Social Worker at Habilitation Center Stockholm Adults

REGION STOCKHOLM · Full-time

Box 22550, Stockholm, Sweden

Social Worker at Habilitation Center Stockholm Adults Would you like to grow and develop with us as a social worker? About UsHabilitation Center Stockholm Adults is a specialist clinic that is part of the Rehabilitation & Health operations. We provide services to people over 18 years of age with congenital or early-onset functional limitations that create difficulties in daily life, such as autism spectrum disorder, intellectual disability, or mobility impairment. By providing advice, support, and treatment to patients and their networks, we can prevent and reduce the difficulties that a functional limitation can bring. You will work in a multidisciplinary team with an occupational therapist, psychologist, social worker, physical therapist, and speech-language pathologist. Our goal is to create the best possible conditions for a functioning and meaningful everyday life. About the PositionWe are looking for a social worker (educated social worker) for our unit. As a social worker, you are responsible for the social worker's perspective in close collaboration with other professions on the unit. The work includes, among other things: Counseling on societal support. Conversational support to patients and relatives regarding the consequences of functional limitations. Work with patients and their networks regarding problem-causing behaviors. The work takes place both individually and in a team with other professions in our unit. We are a work group with a pleasant work climate and good working environment. We place emphasis on professional development and offer a structured introductory period, specific introductory training, further advanced staff training, and alongside collegial support and collaboration, access to case supervision. In addition to stimulating and enjoyable work, you will have varied work that is appreciated by both patients and their relatives. We apply flexible working hours and offer benefits such as free healthcare, a generous wellness allowance, and wellness activities during work time. Qualifications You have a degree in social work and preferably experience in rehabilitation and working with people in the target group of intellectual disability and/or mobility impairment. We would like to see that you have previous experience working in a social worker role. You have a strong interest in people with functional limitations. You are engaged in exploring and trying to understand patients who rarely function according to norms, who require major adjustments in approach and perspective-taking, and who require that you create individual and creative solutions to problems within existing care processes. You like to work independently as well as in a team and take personal responsibility for planning, developing, and moving patient work forward in a structured manner. With us, you need to be able to collaborate and be driven by collegial learning as you work in close collaboration with other professional categories on your unit. Great emphasis is placed on personal suitability. Does this sound interesting? Would you like to develop with us? We welcome your application! Other InformationInterviews may take place on an ongoing basis during the application period. 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