Occupational Therapist

Habilitation & Health offers specialized care and support to individuals with permanent disabilities; such as impaired ability to communicate, see, hear, or move. The goal is to maintain and develop functional ability, create conditions for good health, and enable active participation in society. Would you like to make a difference for people with disabilities? Welcome to Habilitation & Health, part of the Västra Götalandsregionen. Together we have the power to create change. Habilitation is specialized health and medical care for children and young people with autism, intellectual disabilities, mobility impairments, or acquired brain injury. We provide health-promoting and treatment interventions based on each individual's unique needs and circumstances, and possess specialist knowledge of how disabilities can affect daily life, health, and development. Description Would you like to help ensure that children with a challenging start in life have the opportunity to reach their full potential? Would you like the opportunity to use the full range of occupational therapy tools and contribute important pieces to teamwork? Then we hope you will apply to Habilitation! We are now looking for an occupational therapist for a permanent position at 100%. We welcome your application! Duties Your responsibilities include assessing activity capacity and activity level, as well as treating and teaching strategies to facilitate daily life. You will trial, prescribe, and follow up on individually adapted assistive devices. Providing information, guidance, and consultation to patients, relatives, and staff, as well as collaborating with other healthcare providers and authorities, are also part of your duties. The work takes place at the habilitation facilities and, as needed, in the patient's immediate environment. All interventions are planned together with the patient and conducted both in groups and individually. You will be offered an introduction period and good opportunities for collegial supervision by a designated mentor, as well as regular professional meetings. Qualifications You must be a licensed occupational therapist. Experience working with children and young people with disabilities is advantageous. Collaboration skills, flexibility, and good conduct are essential to us; therefore, significant weight is placed on personal suitability. The position involves travel, so a Class B driver's license is required. Other Information Within Habilitation & Health, we strive for balanced gender distribution and view diversity as a strength, where our employees' differences enrich and develop our operations. Recruitment is ongoing and you may be called for an interview before the application deadline has passed. Employment benefits at Habilitation & Health include, among other things, occupational pension, salary exchange, employment insurance, free open healthcare, and wellness allowance. You can read more about Habilitation on our website: www.vgregion.se/hoh About Västra Götalandsregionen With us, you become part of a larger whole. We are 56,000 employees in over 200 professions who make a difference in people's lives throughout Västra Götaland every day. You contribute to secure and equitable healthcare as well as to a sustainable society where environment, culture, and good communications create quality of life. We are in the midst of digital development where you can participate in shaping future work methods to improve and simplify daily life for residents and operations. As a permanent employee, you will be registered for civil contingencies as part of our shared responsibility for ensuring that socially critical functions continue to work during crises. Want to learn more about us? On our website you can read more about our benefits and meet employees who make a difference and develop in their professions every day. https://www.vgregion.se/jobba-i-vgr/sa-ar-det-att-jobba-hos-oss/ Application Västra Götalandsregionen prefers that you register your application through the recruitment system. If you as an applicant have questions about the advertised position, or for special and particular reasons cannot register your information in a public system, please contact the contact person for the respective announcement. To staffing, placement, and recruitment companies and to you who are salespeople: We kindly but firmly decline direct contact from staffing, placement, and recruitment companies as well as other external actors and sellers of additional job announcements. Västra Götalandsregionen has negotiated agreements.

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