Vacant job

We are currently seeking rehabilitation assistants for our activity center in Södertälje to strengthen and complement our team. We work on behalf of the Social Psychiatry and the Agency for Harmful Use and Addiction. Our activity center provides arenas for work training, engagement, and social interaction for individuals with mental disabilities, mental health issues, and substance abuse problems. Our goal is to promote a return to work, studies, and an expanded social network for our participants. Participation is our guiding principle, meaning that the participants' needs and wishes shape the operations in harmony with evidence-based methods that promote recovery. We collaborate with both internal and external partners, such as NSPH Stockholm, RSMH Södertälje-Nykvarn, study associations, and sports clubs, in the development of our operations.

Your responsibilities

You will be part of a team with other rehabilitation assistants who lead our activity groups. You also have the role of a resource person for a number of participants, where you meet regularly to write and follow up on implementation plans based on the participants' wishes and needs. You document your work, report back to the social secretary who decides on the intervention, and collaborate with job coaches and employment consultants. You also make other contacts as required to ensure that your participants receive the best possible support in their rehabilitation.

Who are you?

You show great commitment to our participants and see their opportunities rather than their obstacles. With a coaching approach and strong belief in the individual's own resources, you create motivation and hope for the future. You adapt your support to each participant's conditions and needs, while challenging them to grow and develop. Through your ability to build trust, set relevant goals, and encourage personal responsibility, you contribute to sustainable results for the participants and strengthen the quality of the operations.

Requirements:

• Education as a rehabilitation assistant, social pedagogue, or other relevant education.
• Experience working in social psychiatry and/or harmful use and addiction.
• Knowledge of recovery-oriented working methods.
• Ability to create safety, trust, and confidence.
• Good teamwork skills and a professional and empathetic approach.

Merits:

• Trained in DBT skills training (Dialectical Behavior Therapy).
• Experience in mentoring both individually and in groups.
• Trained and experienced in low-affective handling.
• Training in ESL, MI, and IBIC.

Personal qualities:

• You enjoy collaborating and finding solutions together with your colleagues, but can also drive and plan your own work.
• You are calm and stable in your contact with participants and can convey hope and belief to those you meet.
• You take initiatives that contribute to the development of the work.
• You have a salutogenic approach.

We place great emphasis on your personal qualities.

We offer you

The position is a fixed-term appointment until 2027-08-31.

Here, you will become part of an experienced work group with a broad range of different competencies. You will have opportunities for education and development in your assignment. We work based on the principle of close leadership, so that you have access to both the unit manager and two group leaders who support you in daily work. The current position is located at Nygatan 4.

As an employee of Södertälje Municipality, you are offered a secure employment, good employment conditions and working environment, competence development, and several benefits. Read more about us on our website and for more information about our benefits: https://www.sodertalje.se/kommun-och-politik/jobba-hos-oss/formaner/ (https://www.sodertalje.se/kommun-och-politik/jobba-hos-oss/formaner/)

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Selection and interviews may take place continuously during the application period.

Södertälje Municipality works with competence-based recruitment methodology to counteract discrimination and promote diversity in the workplace.

We have many positions where we conduct a register check. A certificate of good conduct (criminal record and suspicion register) from the Police Authority may therefore need to be presented by the candidate before a decision on employment.

An employment with us may involve placement in a security class. A security clearance with register check according to the Security Protection Act (2018:585) may therefore be conducted before a decision on employment. Swedish citizenship is required for some of our security-classed tasks.