(edit title) Support Work in Sweden For English speaking clients Options

[NicZuppardi]

Hi there,
I'm currently in an ongoing process of trying to move to Stockholm/Uppsala, and wondering if there are any support work agencies in Sweden that cater to the needs of English-speaking people living in the country? I have experience as a support worker for people with brain injury and neurological disorders (specifically a Community Rehabilitation Support Worker). I'm interested to know whether there were any companies that related in particular to providing a similar service to clients who are not able to speak Swedish either because of their condition or due to belonging to a family that have moved to sweden from another English speaking country.

In conversation with Swedish friends I am aware that a support work post is often referred to as 'care-taking'. As yet I've not had much luck finding any leads on this, but if anyone is able to give me some pointers re the first/best place to look it would be very much appreciated!

As ever, apologies if this information has already been posted elsewhere.

Nic

[NicZuppardi]

Hi, anyone out there with any tips?

[ChocOwl]

Hi Nic,
I'm not really sure what you're after- is it the job called personlig assistent in Swedish? There is a website with a forum that might be of interest to you in that case: http://www.personligassistent.com/forum/ There is even an English speaking forum!
Hope that helps,
Cheers
ChocOwl

[NicZuppardi]

Sorry for the delay replying, thanks for the link though, very helpful indeed! I went to a recruitment event in Stockholm too and they suggested private clients and/or companies might be the place to look for people wanting native English speakers as Personal Assistants. Might be some detective work involved in this, but I'll post anything I find here in case others find it useful.

[Puffin]

I think that you will need to do some detective work

I don't think the demand for purely English speaking personal assistants is big - in many cases the personal assistant is hired within the family/circle of friends - so it would depend on there being a specific client wanting an English speaking assistant

Learning Swedish would massively increase your employability in the field