Do You Want a Meaningful Job Where You Can Impact Others' Daily Lives?
Gruvrisgården Special Housing consists of a wonderful team, and we are now seeking new colleagues! Gruvrisgården is located at the top of Galgberget and has 23 apartments. The apartments are distributed across two departments on two different floors, both focused on high-level care. Our work group includes care assistants, nursing assistants, team leaders, and unit managers. Together with healthcare professionals, we are a great team where we help and learn from each other, all to provide the best possible care and support to our customers. Customer satisfaction is important to us!
The Care Administration's work is based on a shared value foundation where safety is a central concept in working with individual customers. In every interaction, the Care Administration's activities should be characterized by good treatment that ensures respect, integrity, self-determination, continuity, and influence for the individual. Within Falu Municipality, we offer reduced working hours for nursing assistants/care assistants, which means you will work 36 hours/week when working full-time.
Job Responsibilities
Working in special housing gives you a concrete opportunity to make a difference in someone's life. Job tasks include providing good care and service to our customers. Our customers' needs guide our work tasks and may include assistance with personal care, support during meal times, service interventions, and social activities. The work involves motivating, supporting, and helping the customer in all daily situations as needed.
Our mission is to work according to the customer's implementation plan. The implementation plan describes the intervention and how the customer wishes to have the services performed; it is a work tool. The job also includes some administrative tasks, which means you must be able to document according to specified guidelines and take responsibility for following up on tasks handed over by other colleagues, unit managers, or professionals such as nurses, occupational therapists, or physiotherapists. The work can be both physically and mentally demanding.
Qualifications
Required for the role:
• Three-year high school care program or other education/experience deemed equivalent by the employer
• Previous experience working in care and support
• Experience using computers and mobile devices at work
• Good Swedish language skills, both verbal and written
• Previous experience distributing medication and insulin
Personal Characteristics
We are seeking someone with great interest and commitment to working with people! You need to be stress-resistant, flexible, and have good collaboration skills.
High importance will be placed on personal suitability.
Meritorious Qualifications
• Experience working in dementia care
• Experience working in healthcare
• Experience in geriatric and palliative care
• Experience with quality tools BPSD & Senior Alert
Employment Terms
The position is a permanent full-time employment. Falu Municipality applies a full-time agreement, which means full-time is a right and part-time is an option; you choose how much you want to work. You must be able to work according to a set schedule including day/evening and weekend shifts. Start date by agreement.
Please attach educational certificates to your application as these will be requested if you are considered for the position. Alternatively, certificates can be submitted during the interview.
To be hired, you must provide a criminal record extract, which will be requested if employment becomes current. Please order this when applying so it's available if you are considered for the position. You can order the extract directly from the police website.
Effective July 1, 2023, the nursing assistant position became a protected title. To be employed as a nursing assistant, a certificate from the National Board of Health and Welfare is required. You as a job seeker must apply for the certificate through the social services e-service. When you present the protected title certificate, you will receive the nursing assistant position; until then, you will be employed as a care assistant. More information is available on the National Board of Health and Welfare's website.
Additional Information
When submitting your application, you will be asked to answer selection questions based on the job requirements. Your answers are an important part of the initial selection, so be sure to respond thoroughly and clearly. Include your CV with the application, but do not submit a cover letter – the selection questions replace this.
For this recruitment, we have determined our recruitment channels and therefore decline additional offers of competence mediation, advertising, and recruitment assistance.
We only accept applications through our recruitment system in accordance with GDPR. If you have problems completing your application, please contact
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