Social Care Worker

Valsts sociālās aprūpes centrs "Zemgale"

LATVIJA, Kalnciema ceļš 109, Jelgava, Jelgava, Lotyšsko

If you are energetic and ready for new challenges, and you wish to develop yourself and use your professional knowledge and experience to achieve common goals, then we need you as a colleague in the team of the State Social Care Center "Zemgale"! The State Social Care Center "ZEMGALE" is the largest provider of state long-term social care and social rehabilitation services in Latvia. We are inviting a SOCIAL CARE WORKER to work in our Jelgava branch! Requirements for candidates: Social care worker qualification, short-cycle higher education in social care or second-cycle higher education in social work or charitable social work, if also obtained short-cycle professional higher education and fifth-level professional qualification in social care or first-cycle higher education in social work or charitable social work and social worker qualification, if during studies or professional development education a part of study programs related to social care was completed covering at least four credit points or 160 hours; Desired professional experience working with persons with mental health disorders. Knowledge of regulations related to job responsibilities. Responsibility, accuracy and honesty, ability to be client-oriented. Understanding of social care worker job duties. Valid electronic signature. Main responsibilities: Provide social care services to branch clients. Help clients improve existing and acquire new social skills. Inform and educate clients on issues related to their obligations and rights, as well as the procedure for receiving social services. Ensure, at least once a year, assessment of client functional status and develop an individual social care or social rehabilitation plan in cooperation with social work specialists, according to client social care or social rehabilitation needs. Ensure transparent recording of information in client files about the progress of the social care process and make entries at least 1x per week in client files about the progress of the social rehabilitation plan. Implement client individual social care or social rehabilitation plans, modify and supplement them according to changes in client life situations. Assist clients in adapting to social and physical environment, promote integration into society. Assess client personality, self-care abilities, physical and mental health status. Monitor changes in mental state, behavior and health status of clients in care. Inform on-duty nurses, psychiatrists of changes and make entries in client file. Prepare and complete work documentation according to regulatory requirements and procedures established in the institution. We offer: Social guarantees in accordance with state administration regulations Salary (gross) EUR 851 – EUR 1220 according to professional experience and competencies; salary during probation period up to EUR 870; Normal reduced working hours (35 hours per week) 25% monthly supplement for work related to special risk Health insurance after 3 months of work Work experience in state administration Additional leave for special risk (3 working days per year) and additional leave for annual assessment (from 4 - 10 working days per year); Friendly, responsive and professional colleagues. Work location: Jelgava branch, Kalnciema ceļš 109, Jelgava, LV-3002. Send your professional activity description (CV) and copies of documents confirming your education marked "Social Care Worker" to the email: [email protected]. Attention! VSAC "Zemgale" personnel document circulation will be provided electronically, therefore to sign documents you will need to use a self-created electronic signature. By applying for the advertised position, you entrust your personal data to the State Social Care Center "Zemgale". Detailed information about personal data processing aspects for this purpose is indicated on the institution's website at: https://www.vsaczemgale.gov.lv/lv/media/2279/download We inform you that we will contact only those candidates who are invited for an interview. We will notify of rejection only those candidates who are invited for a job interview. If within three weeks after sending your CV you have not received an invitation for a job interview, you may consider that your candidacy was not forwarded to negotiations. *The State Social Care Center "ZEMGALE" (reg. no. 40900035103) is a direct state administration institution under the supervision of the Minister of Welfare, providing state-funded long-term social care and social rehabilitation services to adult persons of both genders in an institution with severe mental health disorders (I and II disability groups).