Vacant job

Have you not yet found a summer job? Are you a positive person with a thick skin but also a twinkle in your eye? Are you empathetic and do you have an understanding of other people's life situations and choices?

Then you might want to work as a personal assistant for our member, a woman in her 60s living in Södra Sandby.

In your role as a personal assistant, you will help our member with daily activities where her disability creates limitations, from the start of the morning routine until the evening routine before bedtime. Mobility aids are available for transfers and similar tasks. At certain times during the day, double assistance is required.

Our member has a significant need for help with communication, which is why fluent Swedish is a strict requirement. As there are limited assistive devices for communication, patience is required to wait for and interpret what the user wishes to communicate. Computer skills are also required as the member needs significant assistance with the computer. It is important to show understanding and respect for the fact that you are working in someone else's home. Since there are fur-bearing animals in the home, you must not be allergic or have difficulties assisting with the pets. You need a driver's license and a car, or another way to commute, as bus connections to the workplace are less reliable late at night and early in the morning. Shifts are scheduled between 08:00–16:30 and 15:30–24:00, seven days a week.

Previous experience as a personal assistant is meritorious. Due to the nature of the work, we prefer female applicants. Being able to start immediately is a big plus!

We look forward to receiving your application!

Kooperativet Lila is one of Sweden's first personal assistance cooperatives. Our goal and vision is to provide our members with the assistance they desire, while offering our employed personal assistants the best possible working conditions.

Over our 30 years of operation, the business has developed alongside the reform that introduced personal assistance in Sweden. Some of our members have influenced national legislation regarding the right to self-determination for people with disabilities through their political engagement.

Read more about us at www.kooperativetlila.se (http://www.kooperativetlila.se).