1006 Personal Assistant, substitute as needed and for the summer.

Do you want to work as a personal assistant for a 13-year-old boy living with his family in Strängnäs? We are looking for an assistant who can cover during absences and vacations. As a substitute, you need to be able to work both day shifts and awake night shifts.

About the Position

Our client is a 13-year-old boy with cerebral palsy, epilepsy, and autism-like behavior. He uses a wheelchair but can also move without a wheelchair with support. He has no verbal speech, so you as an applicant need to be understanding and attentive to the boy's signals to understand him. He needs help with everything in his daily life. During the day, the boy attends school and has no assistance, but during holidays and days off, he has assistance during the day as well. The boy loves everything that spins and rolls and can spend hours rolling large stones; he is also a whiz on YouTube and loves his tablet.

The work is based on respect for the individual's self-determination and integrity. A thorough and clear introduction applies upon employment, so that you as an assistant feel secure but above all so that the client feels secure with you. There are cats in the home, so you should not be allergic to cats.

You as an Applicant

You as an applicant should preferably have experience with personal assistance and preferably with working with children within LSS (Act concerning Support and Service for Persons with Certain Functional Impairments). You should be loyal, flexible, and mature in your approach to different situations, both demanding and less demanding. You should be able to adapt your pedagogical approach to the individual. Experience with epilepsy, low-arousal approach, and experience with outwardly directed behavior are advantageous.

As a personal assistant, you work in the boy's family home, so it is important that you are good at communicating, have a good and respectful approach, and good empathetic ability.

Since the boy does not have spoken language and has difficulty expressing himself, you need to be creative, perceptive, and attentive to small signals. Experience with personal assistance is advantageous, but personal suitability and care experience will weigh the most. Please include in your application when you are available for the position.

Since the boy is under 18 years old, a presented extract from the criminal record is required before employment.

• You must not be a smoker
• You should not be allergic to cats
• You need to have a driver's license and a car to get to and from work as bus connections are insufficient

We handle applications on an ongoing basis, so do not wait to submit your application with a personal letter and CV.

Iustitia Assistans has a policy to, as part of the employment process, check new hires against the police's criminal record. Iustitia Assistans safeguards its clients' safety and security and has a routine to take this extract for all persons employed in the company. This means that upon employment, we will request a record extract from you before you can start working. You order the record extract yourself according to LSS from the police. The form can be found at the following web address. The form you should choose is called LSS - performing certain services for children with disabilities (442.9), regardless of which position you have applied for with us. The police's processing time can be up to two weeks, so order your record extract as soon as possible. By applying for work at Iustitia assistans, you give your consent for the employer to also check you in the Enforcement Authority's register.

Iustitia Assistans has permission from the National Board of Health and Welfare and runs a fair, open, and honest assistance service with a focus on giving our clients the opportunity for participation and self-determination. Iustitia Assistans should provide the client with the tools the client needs to manage their own life and assistance.