Are you resourceful, flexible, and enjoy working with children? Then this position might be for you. We welcome your application today!
Job Responsibilities
As a personal assistant, your primary task is to provide support and care to the individual with approved assistance needs according to their assistance decision and implemented care plan. Documentation is recorded in the social journal. Work tasks are performed based on the individual's influence, participation, and self-determination with attentiveness and respect.
You will work with a child born in 2017 who needs daily support due to significant functional variations. The work tasks as a personal assistant vary and are performed primarily in the individual's home. The home is located within a 5km radius outside the city center. Support includes daily hygiene, dressing and undressing, tube feeding, mobility assistance, play, and helping the child do as much as possible of what a child of their age normally does.
We are now seeking an engaged team member who can work day/evening shifts and every other weekend.
Work is performed according to a fixed six-week schedule, covering day and evening shifts as well as weekends. During the weeks, school occurs two days/week, swimming one day/week, and daily training at home. The work team consists of three day/evening staff members and three night staff members. The position is a permanent position at 100%.
As of fall 2025, the assistance program has transitioned to VAS (activity-adapted schedules), and personal assistance staff are offered full-time employment within Örnsköldsviks municipality.
Qualifications
We are looking for someone who is a nursing assistant or has other education or experience that the employer considers sufficient. We would like you to have further education or training focused on functional disabilities.
Experience working in healthcare and care is an advantage. If you have experience with non-verbal communication, tube feeding, epilepsy, respirators, cough assist machines, medication delegation, and using mobility aids, that is also an advantage.
It is important that you enjoy and are comfortable working with people, and that you are flexible and open to new ideas and working methods to meet the assistance recipient's needs and wishes. Your approach to the user and family needs to be trustworthy, attentive, and calm.
The position requires sufficient knowledge of Swedish, both spoken and written, to perform documentation and to advocate for the user. We place great importance on personal suitability for the position.
Upon hiring, you will need to provide a criminal record extract for "Work with children with functional disabilities." You can order an extract from the criminal record here: Polisen
A valid driver's license, category B, and access to your own car are advantageous as they can facilitate the work.
Attach your CV and a personal letter with your application. Selection and interviews may take place on an ongoing basis.
In the welfare administration, approximately 2,500 employees work. The administration is governed by the Welfare Board based on the administration's mission statement—"Together we facilitate people's opportunity to live a meaningful life"—and we work to achieve the municipality's vision: We build the best together.
During the interview, we will conduct an identity check and verify citizenship. Accepted documents are passport, international ID card, driver's license + identification certificate from Skatteverket, or other ID documentation that confirms citizenship. For some positions, extracts from the police's suspicion and criminal registers are required.
We welcome language skills in Finnish and/or one of the Sámi varieties, as Örnsköldsviks municipality is part of both Finnish and Sámi administrative areas.
In our municipality, a number of positions are classified as security-sensitive, so a security clearance may be required. These positions may require Swedish citizenship.