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We are all different. We are also all alike and have the same right to a safe home, meaningful employment, and to feel valuable. With the right conditions, we can grow, develop, and participate in society on our own terms.

Within the administration for support for people with disabilities, we provide support, service, and care to children and adults with disabilities and create opportunities for them to live a good and independent life, just like everyone else. By spreading knowledge and collaborating within the City of Gothenburg and with other actors, we increase the understanding of individuals' needs and design interventions that make a real difference.

With 6,200 dedicated employees, we are Sweden's largest support administration. We work within housing with special services, daily activities, employment, housing support, personal assistance, child and short-term housing, respite care, as well as support and guidance.

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JOB RESPONSIBILITIES

We are now looking for a support assistant for BmSS Finlandsvägen, which has a focus on psychiatry and is located in Tuve. The residence is newly built and was completed in January 2022. Proximity to the city center and public transport makes it easy to get to and from the unit.

As a support assistant, you will work both independently and together with your colleagues to support the tenants in their home environment and contribute to as good and independent a life as possible. Solo work occurs. In your work with the tenants, you will engage in leisure activities both on and off the premises, perform health and medical care interventions on delegation, collaborate in the professional network around the tenant, and assist with cooking, laundry, cleaning, and personal hygiene. Together with the workgroup, you will establish, implement, and follow up on routines, action plans, and activity descriptions. This way, we all become better at understanding needs and providing the right support.

You will work on a schedule, and working hours are allocated to daytime and evening hours as well as weekends. We plan the schedule time in TimeCare.

We offer a rewarding and varied job with the opportunity to make a difference in people's lives.

Welcome with your application!

QUALIFICATIONS

We are looking for someone who has a degree from the Health and Care program, support assistant training, or the Child and Leisure program with a focus on social or educational work. The educational requirement is also met if you have a post-secondary specialization in the disability field that includes at least 200 YH points, 120 higher education credits, or a combination in between that corresponds to at least four semesters of full-time studies. Alternatively, 60 higher education credits and at least two years of experience working with support and service to people with disabilities. The education should have relevant credits in behavioral science, pedagogy, psychology, social work, and (psychiatric) care or other education that the employer assesses as equivalent.

If you do not meet the qualification requirements in Swedish 1 or Swedish as a second language 1, you may be offered to take a language test through the test user Educateit.

It is a requirement that you have previous experience with social documentation. Furthermore, you have previously worked in care and support.

It is advantageous if you have knowledge and experience of the following methods: LAB (low-arousal approach), AAC (alternative and augmentative communication), Clear pedagogy, ESL (an independent life), IBIC (individual needs in focus), and MI (motivational interviewing). It is also advantageous if you have experience working with intellectual and mental disabilities.

You are friendly and helpful to others even in a stressful situation. You show respect for everyone you meet at work. You are inviting and positive. You have a good understanding of how individuals absorb knowledge and their different conditions. You adapt the way you convey your message to the recipient and encourage dialogue, participation, and engagement. You are calm and secure in pressured and difficult situations. You can balance the demands placed on you and can make well-founded decisions despite time pressure.

Welcome with your application!

OTHER

Selection and interviews will begin during the application period.

In this recruitment, you will answer a number of questions where you will describe your knowledge in the area instead of sending a personal letter.

The City of Gothenburg actively works to promote equal rights and opportunities and to counteract discrimination.

As an employee in the administration for support for people with disabilities, we offer you:

• Secure employment with good employment conditions
• Full-time with the possibility of part-time
• Introduction upon hiring
• Professional development
• Health benefits, bicycle benefits, and other discounts and offers

Before an offer of employment, we ask you to present an extract from the police criminal record. The ordered extract must be unopened.

You must request an extract from the police criminal record yourself. This can be done on the police's website either via e-service (Check your own information in the criminal record) or with the help of the form to check your own information (Form for requesting a criminal record extract for an individual, extract no. 442.3)

We only accept applications via our recruitment system in accordance with GDPR.

If you have protected personal information, you should NOT apply through the system but contact the responsible recruiting manager for handling your application.

Filling the position is subject to the condition that the position does not need to be claimed in the administration or the city's transition work.

To those representing staffing and recruitment companies: For this recruitment, we have chosen recruitment channels and do not wish to receive offers of competence mediation, advertising, or recruitment assistance.