Caregiver

Lead with the role description and responsibilities: The position is for a caregiver (Omaishoidon tuen sijainen) for a 16-year-old boy in Vihti with developmental disability and autism. The caregiver will primarily work on weekdays at home, with occasional weekend shifts. The child uses sign language, pictures, and physical touch for communication. The person should be calm, kind but assertive, purposeful, and patient. The child enjoys walking, trampoline, listening to music, watching TV and YouTube, and good food/cooking. A personal car is required since there is no public transport to the home. The caregiver must be a registered health care professional and have experience working with autistic individuals, especially non-speaking autistic individuals. The candidate must present a current criminal record extract as required by law. Applications are processed in order of arrival, and the position will be filled as soon as a suitable caregiver is found. For more information contact Merja Hellbom at 040 580 4051. The employer is JAG Assistans Oy, a non-profit organization specialized in personal assistance for people with different functional limitations. We recruit, employ and handle all administrative tasks related to personal assistants. JAG upholds a strong ideology: all people are equal, everyone can communicate, everyone has the right to self-determination, and to act as the main person in their life.

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