Support Assistant to Sociopsychiatric Unit

In the Municipality of Mölndal, we are proud to have Sweden's most important jobs where we together create the best possible everyday life for our citizens. With knowledge, courage and creativity, we develop our operations and contribute to making Mölndal an even better place to live and work. Welcome to make a difference in people's lives every day! The Care and Social Services Department with its approximately 1,500 employees is one of the departments in the Municipality of Mölndal and includes elderly care, support services and healthcare. Konditorivägen is a group home in Lindome for young adults with neuropsychiatric disabilities, substance abuse and mental health issues such as psychosis and self-harm problems. Here there are six apartments with separate entrances and outdoor patios as well as communal spaces. The residents are high-functioning users with complex needs who receive individually tailored support in their daily lives with the aim of becoming independent. We work with low-affective communication and other evidence-based methods to create a safe and stable environment. The team working here consists of ten committed people who share knowledge and develop together and who support each other in situations that can sometimes be very demanding. We are now looking for two new colleagues who want to be part of creating the best possible everyday life for our users. 2 position(s). WORK TASKS As a support assistant, you work to support the user in their daily life by creating a comprehensible, manageable and meaningful existence and by working preventively and in a structured manner. You provide professional support and strengthen each individual's self-esteem and confidence in their own abilities - all work is based on the user's individually prepared implementation plan. You are involved in establishing and/or maintaining social networks. Your role also involves supporting users in developing their sense of belonging, providing support in social activities and approaching the job market. The goal is to support full participation in society based on each person's individual wishes. You provide support in daily tasks such as planning, laundry, cleaning, nutrition, cooking, shopping, finances, medication and healthcare contacts. Some of the users have pets. Verbal threats and suicide attempts occur frequently, but we have methods to handle this. You are part of a work team with support assistants and support educators. You work with social documentation in the documentation system Treserva and continuously follow up and revise the implementation plans. We work with activity-adapted and flexible schedules. The needs are continuously adjusted based on the operation's requirements, which means you need to be prepared to work during day, evening, weekend and sleeping on-call shifts. We value your ideas and your commitment and together we create conditions for development and an independent life for our users. Does this sound like something for you? Apply today and become part of our fantastic team! QUALIFICATIONS We are looking for someone who has • Education as a support assistant, treatment assistant, social educator, nursing assistant with a focus on psychiatry, psychiatric care attendant or other education that the employer deems equivalent. • Knowledge and experience in self-harm behavior, suicide prevention and psychiatric conditions such as EIPS, depression, PTSD. • Experience working with people with neuropsychiatric disabilities. • Knowledge of low-affective communication (LAB), motivational interviewing (MI) and independent living (ESL). • Excellent knowledge of Swedish in both speech and writing. It is a merit if you have training in cardiopulmonary resuscitation and experience working with Timecare and Treserva. As it is sometimes difficult to reach the unit by public transport at certain times, it is good if you have a driver's license and access to your own car. Type of employment: Permanent employment. Duration: Permanent, start: By agreement. Within the Care and Social Services Department, active efforts are underway to be able to offer employees their desired employment level in order to reduce involuntary part-time employment. In cases where the advertisement concerns a part-time position, our ambition is in the long term to provide the opportunity for increased employment level. When recruiting, we take diversity into account to get a better reflection of our operations. Do you need help applying for the position? Contact customer service at 0771-693 693. Before any possible employment, an acceptable extract from the police criminal record must be presented if the position includes user or patient-facing work. We will also verify citizenship. If you are not a citizen of Sweden, EU, EEA or Switzerland, you must be able to present a valid residence/work permit or be able to prove that you are exempt from the requirement to have a work permit. Background checks may be carried out before employment. In some positions, digital identification (e.g. BankID) is required to perform work tasks. The identification is only used to confirm your identity in the systems. We would like to inform you that your application is a public document according to the principle of public access. If you have protected personal data, you should NOT apply through the system but contact the responsible recruiting manager for handling your application. Contact details can be found in the advertisement. We respectfully but firmly decline direct contact from staffing and recruitment companies and sellers of additional job advertisements. The Municipality of Mölndal has contracted agreements.

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