Vacant job

Job Description

We are now looking for you who want to work as a mobile personal assistant for our care recipients.

The position involves day, evening, and night shifts within personal assistance in ordinary housing.

Personal assistant to a care recipient who lives an active life and resides centrally in Växjö. The care recipient has a great need for care and requires extensive support. You will support and help the care recipient in daily life and during social activities.

Your tasks range from working in a structured, pedagogical, and communicative manner to assisting with transfers and care. Tasks such as cleaning, laundry, and meal preparation are included. The care recipient's needs require you to have good physical fitness and the ability to support the care recipient in and around the pool.

You will become part of a team working on the development of care for our recipients. We work on a 6-week schedule with the opportunity to influence based on operational needs, involving joint planning within the unit. Work every other weekend. Work during days, evenings, and nights. Travel to other locations with overnight stays occurs.

Qualifications

We are looking for someone who truly wants to work with people with disabilities and sees the appeal in providing support to care recipients. You need to be flexible as you will know your working hours in your schedule but not the workplace, and you will need to adapt quickly to where the need arises. You are positive and see the importance of a holistic perspective for the care recipient. You work together with colleagues towards set goals, but are also independent in the role of a personal assistant. You share your experience, bounce ideas around, and are not afraid of development.

To be considered for the position, a completed education from the Care and Nursing Programme, Child and Recreation Programme, nursing education with additional training, caretaker education, childcare worker with at least two years of education, or other education deemed suitable for the operation, e.g., behavioral science or pedagogical education at university level of at least 120 credits, is required.

It is meritorious if you have experience with disabilities, low-affective handling, and work as a personal assistant. Administrative tasks such as documentation and scheduling are also part of the duties.

Other Information

To be eligible for employment, you must provide an extract from the police's criminal record register for verification of personal data in the criminal record register/individual person (442.3) according to Section 9, Paragraph 1. Orders for extracts from the criminal record register can be made at polisen.se (https://polisen.se/tjanster-tillstand/belastningsregistret/).

Employment Type: Permanent position.
Duration: Permanent.

Employees of Växjö Municipality should reflect the diversity found in the municipality. We welcome applicants regardless of age, gender, and foreign background.

As a permanent employee, you will generally be mobilized in our organization.

You apply for the position via the link in this advertisement. It is important that you are careful when filling out your application as it will be assessed against other applicants.

CV and advertising salespeople are excluded.