Personal assistant for Masungsbyn
Kiruna, Sverige
Type of Employment Full-time
Job position Personal assistant
Work model On location
Application due date 29 September 2024
Are you the one?
For a vibrant Kiruna. One thing is certain. With us, you make a difference. We are Kiruna, we say. We are the caregiver who holds old mom's hand and the teacher who makes little brother read his first words. We are the childminder who makes someone grow every day and the social worker who does what it takes to change lives. We are the personal assistant who gives freedom and the librarian who brings literature close. We are the home support workers who drive to villages in blizzards like the midnight sun to be there. We are hundreds of skills, thousands of people and generations of experience who together safeguard, nurture, inspire, teach, save lives, innovate, move cities, stand up for each other and care for people. With pride and care. From mountains to cities. Today and tomorrow for a vibrant Kiruna. There is something beautiful in that. Do you also want to work for life, people and the future in Kiruna municipality? Do you want to create value and make a real difference for what is important? The Social Administration's mission is to meet people's need for security. The administration must work to ensure that the municipality's residents receive social care in various forms and with a special responsibility to safeguard the needs and interests of vulnerable groups. We constantly strive for good quality that benefits the users of our services. WORK TASKS As a personal assistant, you provide support in everyday life for people with disabilities. As a personal assistant, you try to support the users to be able to live their lives as they want. As a personal assistant, your task is to make it easier for the user to look after themselves. This may involve feeding, hygiene and looking after the home, but it often also involves helping the user to be a parent and to do their job. You will help the user to pursue hobbies, take part in community activities or study. The operation works on the basis of the basic principles of the LSS Act. The work includes meeting the individual's need for guidance and care with respect for self-determination, independence and integrity. The tasks include being responsive to the users' individual needs, wishes and resources. You will help with all tasks that occur around the user. QUALIFICATIONS We are looking for you who enjoy and have the ability to work with people with physical, mental and/or neuropsychiatric disabilities. You should have secondary care or child and leisure education or other education / experience that is considered equivalent by the employer. It is an advantage if you have experience with the target group. As a person, we see that you are responsive, driven and flexible. You have a positive and professional approach where you show good judgment and understand that you yourself affect the situation when you express yourself and act. We expect you to be a team player and have a good ability to work with different types of people. Great emphasis is placed on personal suitability. The work is located during the day (Mondays - Fridays) with a user living in Masungsbyn. OTHER To work with us, you must share Kiruna municipality's common values where respect, responsibility and collaboration are the key words. We offer a pleasant working environment and stimulating tasks and that you as an employee get a good balance between work and leisure. We have many different benefits where you as an employee can train free of charge at various training facilities up to SEK 5000 / year, we have cabins in the mountains that you can rent, we offer the opportunity to exchange salary for days off. We strive for gender balance and see diversity as a strength, we welcome employees with different backgrounds and work to ensure that our workplaces are accessible to everyone. Kiruna municipality sees full-time as a right and part-time as an opportunity. It is an advantage if you have knowledge of Finnish, Sami and/or MeƤnkieli as Kiruna municipality is an administrative area for these languages. Kiruna municipality has made media choices for this recruitment and therefore refrains from contacting advertisement sellers or other sellers of recruitment services.