Personal Assistant Needed for Client in Gothenburg
We are now seeking engaged personal assistants for a 26-year-old man living in Gothenburg. The client has a physical disability with extensive care needs. The client needs help with everything in his daily life, such as mobility assistance, activities, hygiene, household tasks, exercise, maintaining contact with friends and family, and more. We are looking for someone who is calm and attentive, positive, responsible, and reliable. You are also flexible and able to adapt easily to new situations/work methods based on the client's and organization's needs. The work is performed during daytime and evening hours, on both weekdays and weekends. Please indicate in your application what times you are interested in working. Experience in healthcare and care is advantageous, but primary emphasis will be placed on your personal qualities, as the personal chemistry between you and the client will be key to providing good assistance. It is also advantageous if you have a driver's license. Please send your CV and a personal letter where you tell us about yourself and describe why you would be a good fit for this position.
Monthly Temporary Position as Personal Assistant
Do you want meaningful work where you make a difference in people's everyday lives? We are now looking for monthly temporary staff within personal support services in the Department for Functional Support. With us, you will meet children, youth, and adults with various support needs and life situations who may display challenging behavior. Your task is to create safety, inclusion, and conditions for a meaningful everyday life based on each individual's needs and abilities. Work tasks vary between different cases but include personal care, educational support, assistance with communication and social interaction, activities, documentation, and common household tasks. In some operations, work with medical devices or extensive care may occur. Your work tasks include medication management according to delegation. You work where the assistance user is, which means you are in the assistance user's home or at activities outside the home. Work hours are scheduled during day, evening, weekends, weekdays, awake nights, or sleeping on-call shifts. When you work with us as a monthly temporary employee, you will receive a monthly contract with 100% employment during the employment period. You will work according to a fixed schedule planned based on the operation's needs. Within Personal Support, we work with co-planning, which means work can occur in other cases. As a temporary hourly employee, you make yourself available in our booking system when you wish to work. When needs arise in the operation, our staffing planners book you for shifts and you are contacted based on your availability. Qualifications To work as a temporary employee within functional support, you must be at least 18 years old in accordance with regulations on the working environment for minors (AFS 2023:2 6 kap. 56, 8 §§). It is a requirement that you can demonstrate a grade in Swedish 1 or Swedish as a Second Language 1. If not, you may be offered a language test via EducateIt. It is advantageous if you have: education or ongoing education in, for example, support assistant, nursing assistant, care and welfare, pedagogy, or behavioral science experience working within functional support, care and welfare, or personal assistance experience working with people with challenging behaviors knowledge of low-arousal approach (LAB) and alternative and augmentative communication (AAC) experience with medical devices, patient transfer, or extensive care a B-class driver's license We are looking for someone who puts the individual in focus and treats people with respect, good conduct, and commitment. You take responsibility for your work tasks and collaborate well with others. You also need to be confident in yourself and have the ability to stay calm even in stressful situations. Does this sound like a job for you? We warmly welcome your application! Other Information Selection and interviews take place continuously during the application period. Instead of a cover letter, you will answer a number of questions about your experience and qualifications. We offer orientation, professional development, wellness allowance, and cycling allowance. Within the Department for Functional Support, we work with the 3T concept – Temporary to Permanent, where temporary work can be a path to a future permanent position. Before a job offer is made, you must provide an excerpt from the police criminal record register. Which excerpt is required depends on the type of operation you will work in. When working in the individual's home: An unopened excerpt from the police criminal record register is required before a job offer is made. You must request this excerpt yourself using the police's e-service. You do this via the link: https://polisen.se/tjanster-tillstand/belastningsregistret/arbete-i-hemmet-med-aldre-och-personer-med-funktionsnedsattning-e-tjanst/ When working in our child care operations: You must request an excerpt from the police website for the criminal record register and suspicion register. You order a digital register excerpt that is sent to your digital mailbox. You do this via the link: https://polisen.se/tjanster-tillstand/belastningsregistret/barn-med-funktionsnedsattning/ City of Gothenburg