Support Educator at Gärdes Backe Service Housing

Do you want to work in a motivating environment, find creative solutions, and contribute to increased participation and self-determination for individuals? Then we hope you apply for the position with us!

Gärdes Backe Service Housing is a residence for individuals with support according to LSS, target group 1, located in Inverness, Danderyd. Here, we work together with the users to create individual implementation plans where the individual's wishes and needs are at the center. Everyone living with us should be prepared to receive the support that has been decided, and our goal is to provide each person with the tools and support needed for their daily life to function as well as possible.

Support Educator is a new and important role for us, and we are now looking for someone who wants to help shape it. Welcome to our community!

RESPONSIBILITIES

As a Support Educator, you are responsible for supporting and developing the operations as well as providing support to the users in their daily lives. You ensure that routines are followed and are involved in developing them, while building trusting relationships with the users and promoting their independence, participation, and ability to engage in society.

In your role, you will map the users' needs and ensure that individual implementation plans are established, implemented, documented, and evaluated. You collaborate with users, colleagues, management, healthcare professionals, and other important contacts for the individual.

You are active in the development of the operations by monitoring the environment, contributing ideas and proposals for staff meetings, and following up on set goals. Together with the operations manager, you are responsible for the pedagogical development and make decisions that support the users' participation and independence. You guide and support colleagues in routines, work methods, and pedagogical work, and contribute to developing and using individually adapted pedagogical methods in daily life.

QUALIFICATIONS

We are looking for someone who has:

• Post-secondary education, qualified vocational training, higher vocational education, or university education with a specialization in the field of disabilities corresponding to 200 YH points or 60 university credits.
• Several years of experience in operations within LSS.
• Very good knowledge of the Swedish language in both spoken and written form.
• Several years of experience working as a Support Educator.
• Experience with implementation plans and social documentation as well as computer skills.
• Experience with low-arousal approaches.

It is an advantage if you have worked with pedagogical methods such as MI, Supported Employment, DMO Participation Model, and KAT-Kittet.

We place great emphasis on personal suitability and are looking for someone who is collaborative, unpretentious, and solution-focused. You have a strong commitment to both the users and the operations and contribute with excellent collaboration skills by seeing the whole, being flexible, and at the same time being clear in your approach and attitude.

You are calm and stable even in challenging situations and have the ability to spread calm and security around you. At the same time, you dare to express your opinion in a professional manner when needed. In this role, it is important that you are confident in your profession and can guide and support your colleagues. You are curious, eager to learn, and keep yourself updated in your field. You work in a structured manner and can plan your work in a way that captures both current needs and long-term goals.

For this position, you need to present a valid extract from the criminal record before an employment contract can be established. You can order such a document at www.polisen.se (https://www.polisen.se). We recommend that you order a digital extract that is sent to your digital mailbox.

OTHER

Danderyd Municipality strives for a workforce composition that reflects the diversity of society. We offer an exciting workplace with many friendly and knowledgeable colleagues. Please visit our job portal https://www.danderyd.se/ovriga-verksamheter/jobb/ (https://www.danderyd.se/ovriga-verksamheter/jobb/) if you want to know what our managers say about the municipality's mission and future development. Here you can also gather information, including about our benefits. More information about our operations can be found at www.danderyd.se (https://www.danderyd.se).

To ensure the quality of the recruitment process in Danderyd Municipality and enable good communication with our applicants, we ask that you submit your application digitally as described above.

Bring your grades and other documents to a possible interview.

Warmly welcome with your application!

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