Do you want to improve the everyday life of the residents of Linköping?

Do you want to improve the everyday life, future, and quality of life for the residents of Linköping? With us, you can combine important tasks with a meaningful everyday life. Welcome to us!

Your tasks

As an employee, you play a crucial role in creating a safe, meaningful, and developing everyday life for children and young people with disabilities. Your work is individualized where you combine pedagogy, care, and practical everyday support, always focusing on strengthening independence and participation. An important part is to provide cognitive support and work with pedagogical methods, including low-arousal responses, to create structure and predictability. Since the children and young people have different communication abilities, we use alternative communication methods. You support the children/youth in daily activities (ADL training) to enhance their ability to be independent.

You will be assigned a contact person role and work based on the IBIC model (Individual Needs in Center). This includes planning, implementing, and following up on stays together with the child/youth and their representative. You are responsible for creating implementation plans and for ongoing documentation in systems such as Treserva. A professional and reflective working method is fundamental, and you have continuous and close contact with guardians, relatives, and other collaborators regarding the child/youth.

Your workplace

The short-term support service according to LSS means that children and young people with disabilities are offered a change of environment and meaningful activities to promote personal development and recreation through new experiences and community. The different short-term activities we are looking for employees for are described below.

Drabantgatan in T1

In this facility, children and young people (0-21 years) with intellectual disabilities (ID) and significant medical care needs stay. The medical interventions are performed as self-care according to medical certificates via guardians, which means administering medication in solid, liquid, or via PEG. You meet children with medical needs related to type 1 diabetes. Handling medical technical equipment is included, such as saturation and pulse meters, as well as inhalation devices. Since several of the children lack verbal speech, the ability to interpret and understand through body language and eye contact is central. You assist with all personal care and provide support during meals – which may include full or partial feeding, as well as tube feeding.

Ellen Key in Ryd

This is a short-term accommodation aimed at older children and young people with neuropsychiatric disabilities (NPF) and often in combination with intellectual disabilities (ID). The target group has varying support needs regarding communication, care, and ADL, and activities are adapted individually based on a pedagogical approach. You assist with some personal care and provide support during meals. Our work combines low-arousal responses with AAC to make life safe, meaningful, and easy to understand.

Lantmannagatan in Lambohov

This is a short-term accommodation aimed at children and young people with neuropsychiatric disabilities (NPF) and often in combination with intellectual disabilities (ID). The target group has varying support needs regarding communication, care, and ADL, and activities are adapted individually based on a pedagogical approach. The work revolves a lot around offering an individualized response with a focus on low-arousal responses combined with AAC, aiming to make the children’s/young people's lives understandable, manageable, and meaningful.

The working hours in all activities are scheduled on weekdays and every other weekend with varied shifts such as morning, evening, and sleeping on-call.

Who you are

We primarily see that you have a recognized education from the Health and Care program or the Child and Leisure program. If you have a recognized high school education combined with relevant work experience, you are also welcome to apply for the position. To succeed in the role, it is a requirement that you have experience working in support, care, and nursing, as well as that you master the Swedish language in both speech and writing, considering the extensive responsibility for contacts and documentation. Furthermore, good computer skills and the ability to use digital systems for documentation and record-keeping are required.

It is advantageous to have experience providing support and care to children/youth/adults with intellectual, physical, or mental disabilities, as well as knowledge of NPF diagnoses. Additionally, experience working based on Individual Needs in Center (IBIC), creating implementation plans, and managing record-keeping and documentation in journal systems is a plus. We place great importance on your ability to meet and communicate, which is why knowledge of alternative augmentative communication (AAC), such as visual support and sign language, is advantageous. It is also a significant plus if you have experience working based on a low-arousal approach. Finally, a B driver's license is a merit.

You are self-driven and take responsibility for your tasks and push your work forward. You collaborate well with both users, relatives, and colleagues and are attentive to the individual's needs. You communicate clearly and have the ability to adapt to the person you meet. It is also important that you have an empathetic ability and can put yourself in others' perspectives and situations.

Welcome to an exciting work environment where your engagement will be appreciated and where you have the opportunity to make a real difference for others.

Additional information

When you apply for a position in Linköping municipality, you register your application by logging in via e-identification (such as BankID or FrejaID) instead of using an email address. If you lack e-identification, please contact the responsible HR consultant or manager, and they will help you register your application.

Start date: By agreement

Employment form: Permanent employment

Employment rate: 75-85%

Number of vacancies: 5

Ref. no: 16427

In this application, you do not attach a personal letter.

Your engagement makes us better. Within Linköping municipality, there are many opportunities, a wealth of knowledge, and various areas of responsibility. We work together where your sense of responsibility is a valuable driving force. With your engagement, you contribute to making Linköping even better.