Residential Support Worker for Group Home in Social Psychiatry in Nacka Municipality

Do you want to work close to people and contribute to increased independence and quality of life? We are now recruiting a residential support worker for Helenebergsvägen group home, a residence with special services according to the Social Services Act (SoL), within social psychiatry in Nacka Municipality. Here you will find varied and meaningful work where you, together with dedicated colleagues, support individuals with mental health disabilities to live as independently and meaningfully as possible. This position is a special fixed-term employment (SÄVA) on a full-time basis for the period September 1, 2026–February 28, 2027, with the possibility of extension. Your Assignment At Helenebergsvägen group home, individuals with mental health disabilities live in their own apartments with access to common areas. As a residential support worker, you provide individually tailored support that strengthens customers' independence, participation, and opportunities to live as independently as possible. The work combines social support, practical daily interventions, and some care assistance. You are present as a support in everyday life, motivate participation in activities, and contribute to a safe, structured, and meaningful existence. Your work tasks include, among other things: provide individually tailored support based on customers' implementation plans motivate and support customers in their daily lives and toward social activities plan and carry out activities both at and outside the residence support customers with daily tasks such as meals, cleaning, laundry, and shopping plan, order, and prepare meals together with customers or for the common activities take responsibility for medication management according to delegation document and follow up interventions in the organization's digital documentation system cooperate with colleagues, health and medical care, and authorities The work includes day shifts, evening shifts, weekends, and night on-call duty according to schedule. Are You the Right Person? We are looking for someone who is secure, responsible, and has a genuine interest in working with people. You have a professional approach and build trusting relationships through respectful and attentive interaction. You work in a structured manner and can adapt when circumstances change. At the same time, you have the ability to work independently, make your own decisions, and remain calm even in challenging situations. Because you are an important part of customers' daily lives, you are proactive, creative, and enjoy creating activities that contribute to community, participation, and quality of life. We also see that you have a motivating work style and a low-affect approach, where you can meet people based on their individual circumstances and needs. We place great emphasis on personal suitability. Your Experience We are looking for someone who has: education from a care and welfare program with a focus on psychiatry or other education that the employer deems equivalent, such as social worker or psychology education experience working in social psychiatry, psychiatric residential care, or other psychiatric activities experience with motivational interviewing (MI) experience with low-affect approach experience with medication management experience working with implementation plans and digital documentation strong Swedish language skills, both spoken and written. It is considered a merit if you have: experience with the method Independent Living (ESL) a driver's license (Category B). What We Offer With us, you will find meaningful work where you each day contribute to creating conditions for an independent and valuable life for our customers. You will become part of an engaged work group of six colleagues where cooperation, care, and professional interaction are a natural part of everyday life. As an employee of Nacka Municipality, we offer, among other things, wellness allowance, competence development, and excellent opportunities to develop within the organization. Interested? This position is a special fixed-term employment (SÄVA) on a full-time basis for the period September 1, 2026–February 28, 2027, with the possibility of extension. The recruitment process consists of screening, tests, competency-based interviews, and reference checks. An extract from the Police's criminal record register for previous work at group homes must be presented before employment. We recommend that you choose a digital register extract when submitting your application to facilitate the recruitment process. Screening and interviews take place on an ongoing basis, so do not delay in submitting your application. In this recruitment, we have chosen to recruit without a personal letter. Instead, you will answer a number of screening questions with your application. We look forward to your application! Nacka is one of Sweden's most attractive and well-renowned municipalities. With a focus on goals, results, sustainable employee engagement, and continuous development, Nacka strives to be the best at being a municipality. Nacka Municipality is the employer for you who, with great freedom, renews and makes a difference. Welfare and Public Services is responsible for the municipality's production of welfare services and operates, among other things, special residences for the elderly and people with special needs, daily activities, youth centers, music school, and cultural centers. In total, we have over forty units within four business areas with 1,400 employees and together we generate approximately 600 million kronor in revenue. Our services are characterized by efficient resource utilization, strong citizen influence, and great freedom of choice. Within all activities, the ambition is to create the best conditions for creativity, innovation, and knowledge sharing. Open to Everyone We focus on your competence, not your other circumstances. We are open to adapting the role or workplace to your needs.

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