We are looking for a support assistant with group leader responsibilities!

Do you want a meaningful job where you make a real difference in people's everyday lives? We are now looking for an engaged support assistant to be placed at Tegelvägen's service residence. The position also includes an expanded role as a group leader at two service residences (Tegelvägen's service residence and Kardmakaren's service residence).

The operations target individuals who belong to the LSS group and have permanent disabilities requiring extensive support in their daily lives. The work is conducted around the clock with revised on-call duties.

We work based on the Act on Support and Service for Certain Disabled Persons (LSS) – a rights law that aims to ensure good living conditions, participation, and self-determination. Our goal is for each individual to have the opportunity to live as independently and meaningfully as possible.

About the service residences and the surrounding area:

Tegelvägen and Kardmakaren's service residences are located in areas close to services, good communications, and walking and cycling paths. Here, there is a safe living environment with nature close by, as well as access to walking paths and recreational activities. The service residence consists of individual apartments with shared spaces and staffing around the clock.

Job Responsibilities

As a support assistant, you work closely with the individual, focusing on participation, independence, and quality of life. The work is varied, responsible, and developmental, and your tasks include:

• providing support in daily living and personal care based on implementation plans
• motivating, supporting, and coaching in everyday situations, both inside and outside the home
• working with clarifying pedagogy for structure, predictability, and safety
• applying low-arousal responses in challenging situations
• using alternative and augmentative communication (AAC)
• documenting according to applicable legislation, guidelines, and routines
• collaborating with representatives, relatives, and licensed healthcare professionals
• performing delegated healthcare tasks

As a group leader, you work closely with the unit manager and are their extended arm in daily operations. You contribute to developing the organization and ensure that routines, guidelines, and decisions are followed. The group leader role includes, among other things:

• working with scheduling, staffing, and staffing optimization
• managing absences, substitutes, and replacements
• performing delegated tasks from the unit manager
• collaborating on planning, follow-up, and operational support
• participating in a joint group leader team and, if necessary, supporting staffing issues for other operations

Qualifications

The following is required for the role:

• Nursing program or other education deemed relevant by the employer for the position
• Experience working with individuals with intellectual disabilities within LSS, psychiatry, or SoL
• Very good administrative skills and experience with scheduling and working in digital personnel systems such as Medvind, TES, Visma, and Office Suite
• Good ability to work with documentation and implementation plans
• Good Swedish language skills in speech and writing and good computer skills

Personal Qualities

We are looking for someone who is responsible, solution-focused, and has a professional and respectful demeanor. You work independently but also have good collaboration skills, are attentive and flexible, and have a coaching approach.

Great emphasis is placed on personal suitability.

Meritorious Qualifications

• Good knowledge of low-arousal responses
• Knowledge of AAC (sign language support, visual support, etc.)

Employment Conditions

Permanent employment with start date according to agreement. Working hours include days, evenings, weekends, and sleeping on-call duties. Revised on-call duties apply, meaning the entire on-call shift counts as working time.

In Falu municipality, the full-time work agreement applies to everyone, where full-time is the norm with the possibility to annually request a degree of employment.

Please attach your educational certificates to your application as these will be requested if you are shortlisted for the position. Alternatively, certificates can be provided during the interview.

To be employed, you must present an extract from the criminal record, which will be requested if employment becomes relevant. Please order this in conjunction with your application so that it is available if you are shortlisted for the position. You can order the extract via the police's website.

If you are invited for an interview, please bring identification.

Other

When you submit your application, you will be asked to answer selection questions based on the requirements for the position. Your answers are an important part of the first selection, so be sure to answer thoroughly and clearly. In your application, you should attach your CV, but you should not send a cover letter – the selection questions replace this.

For this recruitment, we have made decisions regarding recruitment channels and therefore kindly decline further offers of competence mediation, advertising, and recruitment assistance. We only accept applications via our recruitment system in accordance with GDPR. If you have problems completing your application, please contact [email protected] (mailto:[email protected])