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Make a difference as a Housing Support Worker at Sörmland City Mission's shelter for women in Eskilstuna!

Sörmland City Mission operates Eskilstuna's only shelter for women, offering both a warm bed for the night and long-term support initiatives. The shelter is a safe environment that gives guests the opportunity to recover, enabling them to take the necessary steps to find a sustainable way out of homelessness. We are open every night, year-round. We are currently looking for a new employee who, together with the existing staff, wants to fight for those who are fighting for themselves.

As a Housing Support Worker, you work evenings and nights at the shelter, which serves those experiencing homelessness. The goal of our social work is to create a trusting community, simplify and increase access to various forms of societal support and interventions, and create forums for participant influence and self-determination. Many of the people we meet are also dealing with long-term unemployment, addiction issues, loneliness, mental health problems, and/or other forms of social exclusion.

The emergency accommodation offers: - A warm bed - Access to shower and laundry facilities - Clothing exchange - Dinner and breakfast - Community and conversation - Support and further assistance

We are a safe and stable work group that works closely together and provides support in daily life. In addition to the emergency shelter, Sörmland City Mission runs an Open Meeting Place, City Mission Health, a Food Centre, and "Housing First" in Eskilstuna.

Responsibilities: We offer an exciting and meaningful job where your efforts can make a big difference. As a Housing Support Worker, you will carry out change work aimed at helping our guests improve their quality of life and participate more in society. This may involve motivational conversations, providing support in contact with relatives/authorities, assisting with laundry, simple wound dressing, and preparing/serving meals. Internal and external collaboration is of great importance.

The position covers evening shifts (17:00-22:00) and night shifts (18:45-07:45, sleeping on call). Rotating schedule with work every other weekend.

Qualifications: We are looking for you who have several years of experience from social work and/or have completed education as a Social Pedagogue or equivalent.

Education in MI (Motivational Interviewing) and low-affective handling is desirable.

You should have experience working within addiction care and knowledge of both addiction care and psychiatric conditions. You have knowledge of and an interest in meeting people living in vulnerable situations. This may involve mental health issues, substance abuse, poverty, or loneliness.

Furthermore, it is important that you are driven and energetic and are not afraid to help people with sometimes extremely difficult life situations to sort out their lives. You have a good approach to people and believe in people's will to change.

You have good knowledge of the Swedish language, both spoken and written. You need to be secure, calm, and collected in challenging situations and have the ability to focus on the right things. You should be good at creating, maintaining, and developing professional relationships. You have good teamwork skills and can relate to others in a listening and flexible manner. You also have good empathetic skills and can put yourself in another person's perspective or situation. You should have an interest in meeting people from different cultures. Great emphasis will be placed on personal suitability.

Sörmland City Mission values the safety and security of our visitors and has a routine of obtaining background checks on all persons employed by us.

About us: Sörmland City Mission is one of 10 city missions in Sweden. Our goal is to work for a more humane city for everyone. Our starting point is that all people have unique value, and our goal is to see, alleviate, and support change in relation to individuals. In relation to society, our goal is to challenge, complement, and engage. Sörmland City Mission is a non-profit and voluntary association.