Personal Assistant - Permanent Position

About the Job Are you looking for a meaningful, developing, and varied job? Do you want to make a difference in daily life as a personal assistant? We are seeking someone with experience in care and support services who wants to contribute their skills across various assignments. As a personal assistant, you will provide daily life support to an assistance user with extensive needs. The work is diverse and based on close collaboration with colleagues, relatives, and employers, especially in assignments involving individuals with psychiatric diagnoses or autism. You play a crucial role in creating structure, security, and a functional everyday life tailored to the user's needs and daily condition. Your tasks include personal care support, such as toilet visits, showering, and dressing/undressing. You will also handle transfers using various aids like lifts and turners, which requires technical familiarity with these devices. The work is based on a low-affective approach, and you need to be able to initiate activities and outings and contribute to creating routines that provide a meaningful and stimulating existence. Common tasks include cooking, cleaning, walking, and some gardening. You will become part of an engaged team consisting of personal assistants, support pedagogues/coordinators, and unit managers. The role also includes documentation in the Treserva system and participation in developing routines and work methods. Your primary placement will be with a specific assistance user, but you may be placed in other assignments when the operation requires it. Work hours are scheduled according to 12-hour shifts from 12:30-12:30 (including sleeping on-call from 22:30-07:00) Probationary employment of up to six months may be applied. About You We are seeking someone with previous experience in care interventions, including intimate hygiene support. You should be experienced in working with individuals requiring care and feel comfortable using various transfer aids. As communication and documentation are important parts of the job, good Swedish language skills are required, equivalent to approved grades in Swedish 1 or Swedish as a Second Language 1. It is meritorious if you have experience with documentation in Treserva or similar documentation systems, and if you have care and support education or equivalent training. We also value experience working with individuals with dementia and in elderly care. Additionally, we appreciate training in transfer aids. As a person, you are responsible, flexible, and have a strong focus on the user. You collaborate well with others, contribute to a good work environment, and can adapt to changing conditions. You are attentive, show care and respect when interacting with others, and have a comprehensive approach to your work. Additional Information Selection and interviews will begin during the application period. In this recruitment, you will be asked to answer questions describing your knowledge in the field instead of submitting a cover letter. The City of Gothenburg actively works to promote equal rights and opportunities and counter discrimination. As an employee in the Support Services Administration, we offer you: - Secure employment with good employment terms - Full-time with the possibility of part-time - Introduction for new employees - Skills development - Wellness allowance, bicycle allowance, and other discounts and offers For work in an individual's home: An unopened extract from the police criminal record register is required before a job offer. You must request this extract by using either the police e-service (Personal Information Check) or a specific form (Extract No. 442.3). For work with children under 18: You must also show an unopened extract from the police register before being offered a job. You can order this extract digitally to be sent to your digital mailbox or via the police website with a specific form for personnel working with children with disabilities (Extract No. 442.9). 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 recruiting manager to handle your application. Appointment is subject to the service not being required in the administration or the city's restructuring work. To recruitment and staffing agencies: For this recruitment, we have chosen recruitment channels and do not wish to receive offers of competence mediation, advertising, or recruitment assistance. About Us We are all different. We are also all equal and have the same right to a safe home, meaningful occupation, and feeling valuable. With the right conditions, we can grow, develop, and participate in society on our own terms. In the Support Services Administration, we provide support, service, and care to children and adults with disabilities, creating opportunities for them to live a good and independent life, like everyone else. By spreading knowledge and collaborating within the