Vacant job

Business Description

The Department for Disabilities is a sector within social services that provides support and services to certain
disabled individuals. The operations within the department are based on LSS (the Act on Support and Service for Certain Disabled Persons) and Sjöjungfrun's group home is a residence according to LSS. At Sjöjungfrun's group home, there are five users who need support and guidance in their daily lives according to LSS decisions. At the group home, we work based on IBIC (individual needs in focus). The staff group consists of ten employees in total, and six of these positions are combined services with Höken Daily Activities. Höken is the users' workplace where they perform various activities based on individual needs. We are now looking for employees for combined services due to, among other things, retirement at Sjöjungfrun.

Job Responsibilities

As a support assistant at Sjöjungfrun, you will, based on each individual user's needs and wishes, be able to support and activate them at home in accordance with LSS. You will guide the user in daily living and work structured according to their needs and according to the law's goals and intentions. The assignment includes documentation regarding the user, contact with relatives, case managers, daily activities, guardians, and other activities or authorities that are significant for the user, where cooperation and good communication skills are important. You should be able to work independently and have a professional approach and demeanor. In the operations, we use the documentation system Combine.

The tasks as a support assistant consist of supportive and motivational conversations, social activities inside and outside the home, everyday tasks in the user's home and local environment, delegated health and medical care interventions, and personal care based on individual needs. You will actively work with other staff around the user to plan, execute, follow up, and evaluate the users' activities and support measures. The work includes establishing implementation plans that are tailored to each user. Furthermore, all commonly occurring tasks in a home are included. In the operations, there are common areas and facilities that you, together with others in the workgroup, are responsible for. The assignment also includes certain administrative tasks such as documentation and ordering of goods, etc. The position is a combined service with Höken daily activities.

Qualifications

We are looking for someone with nursing education focused on disabilities or other education that the employer deems equivalent. Knowledge of disabilities/developmental disabilities/autism and training/experience in various methodologies adapted for people with disabilities is meritorious. As a person, you are secure and confident in your role and have a good ability to act professionally in all situations that arise. The operations involve physical activities with users, and you must therefore have a basic physical ability and an interest in planning and executing activities. You also take responsibility for the common result and do what needs to be done for the organization to achieve its goals. You easily adapt your working methods to changed conditions. You pay attention to others' opinions and competencies and give them space in the group in a way that benefits the whole. Great emphasis is placed on personal suitability.

Driving license B is meritorious.

Within the framework of the national minority language law, Gällivare municipality is the administrative municipality for Sami, Meänkieli, and Finnish. Knowledge of any of these languages is meritorious when applying for employment in Gällivare municipality.

Other

With your application, we would like to have a CV. Upon request, original documents will be provided. Interviews may be conducted on an ongoing basis.

Requirement for an extract from the police criminal record.

Working Hours/Duration

Permanent, 100%, Working hours are scheduled day/evening and weekend shifts. A probationary period may be applied.

Start/Application

Start: According to agreement.

Last application date: 2025-01-19

Salary

Monthly salary, we apply individual salary setting – please state your salary expectations in the application.

Information

Unit Manager Jeanette Johansen Tel 0970–818734, 070-2028750

Union Representatives

Kommunal: [email protected] (mailto:[email protected])

Warm welcome with your application!