Do you want to help shape a newly started LSS operation for children?

Vintergatan is a children's residence according to 9 § 8 LSS that opened in August 2025.

At the residence, two children with intellectual disabilities and autism live. The operation is staffed by a total of 12 employees, of whom 6 work awake night shifts and 6 work days, evenings, and weekends. We have a close collaboration with guardians, schools, nurses, and occupational therapists to jointly provide the best possible support for the children.

We are now looking forward to welcoming one more employee to our team!

Your responsibilities

As staff at Vintergatan, you work to ensure that each child has a safe, developing, and meaningful everyday life. Together in the team, we create the best conditions for the children to grow, develop, and be involved in their lives – every day.

Your role includes, among other things:

• Supporting and participating with the children in their daily activities, both at home and outdoors
• Driving to school with Vintergatan's car and participating in meetings with e.g. the school, habilitation, BUP
• Assisting the children with personal hygiene
• Being responsible for usual household chores such as cooking, cleaning, and washing dishes
• Maintaining close dialogue with the children's parents and relatives
• Documenting in journals and care plans
• Medication delegation and handling of epileptic seizures
• Collaborating with the manager and colleagues, including during regular APT meetings

Outwardly aggressive and self-harming behavior may occur. Planning with other operations will be part of the job responsibilities.

Working hours are scheduled for days, evenings, and weekends.

About you

To succeed and thrive in the job with us, you have a good ability to collaborate and be flexible. Of course, you have a professional approach towards the children, relatives, and other actors around. You are engaged, share our values, and want to develop and work towards set goals together with the manager and colleagues. As the children are quick, it is also required that you have good mobility and energy. Great importance is placed on personal suitability.

Requirements

• Approved high school education
• Experience working in care and nursing or with children in childcare/school
• Swimming ability, as we will be swimming with the children in the future
• Driver's license (B), to be able to drive the children
• Good knowledge of the Swedish language in speech and writing, to communicate with the children, relatives, and colleagues, write and participate in documentation, and obtain medication delegation

Meritorious

• Trained nursing assistant, childcare worker, or other education that the employer considers equivalent
• Experience working with children with disabilities
• Experience in either low-arousal approach, epilepsy, AAC, or TAKK
• Experience with the operational system Treserva

Other

As we work with children, smoking is not allowed during working hours.

According to the law, everyone working in operations with children under 18 years must present a valid extract from the police's criminal record at the time of employment. Such an extract can be ordered from the police via this form: Digital extract | Police Authority (https://polisen.se)

To ensure that the individuals called for an interview are the ones who best match what we are looking for, we use selection questions. The selection questions are based on the requirements for the position, and you answer the questions in connection with your application. Therefore, it is important that you answer the selection questions and do not refer to your CV/cover letter.

Warm welcome with your application!

About Umeå Municipality

Umeå Municipality is the region's largest employer with over 13,000 brave employees. Our organization is divided into nine administrations, and together we work to ensure that Umeå grows with care. Our values are based on citizen focus, openness, trust, and continuous improvement. Together with us, you will work in socially important assignments where you contribute to making Umeå a safe, secure, and fun place.

Umeå is northern Sweden's largest city with a rich variety of experiences and opportunities. We are a community and cultural city that offers a richer Umeå life even outside of work. Here you can learn about what it is like to live and reside in Umeå: Umeå life (https://www.umea.se/flytta)

We are looking to grow, and therefore we may be looking for you? Do you want more too? We offer fair conditions, conditions (https://www.umea.se/jobbochforetagande/jobbochpraktik/kommunensomarbetsgivare/varaformaner.4.1b4d24fb1752122eb843bf.html) and good development opportunities for lifelong learning. And jobs that are important for everyone living and working here. We look forward to hearing from you.