing, mentoring, and supporting parents, relatives, and various staff groups. You are expected to lead groups and provide training in communication to patients and networks. The work includes collaboration with healthcare partners and various authorities, such as psychiatry and municipal operations.

We work in interdisciplinary teams with psychologists, counselors, physiotherapists, occupational therapists, dietitians, and special educators, which enables continuous exchange of knowledge and competence. In many cases, we develop joint proposals for measures aimed at increasing the patient's participation and independence in daily life. There is a strong sense of camaraderie in the team; we care for one another and have a close relationship with laughter. You will have the opportunity to influence and plan your workday, as well as contribute to and drive improvement work within the IF-unit.

Within the IF-unit, you will have two SLT colleagues, one in the children's team and one in the adult team. You will have a close and supportive collaboration, helping each other within the unit and across team boundaries within the Rehabilitation Center.

About the Workplace

The Rehabilitation Center is a specialist operation with specific competence regarding disabilities in the areas of intellectual disabilities, autism spectrum disorders, movement disorders, visual impairment, and acquired brain injury. We also have an interpreter coordination assignment for persons with deafness, deafblindness, and hearing impairment. Our clinics are located in Västerås, Köping, and Fagersta. Approximately 144 employees work within the operation.

There are several SLTs within the entire Rehabilitation Center, giving you the opportunity for professional exchange and support in your work. The IF-unit's mission is to provide services to children, adolescents, and adults with intellectual disabilities. Our patients often have other diagnoses as well, such as autism, movement disorders, and various syndromes. We have the opportunity to follow our patients over time, creating long-term contacts and witnessing the progress and results of our work.

Our Benefits

Our employees are our most important resource, and we want you to feel good, thrive, and develop with us. Therefore, we offer you:

• A tailored introduction program to ensure you feel secure and confident in your professional role
• Opportunities for professional development through, for example, internal training
• Professional meetings with other SLTs in the region for joint competence development and exchange of experiences
• Free training at our fully equipped gym
• Wellness allowance of 3,000 SEK/year

Read more about your benefits here: Your Benefits - Region Västmanland (https://www.regionvastmanland.se)

Qualifications

Licensed Speech and Language Therapist or newly graduated awaiting your license. It is advantageous if you also have education in Alternative and Augmentative Communication (AAC) or AKKtiv training (training aimed at guardians). Furthermore, it is a merit if you have experience in the profession or have worked with people with disabilities. Since the role involves communicating orally and in writing with patients, relatives, and colleagues, we require good knowledge of the Swedish language. A B-class driver's license is a requirement for the position.

We are looking for someone who is calm, secure, and curious as a person. You take responsibility for your tasks by structuring and driving your work forward. You are flexible and easily adapt to changing circumstances. Since we work closely in teams and with other operations, it is important that you have good collaboration skills. You communicate in a clear and pedagogical way to reach people with different prerequisites. Since the position involves contact with patients, relatives, and colleagues, we expect you to be approachable and have a good demeanor.

We place great importance on personal qualities.

Employment Conditions

Temporary position for 1 year. Full-time, daytime. Start date upon agreement.

Application

Welcome to apply by April 19, 2026.

When you apply, please only attach your CV and any relevant certificates/transcripts. You will also be asked to answer a number of questions included in our selection assessment. We do not use cover letters in our recruitment process.

Read more about our recruitment process and how to create a good CV here: Applying for a job in Region Västmanland (https://www.regionvastmanland.se)

Interviews may take place on an ongoing basis, so do not wait to submit your application. Please feel free to attach relevant certificates and transcripts with your application.

Before an offer of employment is made, the employer has the right to request an extract from the Police's suspicion and criminal record register.

We at Region Västmanland are responsible for health, medical, and dental care for everyone living in the county. We also work with everything from public transport and culture to business issues, education, and research. Together we are 7,000 employees, with 300 different professions, in ten locations.

We are right in the middle of what affects people's lives. Every day. Together, we are driven to create a better society for everyone who lives and works here. We develop and find new solutions to meet people – where they are. This is how we can meet the high expectations of our clients and residents.

Together we make a difference. For real.

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