Counselor

REGION UPPSALA · Full-time

Uppsala, Sweden

Habilitation for Autism Our 1800 employees work with close care and health in Uppsala County. We offer a broad range of services within primary care. Our patients meet us at Region Uppsala's own health centers or within habilitation services, and we provide advice by phone via 1177. Education, research, and development are important to us, as we adapt our services based on residents' needs. Already now we offer mobile teams, video visits, and smart e-services. Habilitation for Autism is recruiting a counselor for the adult team! Welcome to apply for the position of counselor in the adult team at Habilitation for Autism in Uppsala. We are looking for someone who wants a job that is both varied and stimulating and who wants to develop our work together with us. We offer a permanent full-time position with a start date by agreement. With us you will: • work with an exciting and dynamic target group • learn from and develop alongside other professionals in the team • have close collaboration with professional colleagues • structure your work processes and plan your workday independently • work at a place characterized by development and quality with its own quality organization • work at a place where it is easy to balance work with private and family life With us you get benefits that make a difference, read about the benefits here (https://regionuppsala.se/formaner/). Our Operations Habilitation in Uppsala County is part of the Close Care and Health Administration at Region Uppsala and has for many years been a "habilitation at the forefront." We are a specialized service with expertise in intellectual disabilities, autism, and various forms of congenital movement disabilities, serving children, youth, and adults with disabilities. We work to create conditions for independence and an active life through developmental, supportive, and compensatory interventions. Our multidisciplinary teams are located in Uppsala, Enköping, Tierp, and Östhammar. The operation is characterized by development and evidence-based working methods, and you will have a stimulating and varied job. Competence development and knowledge sharing occur continuously within habilitation's own operations. Each profession also has regular meetings to ensure equivalent competence across the county's different units. Within the administration there is a Research and Development Department, with the aim of stimulating and supporting development work. Your Assignment We offer meaningful work with complex and developmental patient cases. We work in multidisciplinary teams and you will work both independently and together with competent professional colleagues and team members. Our unit's target group is patients with autism without intellectual disabilities. You will work with adults and their closest relatives. In psychosocial treatment work, both individual contacts and group-level interventions are included, such as discussion groups for diagnostic knowledge and social skills. Important work tasks include conducting assessments during initial visits, informing about societal support, and providing guidance on everyday challenges. The assignment also includes collaborating with other services both within the region and municipalities as well as society at large. The work is varied and stimulating. Regular working hours are weekdays 8:00-16:30, flexible hours agreements apply, and there is an opportunity for partial remote work. Your Competence We are looking for someone with a degree in social work and preferably with further training in psychosocial treatment work. Experience working with people with disabilities is a merit. You start from the patient's needs and involve the patient and their network in the work. You work effectively with others and see teamwork as an asset for your profession. You naturally take responsibility for your own work, have the ability to prioritize your tasks, and can quickly adapt to changed circumstances. You independently plan your schedule based on a holistic view of the operations and based on collaboration with colleagues. You also have an interest in creating new ways of working together with others and see digital solutions as natural opportunities in your work. To thrive and succeed with us, you also need to be unpretentious both in acquiring knowledge and experiences and in sharing your knowledge and experiences with colleagues. As a person you are clear in your communication and structured in your working methods. You have good pedagogical abilities and can easily create contact with both patients, relatives, and colleagues. Great emphasis is placed on personal suitability. Want to Know More? For more information about the position and the operations, you are warmly welcome to contact Group Manager Sara Rydqvist at email: [email protected]. Trade unions can be reached via Region Uppsala's main switchboard 018-611 00 00. If you are offered employment with us, we will request an extract from the suspicion and burden registers. Application We look forward to receiving your application via the link. Attach your CV, a copy of your diploma, and other relevant attachments that demonstrate your competence and experience. The final application deadline is Monday, September 28! We conduct interviews continuously during the application period, so do not delay in submitting your application! Read about employment terms and salary setting at Region Uppsala here: Become Our New Colleague (https://regionuppsala.se/jobb-och-utbildning/bli-var-nya-kollega/) Region Uppsala values the qualities that equal gender distribution and diversity bring to operations and welcomes applicants of all genders and with different ethnic backgrounds, abilities, and life experiences. Region Uppsala civil protection places all permanent employees according to the needs of total defense. For the individual employee this means no obligations in peacetime but is solely a planning measure. Before a decision on employment, checks are made against suspicion and burden registers for all job applicants who in the sought position may work within psychiatric care, habilitation, care of children and youth, or compulsory care of substance abusers, areas covered by optional register extracts. This applies to all who will work patient-facing, even if the work tasks currently are not intended to primarily involve work with the above-mentioned patient groups. This recruitment is conducted entirely through Region Uppsala's efforts and we decline telephone calls from recruitment companies and advertising sales representatives.