Activity Center in Södertälje is seeking rehabilitation assistants to join our team. We operate on behalf of the Social Psychiatry Authority and the Authority for Harmful Use and Addiction. The Activity Center provides spaces for work training, occupational activities, and social engagement for individuals with mental health disabilities, mental health challenges, and substance use issues, promoting return to work, studies, and expanded social networks for our participants. The cornerstone of our work is participation, meaning that our participants' needs and wishes shape our activities in line 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 organizations, among others, in developing our operations.
Your Responsibilities
You will be part of a team with other rehabilitation assistants working in our operations and leading our activity groups. You will also serve as a resource person for a number of participants, meeting with them regularly to develop and follow up on implementation plans based on their wishes and needs. You document your work and provide feedback to the social worker who decides on the intervention, and you collaborate with work supervisors and employment consultants who are your colleagues, as well as make other necessary contacts to ensure your participants receive the best possible support in their rehabilitation.
We work with participation at the forefront, meaning that participants help shape our activity groups together with you as staff. We follow up on our work through regular participant surveys and by giving participants the opportunity to participate in our participant forums.
Who Are You?
You show great commitment to our participants and see their possibilities rather than their limitations. With a coaching approach and strong belief in individuals' own resources, you create motivation and faith in 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 participants and strengthen the quality of our operations.
Requirements:
Education as a rehabilitation assistant, social pedagogue, or other relevant education
Experience working in social psychiatry and/or with harmful substance use and addiction
Knowledge of recovery-oriented work methods
Ability to create safety, trust, and confidence
Good collaboration skills and a professional and empathetic approach
Meritorious:
Trained in DBT Skills Training (Dialectical Behavior Therapy)
Experience supervising both individually and in groups
Trained and experienced in low-arousal approaches
Education in ESL, MI, and IBIC
Personal Qualities:
You enjoy collaborating and finding solutions together with your colleagues, while being able to drive and plan your own work
You are calm and stable in contact with participants and can convey hope and faith to those you meet
You take initiative that contributes to developing the work
You have a salutogenic approach
We place great importance on your personal qualities.
We Offer You
The position is a temporary contract until August 31, 2027.
With us, you will be part of an experienced work team with a range of different competencies. You will have opportunities for training and development in your role. We work based on the principle of close leadership, so you have access to both a unit manager and 2 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 position, good employment terms and working conditions, skills development, and various benefits. Please 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/
Welcome to Us!
Other Information
Selection and interviews may take place continuously during the application period.
Södertälje Municipality uses competence-based recruitment methodology to prevent discrimination and promote diversity in the workplace.
We have many positions where we conduct background checks. A criminal record printout (criminal and suspicion register) from the Police Authority may therefore need to be provided by the candidate before an employment decision is made.
Employment with us may involve placement in a security class. A security clearance with background check according to the Security Protection Act (2018:585) may therefore be conducted before an employment decision is made. For some of our positions in security class, Swedish citizenship is required.Activity Center in Södertälje is seeking rehabilitation assistants to join our team. We operate on behalf of the Social Psychiatry Authority and the Authority for Harmful Use and Addiction. The Activity Center provides spaces for work training, occupational activities, and social engagement for individuals with mental health disabilities, mental health challenges, and substance use issues, promoting return to work, studies, and expanded social networks for our participants. The cornerstone of our work is participation, meaning that our participants' needs and wishes shape our activities in…