Vacant job

We are looking for dedicated care assistants for specialized housing with a focus on cognitive impairment in Höör

Höör is located in the heart of Scania, has good train connections, beautiful nature, 17,000 inhabitants, and steady population growth. With approximately 1,400 employees, Höör Municipality is the largest employer. Many of our employees commute here.

As an employee at Höör Municipality, you will have the opportunity to work in an organization that is constantly developing. We place great value on customer service and help create good job satisfaction through open and constructive dialogue, respect, and tolerance towards colleagues and citizens. High service spirit, professionalism, and commitment characterize our organization.

About the role and workplace

We are looking for you who are a committed care assistant for specialized housing with a focus on cognitive impairment! Maglehill is a newly built district located in the western part of Höör. Here you will find our newly built specialized housing for people with cognitive impairment and dementia. In the surrounding area, there is a villa area, a newly built preschool, school grades 1-6, and a sports hall. The distance to the railway station is approximately 850 meters. The specialized housing Maglehill opened in January 2024.

On the first floor, there is Ward 1 where the corridor is green, symbolizing the forest, and Ward 2 with a blue corridor symbolizing water. On the second floor, there is the yellow ward, symbolizing light, and Ward 4, symbolizing warmth – it is to this floor that we are now seeking more committed employees, as two of our colleagues have chosen to start working in another activity.

Number of positions: 2

Responsibilities

We work with the individual citizen's sense of coherence. You should work actively during your shifts for the citizen's well-being based on their daily condition.

You have an empathetic ability, work functionally and activity-supportively, and have a salutogenic approach. It is the citizen's needs that drive our work, which means that your attitude and commitment will be of great importance for how the days turn out. You are a team player!

The work involves standard care and support measures within municipal operations, such as personal care, medication delegation, and actively documenting in our documentation and handling system. We want to identify your personal strengths, commitment, and competence and utilize them by working with areas of responsibility and ombudsman roles. What do you burn for most in the care and support of people with cognitive impairment?

Here, it is important to actively participate and contribute to a good work climate where we help each other with daily tasks. Something that is appreciated is the ability to organize your work together with colleagues, and we want you to take overall responsibility for the citizens living on the ward where you work.

Qualifications and Merits

You have:

• A completed nursing education at the upper secondary level or equivalent, as well as a protected professional title as a care assistant.
• Extensive experience in elderly care within cognitive impairment can also be assessed as equivalent. If you also have further education in dementia, psychiatry, or other specialist knowledge, it is meritorious. Experience from elderly care is also meritorious.
• Good knowledge of the Swedish language in speech and writing, as well as good computer skills. It is a plus if you are positive about working with the support of digital aids.
• A desire and commitment to shape and develop care for the elderly.
• The ability to work independently, structured, and that you are sensitive to the citizen's needs and are secure in your professional role. You are a team player!
• The ability to find solutions and opportunities in all situations of everyday life. You have the ability to organize your work and plan work together with your colleagues.
• A drive to develop the operations together with your colleagues!

Terms of Employment

• Salary: Monthly salary.
• Employment type: Permanent position.
• Duration: Start date according to agreement.
• Working hours: Schedule.

The position will be filled subject to the necessary political decisions being made and that it does not need to be taken for internal use.

We apply continuous selection, which means that we may call for interviews before the last application day.

In connection with the filling of positions within certain parts of our operations, we may request extracts from the criminal record.

As an employee at Höör Municipality, you have a wellness allowance as an employment benefit; furthermore, we apply smoke-free working hours.

In connection with the recruitment process, we have taken a stand on recruitment channels and marketing. We therefore expressly decline contact with media sellers, recruitment sites, and similar.