Home Care Assistant (Undersköterska) at Erneborg

Västerviks kommun · Vollzeit

Fabriksgatan 21, Västervik, Schweden

Gamleby Home Care Erneborg We are now recruiting a home care assistant for our home care service at Erneborg. Your Responsibilities Your tasks will include providing care, assistance and support to older adults based on their individual needs, and creating a meaningful daily life for them. We work according to a salutogenic approach, which means we recognize the strengths in each individual and what resources and conditions they have. To contribute to a more meaningful daily life and provide better quality of life, we work with Fri tid. Visits are therefore based on individual needs. Your role will be to provide older adults with the care and treatment that shows compassion, respect and makes a difference every day. This helps us add value to their daily life. We offer a challenging and stimulating job with great variety and the opportunity to make an impact. For this position, work hours include daytime shifts and weekends. Your Qualifications We want you to have a degree from a health and care program or equivalent education. It is a merit if you are trained in dementia care or have previous work experience in the field. It is also a merit if you have a B-class driver's license. What is most important to us is that you have a genuine interest in providing support and service to other people. We value that you are positive, engaged, responsible and flexible in your work approach. In your work, you will collaborate with users, their relatives, colleagues and other professionals. Therefore, you need to work well with others. We also want you to be attentive and have good communication skills. It is important that you have strong empathetic abilities and can listen to and understand the user's different needs, and that you have a desire to meet these in the best possible way. The position requires that you are responsible, take initiative and have a flexible work approach. We place great value on commitment to your work and a desire to contribute to the success of the organization. We see that you have basic IT knowledge and can work with the systems we use for record-keeping and documentation. You must also have basic knowledge of Swedish language in speech and writing. Within the Social Services Administration in Västervik Municipality, we use language tests as part of the recruitment process. Other Information To be considered for employment with Västervik Municipality, you must provide an extract from the police's criminal record register. Please note that processing time can be up to 2 weeks. You will need to show your extract if you are offered a position. If you need help finding housing, we will try to assist you. Relocation Services in Västervik Municipality provides tips, information and contacts for work, housing, schools and more. Relocation Services also arranges regular meetings for newcomers to provide an opportunity to meet new people and a faster integration into life in Västervik. Read more about what Västervik Municipality can offer you as an employee www.vastervik.se/jobba-hos-oss We conduct ongoing interviews throughout the application period, so submit your application today! Information We only accept applications through our website. We decline offers for advertising and recruitment assistance.