Vacant job

Functional Support is a business area within the Welfare Administration, tasked with implementing decisions made under the LSS Act (Act concerning Support and Service for Persons with Certain Functional Impairments) and certain decisions under the Social Services Act. Our work is carried out through individually tailored support with high quality and respect for self-determination, where a good approach permeates all activities.

Housing Support involves individualized interventions carried out together with the individual to strengthen and develop their own abilities, enabling an independent life. The interventions within Housing Support are aimed at people over 18 years of age with mental, neuropsychiatric, and/or mild intellectual disabilities.

We are now looking for engaged and goal-oriented colleagues to join the psychosocial unit, Housing Support! We welcome your application!

Job Description

As a Housing Support Worker, you work practically, pedagogically, and socially to support people in their daily lives, based on their own needs and prerequisites. Housing Support involves interventions where you work together with the individual to develop functioning routines that strengthen and enable the person to manage their daily life and live independently.

As a Housing Support Worker, you will, among other things, support people in planning, carrying out, and participating in daily chores. This support can take place both inside and outside the individual's home, as well as digitally.

An important part of the work is that you, together with the client, work based on an implementation plan. You document, follow up, and evaluate. You also contribute to the continuous development and quality assurance of the operations.

We work in a team-based manner, which means that several different professional groups share the common goal of creating a good quality of life and a good environment for our clients.

The positions include:

• 2 permanent full-time positions with start date as agreed. Full-time is defined as 37 hours/week, with shifts scheduled during days, evenings, and weekends.
• 1 full-time temporary position with a start date no earlier than 2026-08-31 until 2027-08-29. Full-time is defined as 40 hours/week, with shifts scheduled during days and evenings, but not on public holidays.

The positions are centrally located in Örnsköldsvik.

Qualifications

We are looking for you who are a nursing assistant, nurse specializing in psychiatry, support educator, social pedagogue, treatment pedagogue/assistant, or have other education or experience that the employer deems sufficient.

It is important that you enjoy and thrive working with people, and that you are flexible and open to new ideas and working methods. You are proactive and interested in development work. As a person, you are confident working independently, and it is important that you have good collaboration skills. We place great emphasis on your personal qualities.

Experience working in social psychiatry with low-affective handling, clarifying pedagogy, and a solution-focused approach is meritorious. Knowledge of current record-keeping in Procapita and relevant legislation is also meritorious.

A valid driver's license, category B, is a requirement.

Interviews will be held continuously during the advertising period.

Attach your CV and cover letter with your application.

In the Welfare Administration, approximately 2,500 employees work. The administration is governed by the Welfare Committee, based on the administration's mission statement: "Together we facilitate people's opportunities to live a meaningful life." We work to achieve the municipality's vision: We build best together.

During the interview process, we will conduct an identity check and verify citizenship. Accepted documents include a passport, international ID card, driver's license + personal registration certificate from the Swedish Tax Agency, or another ID document that strengthens proof of citizenship. For some positions, extracts from the police's suspicion and criminal record register are required. We welcome language skills in Finnish and/or any of the Sami varieties, as Örnsköldsvik Municipality is part of both the Finnish and Sami administrative areas.

In our municipality, a number of positions are classified for security, so a security check may be conducted. These positions may require Swedish citizenship.