Service worker for home care in Jokkmokk
Type of Employment Full-time
Job position Home care assistant
Work model On location
Application due date 30 September 2024
Are you the one?
Jokkmokk has its sights set on the future. The municipality works actively to create conditions for a broad business community and an attractive, growing labor market in both existing and future industries. We are looking for people who want to contribute to Jokkmokk's continued development. In your spare time, you have fantastic opportunities to use a wide range of leisure facilities with various association activities or outdoor activities such as fishing, hunting, hiking, snowmobiling, skiing, etc. in both forest and mountain environments. The home care service is a provider activity based on granted assistance. The efforts consist mainly of care and care work, but also service tasks in the form of, for example, cleaning, laundry and shopping are included. For some time now, we have been trying a new way of working where a so-called service employee performs the service tasks while our assistant nurses focus on the care and care work. This has has worked very well and is something we intend to invest in in the future, which is why we are now looking for additional service employees for the home service in Jokkmokk. WORK TASKS The tasks are performed in our users' homes and mainly consist of cleaning, laundry, shopping, ordering materials, and food distribution. Activations, escorting, some hygiene tasks and supporting double staffing can also be included in the work. You must be able to work independently, as working in home care involves a lot of solitary work. However, you must also be able to interact with others in the organization and with other professionals. You should enjoy working with older people in their homes. Working hours are scheduled during the day, weekdays 8-17 QUALIFICATIONS We are looking for people who are positive, committed, responsible and have good empathy. Great emphasis will be placed on personal qualities. You need to have good cooperation skills with the team, good ability to maintain a calm approach to users with dementia and used to dealing with conflicts. Experience of working with older people is an advantage. Good knowledge of the Swedish language in both speech and writing is required. Driving license is a requirement. OTHER Jokkmokk municipality strives for gender balance and ethnic and cultural diversity in our activities. Knowledge of the Sami language and culture is seen as an asset. Our core values aim to set out the values that should permeate all activities in Jokkmokk municipality, where our key words are respect, equal value, responsibility, courage, commitment and competence. In order to ensure the quality of our recruitment process and to enable good communication with our applicants, we ask you to submit your application digitally via the link "Apply here" and not via e-mail or paper format. To staffing, placement and recruitment agencies and to you as a salesperson: We kindly but firmly exclude staffing and recruitment agencies as well as other external actors and vendors from further job advertisements.