Description of the workplace:

Gjøvik municipality has organized health and care services for younger people with various disabilities and assistance needs in adapted services.

The position belongs to an enterprise that provides services to 1 basic team that works in school, respite care and the home of families with children with a high need for assistance and need for specially adapted services. The services are coordinated and organized with a social worker who is the team leader and who works purposefully and systematically in school, respite care and at home. The basic team is organized as a comprehensive and coordinated service offering with a focus on interdisciplinary cooperation.

The company also provides services to people with various disabilities who live more independently with follow-up services and assistance in the home and with different needs for help in daily life skills and chores.

We will establish a new respite home that will offer respite care in an institution on a rolling basis for families with children and young people with various disabilities.

Shifts: Day, evening and third every weekend

Duties:

• These positions will be linked to the newly established respite home and the base team

• Activation, facilitation, providing practical assistance and training, guidance and health care

• Primary contact function

• Facilitate a meaningful everyday life with targeted environmental work and active care with a focus on self-determination, mastery and habilitation

• Documentation in accordance with applicable laws, regulations and guidelines

• Interdisciplinary cooperation

• Caregiver cooperation

• Drive for professional development and ethical reflection

• Responsibility for self-development and innovation in the profession and in the work in general

Qualifications:

• Authorization as a healthcare professional, others with relevant professional education may also be considered. Students are encouraged to apply for the weekend positions

• Experience and good professional knowledge with targeted environmental work and relevant practice with the user group, including children and young people

• Good collaboration skills

• Have the users' needs in focus

• Personal suitability is given great weight

• Take initiative and create commitment with regard to professional development and a good working environment

• Work in a structured and systematic manner

• Flexible in relation to work tasks and changes

• Approved police certificate required

We can offer:

• Varied and independent work tasks with professional challenges

• Learning and development

• Training in professional systems, but knowledge of Gat and Gerica is an advantage

• A place with constant development

• Good training and courses

• Continuing education according to. competence plan

Exempt public access must be justified:

Gjøvik municipality practices additional public access, cf. section 11 of the Freedom of Information Act.

This means that all applicants are placed on a public list of applicants. There must be special circumstances to be granted an exemption, cf. Section 25 of the Freedom of Information Act.

Application:

All applications must be submitted electronically via our application system.

We want a diverse work environment and encourage all qualified applicants to apply regardless of gender, ethnic background, religion, disability, age and sexual orientation.

Link to application form: Apply here