Support Assistant for Daily Activities in Skövde

The daily activities program provides employment for individuals with disabilities. In Skövde municipality, we have several different groups for daily activities. We have about 300 participants and around 85 staff members. The program is part of the care and support sector in Skövde municipality.

The care and support sector has an important societal mission. We work with support, service, care, and assistance for people of all ages, and our operations are characterized by professionalism and human values.

Here, we work together as a team. We help and support each other when needed. You are surrounded by high competence, experienced colleagues, and managers.

To provide the best conditions for our participants to receive the best possible support and for our employees to succeed and develop at work, development work and continuous improvements are our focus. We want to be at the forefront of what we do.

As an employee with us, you are important; we want you to develop and stay, which is why you will receive ongoing training and professional development, and if you wish, there are all opportunities to try different roles and pursue an internal career.

JOB RESPONSIBILITIES

We are looking for someone who wants a rewarding and developing job. In the role of support assistant within daily activities, you contribute to ensuring that our participants have meaningful employment. Based on individual needs, you support and guide individuals with disabilities in their daily activities. You plan the work, provide support, and ensure that participants feel secure. You also assist participants in their social interactions.

You work to help our participants achieve the highest possible quality of life in their daily lives. Based on individual needs and wishes, you support our participants in their daily, everyday work in their activities. With us, the participant is in focus, and the role includes being practical and everyday support. In a pedagogical manner, you stimulate and motivate the individual towards participation and an independent life.

We are now looking for an employee for the Eskobar unit. The participants in this unit require a clear structure and a predictable environment. They need communication through various forms of visual support and a low-arousal approach. The unit has a high staff density in relation to the number of participants.

Your tasks also include assisting with medication distribution, handling physical and digital aids, and performing delegated and prescribed healthcare interventions according to the Health and Medical Services Act (HSL).

Your knowledge and experience are valuable, so it is part of your role to contribute to the development of our common working methods.

"A fantastic job, you do good. You go home feeling that you have done a good job and helped others. It is a rewarding job, you add a golden touch to everyday life".

/employee care and support sector

QUALIFICATIONS

We are looking for someone with a high school education and passing grades from the health and care program or the child and leisure program, or another equivalent education. It is a plus if you have knowledge of conversation methods such as social stories or drawing talk. Experience with clear pedagogical methods, low-arousal approaches, and alternative and augmentative communication (AAC) is desirable.

As a person, you are calm and secure and have a respectful, good, and adapted approach. To succeed in this role, we see that you have good collaboration skills, are solution-focused, and can easily adapt to new conditions. To thrive in this role, we believe you have the ability to take personal responsibility in your professional role, are proactive, and are used to working independently.

In this role, it is important that you can communicate orally and in writing in Swedish, as you and the participant need to understand each other, but also to carry out documentation. You have computer skills and preferably experience with social documentation.

We see that you are a person who has a good ability to work independently and drive processes forward. You collaborate well with colleagues in different functions nearby. You thrive best in close work with participants while being comfortable with administrative tasks.

Great emphasis is placed on personal suitability. A B driver's license for a manual transmission vehicle is required as travel is involved in the job.

Upon employment, a police record extract must be presented during the recruitment period.

OTHER

Working in Skövde Municipality

In Skövde municipality, we work with everything from care, support, and education to infrastructure, maintenance, cultural life, and growth. We have hundreds of professions and 5500 employees. The work varies depending on which operation we are in, but all represent the same employer, Skövde municipality, and our common mission is to be a welfare provider, community developer, and employer. Gender-equal, equal, and inclusive operations are a given for us.

As an employee in Skövde municipality, you are an important player in a team that delivers services and support to our customers every day, all year round. It is in the meeting with our customers that the value of our work arises. We invest in you as an employee and offer professional development, favorable pension conditions, wellness grants, and several wellness activities and offers. And best of all, we have room for more.

Read more about us as an employer: Work with us (https://www.skovde.se/jobba-hos-oss/)

Read more about the care and support sector: Care and Support Sector (https://www.skovde.se/kommun-och-politik/kommunens-organisation/tjanstepersonsorganisation/sektor-vard-och-omsorg/)

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