Ref: 20252859

Job Responsibilities

As a support educator, you will implement working methods and approaches in the organization. Your tasks include building relationships, supporting, guiding, and assisting users in various everyday situations, maintaining social contacts and relationships. You should also be able to take a central role in the organization where you collaborate with care educators, lead team meetings, and play an important role within the team in working with individuals according to a pedagogical structure.

All support measures, e.g., activities, cleaning, laundry, food, personal support, and physical care, are based on the individual needs and wishes of the users in accordance with LSS legislation and Malmö city's LSS plan and values.

The work should promote independence, participation, and be carried out with respect for the user's integrity and self-determination. You work systematically with social documentation.

You collaborate with your colleagues and other stakeholders and work with users based on their implementation plans and action plans that you develop together with the users. Participate in finding solutions and methods that develop the work. Work to increase the pedagogical approach that supports each individual's participation and self-determination.

The assignment also includes handling medications.

The position includes day and evening shifts as well as weekend work.

Qualifications

We are looking for someone with post-secondary education comprising at least 200 YH points or 60 higher education credits. The education should have a clear focus on the disability field and/or the behavioral science area. Additional post-secondary education in the disability field is an advantage.

Experience working within LSS for at least 1 year is a requirement, as well as experience working with individuals using clear pedagogical methods and low-arousal responses. Experience with any of the following: TAKK (Signs as Support), AKK (Alternative and Augmentative Communication), Prader-Willi syndrome, and psychiatric diagnoses is considered an advantage.

A B driver's license for manual transmission is required. You have good computer skills and can express yourself well in spoken and written Swedish.

You have a pedagogical approach, are quality-conscious, meticulous, and committed to meeting the goals and intentions according to the LSS law. To thrive in your professional role, you should have good self-awareness and a positive attitude. Furthermore, you are creative and want to help develop our organization. You have the ability to work both in a team and independently and take your own initiatives.

Great emphasis is placed on personal suitability.

About the Workplace

The organization targets Malmö residents who have been granted housing according to LSS. The users have varying needs, interests, and wishes. The interventions and activities are guided by the needs and are performed individually with the individual user or together with other users in a group.

Service 1:
The services are located in Bunkeflostrand, where staff groups from two services have merged into one staff group. In your position, you will work at both services, which are about a 3-minute walk from each other.

Service 2:
In Limhamn, we have a service that offers housing for nine users. Two of these live in satellite apartments, while the others have places in the main residence.

Service 3:
This service is also located in Limhamn and has space for 6 users. Here, if you are interested in gardening, there is an opportunity to combine work with a leisure interest as the garden serves as a central point in several users' leisure activities.

In the disability support administration, over 3000 employees work together to create and develop even better support and services for people with disabilities. Our services are within LSS, social psychiatry, personal assistance, guides, and relief services, as well as health and medical care. Severely ill children who are cared for at home are also part of our mission. We work for everyone's right to good health, the opportunity for work and employment, and to participate in society based on their conditions. Join us in creating a meaningful and good life for Malmö residents with mental, intellectual, or physical disabilities!

Malmö city's services are organized into 14 administrations. Our common mission is to create welfare and sustainable community development. Together with the residents of Malmö, we are developing an even better city to live, work, and be in; differences, life experiences, and talents make Malmö a smart city in the heart of Europe. The world's knowledge is here.

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Information about the Position

Employment form: TV
Scope: 100%
Number of positions: 3
Start date: by agreement

Other

In this recruitment, we have chosen to exclude the personal letter from the application process to further ensure a competence-based recruitment process. We therefore ask you to only attach your CV in your application.

Before an employment offer, a police record extract must be presented along with valid photo identification.

Malmö city strives for employees to represent the diversity that exists in our city. We therefore welcome applicants who can contribute to us as an employer meeting the needs of Malmö residents. The position is announced under the condition that it does not need to be claimed by already employed personnel in the municipality. Your application documents are public documents and are handled according to the principle of public access. If you have a decision on protected personal data, please contact the contact person in the advertisement for an alternative application route.

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