Vacant job

About the Job

We are now looking for someone who wants to be part of our workgroup where we take advantage of each other's knowledge, differences, and strengths.

At Hultåsen's residence, you will be part of a team with positive and engaged colleagues with a strong focus on the users. We also have a method supervisor on site who supports us in our work. Together we make a difference, and our work is important for people who need individual support in their daily lives.

Hultåsen's residence with special services is located by the beautiful Askimsviken, close to the beach, sea, and green areas. Here, 8 people live, and the target group is individuals with intellectual disabilities.

If you are interested in a developing job where you support individuals in their daily lives and enable them to have a meaningful existence, you are the right person for the position. We offer a stimulating and varied job where you, together with the unit manager, educator/method developer, and workgroup, participate in planning and developing the operations. You will also have the opportunity for further education.

In your role as a support assistant, you will work with varying tasks, from providing educational support in daily life to participating in community life and leisure activities. Support in the home, such as laundry, cleaning, and cooking, is carried out as much as possible together with the tenants. You will work motivatingly and create conditions for structure, participation, and self-determination based on each person's abilities.

You will be the contact person for one tenant. This means collaborating with staff, relatives, and external contacts around the user and actively working to follow up on implementation plans, which is done with the tenant's participation.

Your working hours will be scheduled for days, evenings, every other weekend, and sleeping on-call duty.

About You

We are looking for someone who has a degree from the Health and Care program, support assistant training, or the Child and Leisure program with a focus on social or educational work. The educational requirement is also met if you have a post-secondary specialization in the disability field 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 people with disabilities. The education should have relevant credits in behavioral science, pedagogy, psychology, social work, and (psychiatric) care or other education that the employer deems equivalent.

Requirements for the position:

• Experience in equivalent work within LSS.
• Knowledge of social documentation and the ability to establish implementation plans.
• Good skills in reading, speaking, and writing the Swedish language.
• Experience working with a low-arousal approach and/or clarifying pedagogy.

Meritorious:

• Knowledge of IBIC (individual needs in focus)
• ESL (an independent life)
• MI (motivational interviewing)
• ACC (alternative and complementary communication)

You take great responsibility for your and the common tasks with the best interests of the operations/users in focus. You show respect and consideration for those you meet in your professional role. You easily adapt your working methods based on changed conditions and new information. You have the ability to share information and ideas, both verbally and in writing. You have the ability to work together with others to perform tasks and achieve goals. Communication is an important part of the work, both with colleagues and with users as well as those you meet in your professional role as a support assistant.

Other

Selection and interviews will begin during the application period. The appointment will be made on the condition that the position does not need to be claimed in the administration or the city's restructuring work.

The City of Gothenburg actively works to promote equal rights and opportunities and to counteract 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
• Competence development
• Wellness grants, bicycle grants, and other discounts and offers

When working in individuals' homes: Before offering employment, we ask you to present an extract from the police criminal record. The ordered extract must be unopened. You must request an extract from the police criminal record yourself. This can be done on the police's website either via e-service (Check your own information in the criminal record) or with the help of the form to check your own information (Form for requesting an extract for an individual).

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.

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 valuable. 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 residences with special services, daily activities, housing support, personal support, and child and short-term residences.

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

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