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Job Responsibilities

We are now looking for a support assistant for the housing support at Västra Hisingen!

The Housing Support Västra Hisingen implements decisions within housing support with a special focus on target groups within social psychiatry, neuropsychiatry, and comorbidity.

The unit consists of about 22 employees, one of whom is a Support Pedagogue. We are based at Länsmanstorget where our operational premises are conveniently located near good transportation links.

About the role of housing supporter:

As a housing supporter, you provide support to individuals living in ordinary housing and meet a broad target group, including individuals with mental disabilities, neuropsychiatric diagnoses, comorbidity, and substance abuse issues. The work requires you to be independent, responsible, and have a pedagogical and motivating approach. You support users in utilizing their resources and creating change in their daily lives.

The interventions may include practical and social support at home, creating and maintaining structure and routines, strengthening social contacts, promoting meaningful activities, breaking isolation, and working to prevent eviction. Since several users have pets, you need to be comfortable working in such environments.

You will play a central role in collaborating with social workers and other stakeholders such as healthcare, the Employment Service, the Social Insurance Agency, and other authorities. Social documentation and the establishment of implementation plans are important parts of the assignment. Together with your colleagues, you will continuously evaluate and follow up on interventions to help the user achieve their goals and to develop the unit.

To perform the work effectively and flexibly, you will have access to your own work phone and laptop.

The working hours are mainly during the day, but shifts until approximately 7:30 PM may occur based on the users' needs. Since we collaborate with other units, you should be prepared for some of the work to take place in other operations. We use Time Care Planning for scheduling.

Qualifications

We are looking for someone with a degree from the Health and Care program, support assistant training, or the Child and Leisure program with a focus on social or pedagogical work. The educational requirement is also met if you have a post-secondary specialization in the disability area that includes at least 200 YH points, 120 university credits, or a combination that corresponds to at least four semesters of full-time studies. Alternatively, 60 university credits and at least two years of experience working with support and service for individuals with disabilities. The education should have relevant credits in behavioral science, pedagogy, psychology, social work, and (psychiatric) care or other education that the employer assesses as equivalent.

Communication and documentation are important parts of the job, which requires you to have passed Swedish 1 or Swedish as a second language 1. Those who do not meet the qualification requirements in Swedish 1 or Swedish as a second language 1 may be offered to take a language test through the test user Educateit.

We also require that you have at least one year of experience working with the target group in psychiatry and NPF. Additionally, a B driver's license is required, as the job involves travel in the service and may occur in different parts of the area.

It is advantageous if you have experience with MI, ESL, AAC, LAB, and IBIC. Experience working with substance abuse and homelessness issues is also a merit.

You have a good understanding of how individuals absorb knowledge and their different conditions. You adapt the way you convey your message to the recipient. You work well with others by listening, showing interest, and respect. You understand the common mission and work to make it as good as possible. You plan, organize, and prioritize your work effectively. You ensure that the work is completed on time and follow up on the results. You are motivated to learn new things and develop. You come up with new ideas and take the initiative for improvements.

Other

Selection and interviews may take place on an ongoing basis.

In this recruitment, you will be asked to answer a number of questions where you describe your knowledge in the field instead of sending a personal letter.

The City of Gothenburg actively works to promote equal rights and opportunities and to combat discrimination. As an employee in the administration for functional support, we offer you:

• Secure employment with good employment conditions
• Full-time with the possibility of part-time
• Introduction upon hiring
• Professional development
• Wellness grants, bike grants, and other discounts and offers

When working in an individual's home: Before an employment offer, we ask you to present an extract from the police's criminal record. The ordered extract must be unopened. You must request an extract from the police's criminal record. This is done on the police's website https://polisen.se/tjanster-tillstand/belastningsregistret/ (https://polisen.se/tjanster-tillstand/belastningsregistret/) either via e-service (Control of your own data in the criminal record) or with the help of the form for checking your own data (Form for requesting an extract for an individual, extract no. 442.3)

We only accept applications via our recruitment system in accordance with GDPR.

If you have protected personal information, you should NOT apply via the system but contact the responsible recruiting manager for handling your application.

Appointment is subject to the condition that the position does not need to be claimed in the administration or the city's restructuring work.

To those representing staffing and recruitment companies: For this recruitment, we have chosen recruitment channels and do not wish to receive offers for competence mediation, advertising, or recruitment assistance.

About us

We are all different. We are also alike and have the same right to a safe home, meaningful employment, and to feel valued. With the right conditions, we can grow, develop, and participate in society on our own terms.

Within the administration for functional support, we provide support, service, and care to children and adults with disabilities and create opportunities for them to live a good and independent life, like everyone else.

With 6,200 dedicated employees, we are Sweden's largest functional support administration. We work, among other things, within housing with special services, daily activities, housing support, personal support, and child and short-term housing.

Do you want to help contribute to a more inclusive society? Welcome to us!

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