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

Do you want to be part of building a new operation that makes a real difference for children and young people?

Child and Adolescent Psychiatry (BUP) within the Division of Psychiatry and Rehabilitation at Region Dalarna is now seeking Registered Nurses for the new county-wide initiative, Mini-Maria, located in Falun and Mora. These are accessible clinics for children and young people up to the age of 21 with risky use, harmful use, or addiction, with or without psychiatric comorbidity. Here, you are offered meaningful work with a clear focus on children and young people, with the opportunity to help build a new operation from the ground up.

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

We are currently seeking nurses for the clinic in Falun, with a satellite clinic in Avesta. The operation is scheduled to start in autumn 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 team work, trust, and cooperation, with good opportunities for continuous competence development as the operation grows and develops.

Mini-Maria is a low-threshold service offering counseling, support, and treatment to children and young people as well as their relatives. The work is based on individual needs and relies on evidence-based methods and national guidelines.

The main clinics in Falun and Mora will have satellite clinics in Avesta and Älvdalen that are staffed regularly. The work takes place in interdisciplinary teams together with, among others, doctors, psychologists, midwives, and therapists from the municipality.

As a nurse at Mini-Maria, you will:

• Work with counseling, support, and treatment for children and young people up to the age of 21.
• Work with psychiatric nursing in individual contacts and teams.
• Conduct qualified telephone advice and digital healthcare contacts.
• Handle medication and medical follow-ups.
• Work integratively and in parallel with psychosocial issues and potential psychiatric comorbidity.
• Collaborate closely with other healthcare services in the region as well as home municipalities, schools, and other actors based on individual needs.
• Actively participate in the establishment of the operation, including the development of routines and working methods.
• Work at both the main clinic in Falun and the satellite clinic in Avesta.
• Conduct conversations both in person and digitally.
• The work is primarily during daytime hours, Monday–Friday, with evening shifts approximately once a week.

Requirements:

• Registered Nurse (RN).
• Good ability to express yourself in Swedish, both verbally and in writing.
• Valid driver's license (Category B).

Merits:

• Experience working in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry.
• Experience working with risky use, harmful use, or addiction and/or psychiatry, preferably directed towards children and young people.
• Experience working with comorbidity – risky use, harmful use, or addiction in combination with other psychiatric issues.
• Further education in psychiatric care (VUB).
• CBT – Basic Psychotherapy Training (Step 1).
• Education and/or experience in treatment methods such as MI, MET, AP, A-CRA, CBT, or similar evidence-based methods.

Personal Qualities

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

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