Work in Ekerö Municipality

We have made a decision! We aim to be a leading municipality – and we have everything it takes to succeed. Short decision-making paths, collaboration across organizational boundaries, and the willingness to dare more. Our high ambitions provide you with opportunities to grow and create positive change for our citizens. As an employee of Ekerö Municipality, you will play a valuable role in our unique island world – and we look forward to your application.

The Employment Unit consists of six operations that together create a meaningful and stimulating everyday life for individuals within LSS. We offer directions such as working with dogs, creative activities both digitally and practically, sensory-stimulating activities, and social and communicative support in daily life. Our goal is to increase or maintain the participant's independence and participation in society. We work with great respect for the individual's integrity and tailor support based on each person's needs and circumstances. The work is characterized by a pedagogical approach, a clear and structured working method, and a low-arousal and respectful attitude. Employment is primarily conducted in our own premises and in the local area where we offer various activities and experiences.

Job Description

We believe in you and your abilities – that’s why we give you great freedom in your role. Many who work with us appreciate the trust and responsibility they receive in our municipality, as it contributes to much learning and development in everyday life. To succeed, you must be confident in yourself, your profession, and have the ability to both take initiative and set boundaries.

As we continuously develop our operations, we are looking for someone who is flexible and open to change. Structure and flexibility are crucial to meet our users in the right way. Our units cater to citizens with intellectual disabilities, autism, or autism-like traits as well as NPF.

As a team leader with us, you will have a leadership role in an operation that supports individuals who are far from the labor market or have disabilities. Our goal is to create meaningful employment that strengthens the individual's work capacity and leads to increased independence, moving towards employment. You will work operationally and be physically present during weekdays.

Qualifications

As a team leader, you will have a user-focused operational role. In your role, you will:

• lead, develop, and follow up on the pedagogical work with the user in focus to strengthen individual independence and autonomy.
• ensure good quality in the operation together with employees, team leaders, and the unit manager based on the individual's conditions and needs.
• review and ensure that documentation is carried out according to current routines and guidelines and ensure that all individuals have an up-to-date implementation plan.
• ensure that current journal notes comply with applicable laws and guidelines.
• in consultation with the unit manager, be responsible for and plan the daily operations.
• support the unit manager in implementing new working methods and continuously follow up on them.
• lead and support the operation to work based on overarching routines and processes and create local routines for the work.
• plan schedules together with the staffing coordinator based on client needs.
• contribute to ensuring that financial resources are used as efficiently as possible and that goals can be achieved.

To succeed in this role, you should:

• be a good leader and role model in the pedagogical work.
• have started or completed training as a support pedagogue, social worker, behavioral scientist, or other education deemed equivalent by the employer.
• have experience working with individuals who need support in their daily lives.
• have the knowledge and ability to build good relationships and networks for the individual, their network, employees, and colleagues.
• have the ability to plan your work and work independently on parallel processes.
• be proactive, imaginative, and willing to try new things with the individual in focus.

Start date: By agreement
Extent: Full-time
Employment form: Permanent

About Ekerö Municipality

We are a variety of operations that together create a unique municipality – where we all help each other across unit and operational boundaries. We live our values, which means great commitment, good communication with open dialogue, and a professional approach. As a smaller municipality in the Stockholm region, we can offer closeness to each other and an ambitious development journey. To become a leading municipality, we need to bring in new perspectives, and we hope you want to contribute yours.

Ekerö Municipality aims to be an attractive employer and strives for a clear focus on sustainability. Provided that the operation's ability to meet its goals remains, the municipality has a positive attitude towards remote work when possible.

We offer, for example, wellness grants, salary exchange for pensions, conversion of vacation day supplements to days off, and smoke-free working hours.
To ensure the quality of our recruitment process, we ask you to submit your application digitally, and not via email or post.

We have already made decisions regarding recruitment channels and marketing and do not wish to be contacted by media sellers, recruitment sites, and similar.