Support Assistant / Personal Assistant at Nybro Municipality

Nybro Municipality is an expanding municipality in the Småland glass region with approximately 20,000 inhabitants. Here you will find large and small companies, primarily within the glass, wood, and paper industries – several of which are world leaders in their respective fields.

The municipality has a strategic location between the three regional centers of Kalmar, Karlskrona, and Växjö. Communications are good, with railway access and an airport within three miles.

In Nybro Municipality, there are opportunities to choose attractive housing with beautiful environments in the city or in the countryside. Opportunities for recreation and outdoor life are abundant as nature is never far away.

Nybro Municipality's vision is: "With security, curiosity, and innovative thinking, we are building a new bridge to a larger Nybro of the future."

On nybro.se (https://nybro.se/jobb-foretagande/nybro-kommun-som-arbetsgivare/), you can read about what it is like to work at Nybro Municipality and learn about the benefits we offer our employees.

About the Individual and Family Administration

The Individual and Family Administration is responsible for measures under the Social Services Act (SoL) and the Act on Support and Service for Persons with Certain Functional Impairments (LSS), covering individual and family care and care for persons with disabilities. Citizens in need of social services can receive advice, support, and assistance. In most cases, our assistance and measures are provided following an individual assessment as part of our official duties. We aim for our measures to lead to independence.

The operations focus on measures for children, young people, and their parents, substance abuse issues, violence in close relationships, persons with disabilities needing support in daily life, persons in need of financial support, labor market measures, rehabilitation, and integration.

Job Responsibilities

We are currently seeking support assistants and personal assistants. As a support assistant or personal assistant, you will provide support and care to individuals with various functional variations and unique life situations. The work may include support and motivation in daily tasks, help and support with personal care, and facilitating social contacts.

We are looking for you who are interested in working as a temporary substitute or perhaps want to get a foot in the door for future permanent employment within the care of persons with disabilities.

We have a need for substitutes in the following areas:

• Group housing
• Housing support within social psychiatry, including night shifts (mobile night)
• Short-term operations for children
• Short-term supervision for young people
• Children's housing
• Service housing
• Personal assistance
• Daytime activities

Please state in your application if you have a particular interest in any of the operations.

You will meet people from diverse backgrounds. Our operations run 24/7: daytime, evening, weekends, awake nights, and on-call days. Working hours vary across different workplaces. Please specify your availability for work in your application.

Qualifications

We are looking for you who have a genuine interest in working with people. You must be able to work independently and have a social and flexible approach. We work based on a low-affective interaction style, striving to work in a calm and secure manner. Through good interaction and communication, we build trusting relationships.

Education in healthcare and social services, child and youth care, or other relevant education is meritorious. A B-class driver's license is required for some operations. You need good knowledge of the Swedish language to communicate and document effectively.

Great importance will be attached to personal suitability. A certificate of good conduct (extract from the criminal record) must be presented upon employment.

Employment Terms

• Salary: Hourly wage
• Employment type: Fixed-term employment
• Duration: 3–6 months
• Start date: According to agreement
• Working hours: According to schedule

We ask you to apply for the position via the link in this advertisement to facilitate our handling of incoming applications. It is of utmost importance that you are thorough when filling out your application as it will be assessed against other applicants. After applying for the first time, you can log in to your CV profile to update your details and modify your cover letter. This allows you to apply for other positions within Nybro Municipality or other organizations connected to Public Jobs. All submitted applications are saved under your login.

We do not wish to be contacted by recruitment/employment agencies. We also decline calls from advertising salespeople.