Support Assistant at Åkereds Skolväg

Åkereds Skolväg is a residential facility providing special services for individuals with mental disabilities.

We are now looking for a new team member to join our wonderful team! 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 can 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 and their right to self-determination. Together with the users, you work to provide the best possible conditions for an independent life with high quality of life. You will work based on individually established action plans.

We will use methods such as Independent Living (ESL), Motivational Interviewing (MI), and low-arousal approach (LAB). The work includes social documentation and collaboration with both internal and external parties who are key persons in the user's life.

We want to create groups where the strengths of the employees are utilized correctly and contribute to a work environment where there is openness and discussions are solution-focused. You are interested in being part of shaping our operations and can quickly adapt to new or changing circumstances in your work. You have the ability to express yourself well in both spoken and written language, as documentation is part of your work.

The work will be scheduled for days, evenings, and weekend shifts. We use Multiaccess for scheduling. We also work with ARP and resource passes.

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 thereof 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 individuals with disabilities. The education should have relevant points in behavioral science, pedagogy, psychology, social work, and (psychiatric) care or other education that the employer deems equivalent.

You need to have extensive experience working with individuals with mental and neuropsychological disabilities. Communication and social documentation are essential parts of the job, so you need to master the Swedish language in both spoken and written form, which means a requirement for passing grades in Swedish 1, Swedish as a second language 1, or 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.

If you have experience or knowledge of ESL, MI, and low-arousal approach, these are considered advantageous.

We want to create groups where the strengths of the employees are utilized correctly and contribute to a work environment where there is openness and discussions are solution-focused. You adapt to new or changing circumstances in your work and see opportunities for change.

You show respect and consideration for those you meet in your professional role and have an open and positive attitude. You show interest in and collaborate on overarching issues to create added value. You have the ability to share information and ideas, both orally and in writing. You have the ability to work together with others to perform tasks and achieve goals.

Welcome with your application to us!

Other

The City of Gothenburg actively works to promote equal rights and opportunities and to combat 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
• Professional development
• Wellness grants, bicycle grants, 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. 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 information, you should NOT apply through the system but contact the responsible recruiting manager for handling your application.

Appointment is subject to the condition that the position does not need to be utilized 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, 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.

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

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

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