applies individual and differentiated salary setting. Here you can get more information about, among other things, salary statistics. Salary, compensation, and benefits: https://goteborg.se/wps/portal/start/jobba-i-goteborgs-stad/sa-ar-det-att-jobba-hos-oss/formaner-och-lon We only accept applications through our recruitment system in accordance with GDPR. If you have protected personal information, do NOT apply through the system but contact the responsible recruiter to handle your application. Positions are filled provided the position is not needed for use within the department or the city's restructuring efforts. To staffing and recruitment companies: For this recruitment, we have chosen recruitment channels and do not wish to receive offers of competence placement, advertising, or recruitment assistance. About Us We are all different. We are also equal and have the same right to a safe home, meaningful activity, and to feel valued. With the right conditions, we can grow, develop, and participate in society on our own terms. Within the Department for Functional Support, we provide support, service, and care to children and adults with disabilities and create opportunities for them to live a good and independent life, like everyone else. With 6,200 committed employees, we are Sweden's largest functional support department. We work in, among other areas, residential facilities with special services, daytime activities, residential support, personal support, and child and short-term residential facilities. Do you want to help create a more inclusive society? Welcome to us! You are Gothenburg
Personal Assistant Stenungsund Part-Time
We are looking for you to work with a wonderful 22-year-old man. He lives independently in his own apartment where he receives assistance around the clock. Double assistance is available during day and evening; single assistance at night. This is a part-time position at approximately 50% where you work in a team, all working closely together in double assistance. Our client has autism, epilepsy, and an intellectual disability. He faces many challenges in life, but thanks to his assistants, he has the opportunity to live a fine and fulfilling life that includes horseback riding, swimming, and hanging out with friends. The more basic tasks involve ADL (activities of daily living), communication using alternative communication methods, and training to help our client feel as well as possible both physically and mentally. He needs help with everything in his daily life such as personal care, meals, dressing and undressing, and training. You will be part of all aspects of the client's day, from household chores, cooking, and activities. Our client very much enjoys being in nature, driving, and spending time with his friends. He loves music in all its forms. A couple of times a week he attends day activities and also has other activities on days when he is not at day activities. He also swims every week, so swimming ability is appreciated. Since he does not communicate through speech, we place great importance on the person working with him being attentive and responsive to his signals. Assistant's Role and Experience We are looking for someone who is positive and active in their role as an assistant. You should be able to maintain positive communication without expecting many responses in return. You need to bring your own personality to the role and any experience with horses is welcomed, as it creates a sense of security and makes things smooth every time our client goes to his adaptive riding sessions. You will receive thorough, individualized training in all aspects of the client's support needs and routines. Desirable Experience Knowledge of alternative and augmentative communication. Previous experience in personal assistance. Experience with epilepsy. Driver's license (Class B) is required, as the client has his own car that assistants drive. Swedish, both spoken and written. Physically strong, as some transfers occur that can be physically demanding. Working Hours/Employment Level Start immediately or by agreement. Part-time position at 50% Working hours are scheduled for daytime, evening, and weekends. About Salary We apply salary according to Fremia. Collective agreement. We offer wellness benefits and training opportunities. At FMF Assistans, our policy is to request a criminal record check from all employees as we prioritize the safety of our clients. If you are called for an interview, we would appreciate it if you bring a current criminal record check no older than one year. A criminal record check for work with children/youth can be most easily ordered at https://polisen.se/tjanster-tillstand/belastningsregistret/barn-med-funktionsnedsattning/ – for work with persons over 18 years old, order a criminal record check at: https://polisen.se/tjanster-tillstand/belastningsregistret/arbete-i-hemmet-med-aldre-och-personer-med-funktionsnedsattning-e-tjanst/ As an assistant with us at FMF Assistans, we want you, just as we do, to feel great responsibility and pride in your role. Every day our assistants help our clients have a better everyday life, and that is what personal assistance is all about. We have committed to our clients that we will do our utmost to provide you, as our assistant, with the best conditions to succeed in your work. Warm welcome to us – We are here for our clients and our assistants.