Residential Support Worker specializing in Substance Abuse – Mönsterås Municipality

Mönsterås Municipality is located on the coast in the middle of Kalmar County, and we have approximately 13,000 citizens to provide good service to. Here you will find one of the region's best business climates, and we are proud to be ranked as one of the country's best municipalities regarding public and business perceptions of municipal service and case processing.

Mönsterås Municipality is the municipality's largest workplace with approximately 1,300 permanent employees. We are a secure employer and a smaller municipality. This means you have close access to both citizens, colleagues, and decision-makers, and you get to be part of developing the individual, the operations, and society!

It is important to us to be an attractive employer, and we offer several different employee benefits, including a high wellness allowance, and strive for every employee to have a good balance between work and leisure.

About the Position

The enhanced residential support is part of the municipality's HPL (Home-based Solution) targeting clients with substance abuse issues. HPL aims to work more actively on a home basis to prevent, avoid, and shorten placements.

This differs from traditional residential support which falls under social psychiatry, but there is close cooperation. We share premises and some tasks are mobile/ambulatory.

The target group you meet consists of individuals with substance abuse and dependency problems. Psychiatric and neuropsychiatric disabilities are also present. You work with adult individuals in their private homes.

1 position(s).

Responsibilities

As a residential support worker specializing in substance abuse, you work based on decisions according to the Social Services Act (SoL) on behalf of the municipality's social secretaries. You work to support and motivate individuals towards a manageable and meaningful daily life. Periodically, you work compensatorily to strengthen the client's manageability.

The tasks include everything from practical to social interventions in and outside the home, such as accompanying to doctor's appointments, contacting authorities, and support with cleaning or shopping. You promote a functioning daily life, and your approach aims to maintain and develop health for the individual, as well as a sober and drug-free daily life. You work individually or, if necessary, with a colleague. You have close and good contact with colleagues and have access to a coordinator for support in your work.

The work places high demands on flexibility, integrity, independence, and a solution-focused mindset. You have a genuine and non-judgmental interest in people. You have the ability to identify needs and are proactive in handling what needs to be done before, during, and after interventions with clients. You easily adapt to new working methods and work according to the guidelines relevant to the target group.

We offer a developing workplace with competent and knowledgeable colleagues.

If needed, you perform health and medical care tasks via delegation. You document continuously in the Lifecare documentation system, create implementation plans, and participate in coordination meetings within and outside the operations. You work in enhanced cooperation with therapists at the social services. The position involves some evening and weekend work.

Requirements and Qualifications

Experience in social work. Post-secondary education such as treatment or social pedagogy, social work (socionom), or other education that the employer deems equivalent. Work experience within substance abuse and dependency is a requirement.

• You have a very good ability to understand people's life situations and varying living conditions.
• You easily connect with and motivate people towards change and work from a salutogenic approach.
• You need to be secure in your professional role and able to set boundaries.
• You have experience working with individuals with substance abuse and dependency problems.
• You are responsible and work equally well independently as in a group.
• You are communicative and have an easy time expressing yourself in speech and writing.
• You value and actively promote cooperation between colleagues and other professions.
• You are interested and curious about development within the field.

We place great emphasis on personal suitability. A driver's license is a requirement.

Employment Terms

Employment type: Fixed-term employment.

Mönsterås Municipality checks identity and work permits before anyone is hired. This means that you as an applicant need to show identification. If relevant, you may also need to show your residence and work permit. We decline offers and sales calls regarding advertising and recruitment assistance in connection with this position.

To ensure quality in Mönsterås Municipality's recruitment process and enable good communication with our applicants, we ask that you submit your application digitally. This applies to everyone except if you have a protected identity. In that case, please contact the recruitment manager via the provided contact details.