Support Assistant at Frida Åslunds Gränd

The Disability Care Services in Umeå municipality aims to be a resource that liberates and strengthens people's ability to live an independent life through proximity and interaction.

Frida Åslunds Gränd is a service apartment according to LSS, focusing on intellectual disabilities.

The facility has a total of 11 apartments and offers support to individuals with cognitive and neuropsychiatric disabilities.

The primary placement will be at Frida Åslunds Gränd, but through collaborative planning, part of the working hours will also be allocated to the service apartments at Hoppets Gränd and Storgatan. The user groups are the same as at Frida Åslunds Gränd.

Threats and violence may occur in the workplace. There are pets in the facilities, a cat and a dog, so you should not be allergic.

We are now looking for a Support Assistant to join our team!

Your Responsibilities

As a Support Assistant, you will support users in their daily lives with approved interventions. This may include:

• personal care and transfers
• cooking, cleaning, laundry, and other practical tasks
• planning and implementing activities
• social, pedagogical, and individual support

Your work aims to strengthen the user's own abilities, increase independence, and create a safe and meaningful daily life.

We primarily work based on:

• Positive Behavioral Support (PBS)
• Clarifying pedagogy
• Low-affect responses

You will plan, implement, document, and follow up on interventions both independently and together with colleagues.

Working hours: day, evening, weekend, and night shifts.

About You

You are flexible, have a good ability to collaborate, and maintain a professional demeanor towards users, relatives, and other stakeholders around the users. You are committed and willing to share our values and work towards set goals as well as engage in continuous improvements. It is also important that you have an empathetic ability and can understand others' perspectives. Great emphasis will be placed on personal suitability.

To communicate with users, relatives, and colleagues, write and access care documentation, and obtain medication delegation, you need to have good knowledge of the Swedish language in both spoken and written form.

Requirements

• Care and Nursing Program, Child and Leisure Program, Social Work Program, or other education deemed equivalent by the employer
• Experience working within the field of intellectual disabilities

Desirable

• Experience of low-affect responses in situations of threat and violence
• Training in clarifying pedagogy
• Training in positive behavioral support

Other

To ensure that the candidates called for an interview best meet the requirements and qualifications for the position, we use selection questions. The questions are designed based on these requirements and qualifications. Therefore, it is important that you answer the questions thoroughly and that the competencies you state are supported by information in your CV. Incomplete or inadequate answers may result in your application not progressing in the process.

We ask that you attach a personal letter and CV.

NOTE! Do you have protected personal information? Please contact Recruitment Support at 090-16 10 99 or at [email protected], and they will assist you with a secure application process.

Selection is ongoing, so submit your application today!

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