Support Assistant at Klåva Gårdsväg 2

Klåva Gårdsväg 2 is a residence with special services for individuals with a combination of psychiatric and neuropsychiatric disabilities.

We are now looking for someone who wants to help create a new work team together at Klåva! We offer the opportunity to develop and shape the operations together with us. You and your colleagues will contribute to creating a stimulating environment and a creative workplace. Are you looking for a varied job where you take on significant responsibility? Then read on!

About the job

As a support assistant, you put the individual’s needs, abilities, and interests at the center and support the user in their daily life as well as in their right to self-determination. You work norm-creative and innovatively with motivation to promote the development of the user’s own resources. Together with the users, you work to provide the best possible conditions for an independent life with high quality of life. You work based on individually established implementation plans.

We use methods such as Independent Life (ESL), Motivational Interviewing (MI), low-affect responses, and Augmentative and Alternative Communication (AAC). The work includes social documentation, case management, and collaboration with both internal and external parties who are key persons in the user’s life. At Klåva Gårdsväg, there is also a method supervisor whose task is to support the operations and you as staff.

We want to create groups where employees' strengths are used correctly and contribute to a work environment where there is openness and where discussions are solution-focused.

The work will be scheduled for days, evenings, and three out of six weekends. We work with scheduling in Multiaccess.

We also work with ARP, which means you will have the opportunity to collaborate with other residences focused on psychiatry.

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 pedagogical work. The educational requirement is also met if you have a post-secondary specialization in the disability area that includes at least 200 YH points, 120 higher education credits, or a combination 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 services for people with disabilities. The education must have relevant credits in behavioral science, pedagogy, psychology, social work, and (psychiatric) care or other education that the employer assesses as equivalent. For the position, several years of experience in the psychiatric field is required.

Communication is an important part of the job, which requires that you have good knowledge of the Swedish language in both spoken and written form. This means a requirement for passing grades in Swedish 1, Swedish as a second language 1, or equivalent. Those who do not meet the qualification requirements in Swedish 1 or Swedish as a second language 1 may be offered to take a language test through the testing user Educateit.

It is advantageous if you have training in ESL (Independent Life), MI (Motivational Interviewing), and/or AAC (Alternative Communication).

You show respect and consideration for those you meet in your professional role, base your actions on everyone's equal value, and create a good atmosphere in meetings. You have an open and positive attitude as you have the user's/customer's needs as the starting point for your actions. You have the ability to share information and ideas, both orally and in writing. You express the core of an argument clearly and effectively. You adapt your communication according to the recipient, target group, and situation.

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. You understand the common mission, act based on it, and contribute to the whole.

A driver's license and driving experience are required.

Welcome with your application!

Other

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

As an employee in the administration for functional support, we offer you:

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

When working in the individual's home:
Before offering employment, we ask you to present an extract from the police's criminal record. The ordered extract must be unopened.
You must request an extract from the police's criminal record yourself. 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 a 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 data, you should NOT apply via the system but contact the responsible recruiting manager for handling your application.

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

About us

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 functional support, we provide support, services, and care to children and adults with disabilities and create opportunities for them to live a good and independent life, like everyone else.

With 6,200 dedicated employees, we are Sweden's largest functional support administration. We work, among other things, within residences with special services, daily activities, housing support, personal support, and child and short-term residences.

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

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