Nursing Assistant at Åldersro
Valdemarsvik is a archipelago municipality in southern Östergötland located along E22. We are a municipality with approximately 7,500 residents today. We have all the advantages of a small municipality, with closeness to one another and short decision-making paths. We also have outstanding nature with forests and sea. A lot is happening in Valdemarsvik municipality and within our municipal organization with approximately 600 employees. Read more about our municipality and our work at www.Valdemarsvik.se and learn about our planning for 2027-2028. 1 position(s). JOB DUTIES We strive to contribute to the highest possible quality of life for our care recipients. We want the individuals living at Åldersro to have meaningful daily lives. Together with your colleagues, you are an important piece of the puzzle in this work. The job duties involve personal care and service provisions, all based on individual implementation plans. The work also includes being a contact person, which means that you plan support and assistance together with the individual. Teamwork is a large part of the job. You will work in a team together with rehabilitation staff, nurses, and our special dementia team. QUALIFICATIONS We are looking for you who are a trained nursing assistant. You have previous experience working in a residential facility with a dementia focus. Specialist education in dementia care, elderly care, or welfare technology and experience working with BPSD are meriting. You have warmth and commitment to working with this target group. You have a positive attitude and see it as your obvious responsibility to contribute to a positive work environment and promote good cooperation. We strive to create as home-like an environment as possible, characterized by calm and security. Therefore, it is important that you are confident in your professional role and have good self-awareness and personal maturity. You need to be able to meet each individual's needs by having an easy time adapting to changed circumstances, remaining calm in stressful situations, and seeing opportunities instead of obstacles. We are looking for you who has good conduct in all situations in your profession. It is also important that you are used to collaborating and also taking own initiatives. In addition to your passionate interest in dementia care, we want you to have an interest in change and development work as this is an operation in constant development. We also want you to enjoy challenges and think outside the box. You are self-driven and can take own initiatives and are good at collaborating with colleagues, relatives, and other partners, both within and outside your own organization. We want you to be able to communicate orally and in writing in Swedish as the work includes many contact points and documentation. We assume that you have computer experience and preferably experience with social documentation in the Lifecare management system. To be able to be employed in the role of nursing assistant, you need to attach proof of protected professional title or a certificate from your current employer verifying that you had a permanent employment as a nursing assistant on July 1, 2023. Employment form: Permanent employment. Duration: Permanent, start: By agreement. To be eligible for employment in Valdemarsvik municipality, a certificate from the police criminal record must be presented. You will need to show your certificate if you are offered the position. Depending on the current workplace's needs, part of your work time may be placed at another workplace within the operational area. We apply continuous selection, which means we may call for interviews before the application deadline has passed. Regarding the recruitment process, we have taken a position on recruitment channels and marketing. We therefore firmly decline contact from media sales representatives, recruitment websites, and similar.
Substitute within Elderly Care and Support for People with Disabilities
Do you want meaningful work where you help people and get the chance to make a difference? Then you could become our new substitute within Support and Care, where you replace regular staff during absences or when the operation has extra staffing needs. With us, you work with elderly people or people with disabilities, in their homes or in residential facilities. This job means you will gain valuable experience meeting different people. We offer: Paid theoretical and practical introduction/training when you start your employment with us. The opportunity to start working immediately. There are also great opportunities to continue working as a substitute after the summer. Work in a fantastic environment. Valdemarsvik is an archipelago municipality in southern Östergötland located along E 22. The municipality has approximately 7,600 residents. Here there is exceptional nature with proximity to forest and sea. We have operations within Support and Care in Gryt, Gusum, Ringarum, and Valdemarsvik. Come and work with us in Valdemarsvik Municipality We give you more! 30 position(s). WORK DUTIES Care work is a varied, enjoyable, and rewarding job where you provide support and assistance to people in their daily lives. You are there to provide support and care, create security, and contribute to meaningful days. Our operations vary depending on the needs of those who require our help. Within home care, we help people manage their daily lives in their own homes. For elderly people who need more comprehensive support and care, we have our elderly care facilities. In these operations, your workday is filled with tasks where you assist with personal hygiene, dressing, medication management, cooking, shopping, cleaning, laundry, rehabilitation training, contact with relatives, etc. It also involves creating joy, motivation, and inspiration for our care recipients through, for example, walks, social time, and other activities. For people with physical or mental disabilities, there are various workplaces in the form of group homes or residential facilities, day activities, and residential support. The target group also varies in age, as we work with both adults and children and young people with disabilities. As an employee in such an operation, you support and motivate people with mental or intellectual disabilities in their daily lives, for example, in matters related to maintaining their home, personal hygiene, cooking, shopping, laundry, and the like. You plan, implement, or assist with various social activities, individually or in groups. QUALIFICATIONS We do not require any prior knowledge or work experience, but to thrive and do a good job, you need to have a genuine interest in people. You are responsible, attentive to the individual's needs, and able to quickly adapt and prioritize according to current circumstances. We expect you to easily build relationships and that you have a respectful approach and good empathic ability. You have a good ability to work both independently and collaborate with others. We will consider your social skills and your willingness to learn a valuable profession. We place great emphasis on personal suitability. It is advantageous if you have completed or are pursuing education in the healthcare and care program, nursing program, or other appropriate care education. It is also advantageous if you have work experience in care work. If you have also worked with us previously and have good references, that is also advantageous. In all areas, you need to have a good command of Swedish language in speech and writing and be open to delegated responsibility for medication. You should have good computer skills as we work with electronic documentation. To work in our operations, you must be 18 years old. A category B driver's license is required for work within home care and support for people with disabilities. Please indicate in your application if you have a driver's license. Type of employment: Fixed-term employment. Duration: 6 months or longer, start date: Start date by agreement based on the operations' need for substitutes. In our questionnaire, you answer when you would like to start work. In the questionnaire attached to the application, you answer, among other things, whether you want to work full-time or part-time, day or night, and what type of operation you prefer to work in. You also indicate when you would like to start work. We look forward to your application! Regarding the recruitment process, we have taken a position on recruitment channels and marketing. We therefore firmly decline contact from media sales representatives, job sites, and similar. We strive for an even gender distribution and view diversity as a strength. Valdemarsvik Municipality practices smoke-free working hours.