Treatment Assistant

Description:

We are looking for you to be a trusted adult and want to work with children in their residential setting. We are currently seeking staff for a special fixed-term position (work as needed). Recruitment is ongoing during the application period based on the organization's needs. About Us Creare Care - Allégatan consists of a treatment home with 5 places. The facility is located in Kil, approximately 20 minutes from Karlstad. The organization also includes a treatment home in Fagerås and outpatient services. The target group for the residential setting is girls and boys aged 8-12 years with behavioral challenges. Placement in the facility is made according to SoL or LVU. The placed children have at least 1:1 staffing during all waking hours. About the Work We work with an environmental therapeutic approach based on behavioral science principles and use a low-affect and cognitive approach. As a treatment assistant, you should be able to create a safe environment for the children through a structured and meaningful daily routine. You create a stable relationship with the children and seek them out with curiosity each day to learn more about them. Based on care and implementation plans, you plan and implement treatment work with the placed children individually. We use methods such as TMO - Trauma-Informed Care, CBT for children, TEJPING, MI - Motivational Interviewing, and rePULSE. You work according to an intervention schedule and document your work with the children in our record system. Work tasks also include all practical matters that arise in a home such as cooking, cleaning, laundry, ensuring children's hygiene, and guiding them in daily chores. You will also participate in the organization's development and change work, which aims to strengthen quality and create a good workplace. Regular internal training sessions and meetings related to the work are conducted monthly. A collective agreement exists with Vårdföretagarna. About You You must have at least 2 years of post-secondary education in social work such as treatment assistant, treatment pedagogue, social pedagogue, or equivalent or higher education as assessed by the employer according to applicable regulations on educational requirements for treatment staff at residential care homes. The work suits you if you can and want to work in a group with your colleagues to create safety and structure for the placed children. As a person, you are communicative and attentive. As a person, you are curious and take responsibility for your own part as well as for the children's. You strive to be a clear role model. You have the ability to set clear boundaries and are at the same time flexible in an eventful environment. Due to the nature of the work, good empathetic ability is needed and you are solution-focused. You need to be genuinely interested in learning more about the children and their challenges. You have plenty of patience in sometimes slow processes, as well as in pressured situations. Good treatment of the children is something we value highly. You are welcome to be proactive, inspiring, and full of ideas. Your role in the organization allows for and encourages your own initiatives. We are looking for you who can express yourself well in speech and writing. The position requires good documentation skills. You should have good ability to understand and analyze social processes and problems. You should have an approach characterized by commitment and drive. You should have the ability to take personal responsibility and work in a structured manner. You should find it easy to handle when conditions and planning change in the work. The work can be both mentally and physically demanding at times depending on the placed children's wellbeing. · A driver's license for manual transmission is a requirement. · Great importance is placed on personal suitability. We are a smoke-free workplace.

Overview

Type

job

Status

active

Visibility

public

City

KIL

Address

Allégatan 6

GPS

59.506661916066, 13.312369410625copyopen in

Email

[email protected]

Views

8

Published

6. 2. 2026

Edited

21. 6. 2026

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