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We are all different. We are also 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, services, and care to children and adults with disabilities, creating 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 understanding of individuals' needs and design interventions that make a real difference.

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

Do you want to contribute to a more inclusive society? Welcome to us!

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JOB RESPONSIBILITIES

Are you our next star?

We are looking for an engaged and responsible support educator who wants to be an important part of supporting and inspiring individuals in their development. The position is suitable for you who are passionate about creating security and providing practical support to people in their daily lives. Here you will have the opportunity to make a concrete difference every day. Does this sound like something for you? Then we would love to hear from you!

Job Duties

Aniara is a BmSS with 12 residential places focused on the psychiatric target group. The users need support from staff to create functioning routines and maintain structure in their daily lives, as well as motivation to promote independence. Challenging behavior occurs in the operation, as well as various types of self-harm. Care is also provided. Experience with the target group and previous work in the role of support educator is a requirement.

We work with low-arousal approaches (LAB), AAC (alternative/augmentative communication), and MI (motivational interviewing) and strive to create a meaningful existence and good communication for and with the users.

As a support educator, you will have overall responsibility for the educational work within the operation. You will establish working methods and ensure that they are used and developed effectively. Together with the workgroup, you will establish, implement, and follow up on routines, action plans, and job descriptions. You will ensure that social documentation and implementation plans according to IBIC are established, further developed, and followed according to laws and guidelines. You will be driving the unit's systematic quality work and guide, quality assure, and support colleagues in social documentation.

Together with other support educators in the city area, you will be part of a support educator network led by a method developer. You will have contact with relatives, guardians, case managers, and home care/rehab to ensure the user receives good care, support, and services. You will be responsible for conducting operational meetings. An important part of your mission is to encourage and work towards good collaboration with all individuals in the person's network. You will have support from method developers in your work.

Working hours are during the day, evening, and every other weekend. We have a flexible base schedule. Working hours are partly allocated in operations with close work with users in combination with educational time. We use TimeCare Planning for operationally adapted and flexible schedules.

QUALIFICATIONS

For the position of support educator, post-secondary specialization in the area of disabilities is required, encompassing at least 200 YH points or 60 university credits or a combination thereof corresponding to at least two semesters of full-time studies. The education should have a clear focus on the area of disabilities in its entirety.

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.

Experience in the role of support educator and experience in psychiatry and neuropsychiatry is required for the position. It is also required that you have experience and knowledge of IBIC, ESL, MI, low-arousal approaches (LAB). We consider it an advantage if you have knowledge of AAC - Alternative Augmentative Communication. To thrive in the role and perform well, the following personal qualities are required.

Pedagogical

You gain energy from contributing to others' learning and create conditions for learning to occur. You have the ability to explain problems and information to different recipients and from different perspectives.

Collaborative

You have the ability to work together with others to perform tasks and achieve goals. By being interested and creating understanding for others, you contribute to a respectful work climate.

Stable/Secure

You work effectively under stress, can balance different demands, and maintain calm in difficult situations. You distinguish between the issue and the person and can make well-founded decisions under time pressure.

OTHER

Selection and interviews will begin during the application period.

In this recruitment, you will answer a number of questions where you 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
• Wellness allowance, bicycle allowance, and other discounts and offers

When working in an individual's home:

Before offering employment, we ask you to present a certificate from the police's criminal record. The ordered extract must be unopened. You must request an extract from the police's criminal record. This is done on the police's website https://polisen.se/tjanster-tillstand/belastningsregistret/ (https://polisen.se/tjanster-tillstand/belastningsregistret/) 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 an 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, do NOT apply via the system but contact the responsible recruiting manager for handling your application.

Appointment will be made provided that the position does not need to be utilized in the administration or the city's restructuring work.