Residential Support Worker - Special Housing

Residential support housing is an adapted living arrangement for adults with disabilities who need assistance in their daily lives. There are two forms of residential support housing: group housing and service housing. The operation is part of the care and support sector in Skövde municipality.

The care and support sector has an important societal mission. We work with support, service, care, and assistance for people of all ages, and our operations are characterized by professionalism and human values.

Here, we work together as a team. We help and support each other when needed. You are surrounded by high competence, experienced colleagues, and managers. In this role, you also receive so much back from those you are there for. Smiles, gratitude, trust, laughter, friendship, and life stories – here you are always appreciated and significant.

To provide the best conditions for our clients/patients to receive the best support and care possible, and for our employees to succeed and develop at work, development work and continuous improvements are our focus. We want to be at the forefront of what we do.

JOB RESPONSIBILITIES

We are now looking for new employees for Barkvägen and Björkebacken!

We are looking for you who want a rewarding and developing job. In the role of support assistant within residential support housing, you have the opportunity to contribute to ensuring that our clients can achieve the highest possible quality of life in their daily lives. Based on individual needs and wishes, you support our clients by providing practical and everyday assistance. Together with the support pedagogues, you are also involved in the daily work with the clients in their daily activities. In a pedagogical manner, you stimulate and motivate the individual towards participation and an independent life. The assignment also includes documentation work in our systems.

You assist clients with everyday activities such as household chores, personal care, and leisure activities. The job responsibilities also include assistance with transfers, medication distribution, handling physical and digital aids, and other tasks according to the Health and Medical Services Act (HSL).

In addition to the tasks included in the job description, you will also have extended responsibility within a specific area. Your manager will designate, in consultation with you, which area suits you and your profile best. Examples of such roles include responsible support assistant, fire safety representative, and hygiene representative.

Your knowledge and experience are valuable, and therefore it is part of your role to contribute to the development of our common working methods.

Within the care and support sector, we work flexibly between different units. This means that you will also do shifts (resource shifts) at other residences than the one you normally work at.

Please specify in your application which of the workplaces you are interested in.

"A fantastic job, you do good. You go home feeling that you have done a good job and helped others. It is a rewarding job, you add a golden touch to everyday life".

QUALIFICATIONS

We are looking for someone with a high school education and approved grades from the health and care program or the child and leisure program, or another equivalent education. It is a plus (but not a requirement) if you have knowledge of conversation techniques, such as motivational interviewing (MI), social stories, or drawing talk. Experience with clear pedagogical methods, low-arousal responses, and alternative and augmentative communication (AAC) is also meritorious.

As a person, you are calm and secure and have a respectful, good, and adapted approach. To succeed in the role, we see that you have good collaboration skills, are solution-focused, and can easily adapt to new conditions. To thrive in the role, we believe you have the ability to take personal responsibility in your professional role, are proactive, and are used to working independently. Since a large part of the work involves care, it is a requirement that you have experience working in healthcare.

A driver's license is required to work at Björkebacken.

In this role, it is important that you can communicate verbally and in writing in Swedish since you and the client need to understand each other, but also to carry out documentation. You have computer skills and preferably experience with social documentation.

Wanting to support and develop other people is one of the qualities most needed in our society. And you who have that in you are the real future.

Upon employment, a police record extract must be presented.

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Working in Skövde municipality

In Skövde municipality, we work with everything from care, support, and education to infrastructure, maintenance, cultural life, and growth. We have hundreds of professions and 5500 employees. The work varies depending on which operation we are in, but we all represent the same employer, Skövde municipality, and our common mission is to be a welfare provider, community developer, and employer. Gender-equal, equal, and inclusive operations are a given for us.

As an employee in Skövde municipality, you are an important player in a team that delivers services and support to our customers every day, all year round. It is in the meeting with our customers that the value of our work arises. We invest in you as an employee and offer professional development, favorable pension conditions, wellness grants, and several wellness activities and offers. And best of all, we have room for more.

Read more about us as an employer: Work with us (https://skovde.se/naringsliv-arbete/Jobba-hos-oss/)

Read more about the care and support sector: Care Administration (https://skovde.se/kommun-politik/organisation-och-styrning/tjanstepersonsorganisation/Omvardnadsforvaltningen/)

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