Vacant job

Do you want to help create a meaningful everyday life for children and young people with disabilities? We are now looking for a dedicated support pedagogue for Killingen in Töreboda municipality.

Today, there are over 200 employees within LSS, social psychiatry, and personal assistance in Töreboda Municipality. Together, employees create and develop the operations to provide the best support and service to children and young people with disabilities.

This is what your colleagues say about Killingen:

We are a warm and welcoming staff group

We have a varied and fun job, no day is like the other

We have great influence with a wish schedule

We are offered flexible work and great opportunities to develop in our professional roles

JOB RESPONSIBILITIES

Killingen offers short-term accommodation, short-term supervision, and respite services for children and youth.

As a Support Pedagogue, you participate in the daily work and contribute your deep pedagogical competence to the individual's daily life. The interventions/support are based on the individual's specific needs to promote their development, stimulation, and participation. You plan and perform tasks that involve activities, pedagogical structure, personal care, documentation, and the establishment of implementation plans.

In your role, you support, plan, guide, and inspire your colleagues in the pedagogical work and develop the work in the organization in collaboration with colleagues and the unit manager. You support the individual in daily life by creating a predictable, manageable, and comprehensible existence and provide professional support by empowering the individual in their daily life and creating conditions for development and an independent life. This requires independence and an understanding of the employees' need for development regarding knowledge and skills.

The position offers a developing and challenging job with significant responsibility to independently drive processes, methodologies, and issues forward, with the support of the unit manager and other support pedagogues in the network. You will primarily be based at Killingen. In the role of support pedagogue, it may also be necessary to work at other units in various pedagogical assignments when needed, e.g., by providing training interventions.

You are a support for your colleagues in the work with social documentation, implementation plans, and other documentation.

QUALIFICATIONS

We at Killingen are now looking for a warm and dedicated support pedagogue who has a genuine interest in working with children and youth with various types of disabilities. You should have 200 vocational higher education credits or at least 60 higher education credits in a relevant educational field for the unit. Experience working within LSS operations is a requirement.

You are empathetic, attentive, and have good pedagogical and reflective abilities. You are structured, responsible, and have a good ability to plan. You should have good collaboration skills and enjoy working in a team while taking responsibility for your own and the shared tasks with the users' best interests in focus. As a support pedagogue, you should apply an ethical approach that promotes the individual's self-determination, integrity, and participation.

Knowledge of AAC, alternative and augmentative communication, cognitive aids, and welfare technology is an advantage.

A valid driver's license is required, as well as good knowledge of Swedish, both spoken and written.

WE OFFER

With us, you will have a meaningful job where you make a difference every day. You will be part of a warm workgroup where we support each other, share experiences and knowledge, and have good cohesion. You will have a workplace where we actively work with participation and co-creation. We apply a wish schedule, which means you can influence your work and private life in a health-promoting way.

With us, you will receive professional development through the Career Journey, both individually and together with your colleagues. We are the small municipality with a big heart, and the closeness to each other in all levels is something we cherish. As an employee with us, you will receive wellness benefits, the opportunity for vacation exchange, membership in the staff club, and opportunities for both digital and other professional development.

OTHER

Working hours include days, evenings, sleeping on-call, and weekends.

We apply individual salary setting.

The work is based on IBIC, and documentation is done in LifeCare.

Upon employment, a police record extract will be requested. Reference checks and background checks are part of the recruitment process.

Interviews are ongoing - welcome with your application today!

START DATE

As soon as possible or by agreement.

ABOUT THE APPLICATION

To ensure the quality of the recruitment process in Töreboda municipality and facilitate good communication with our applicants, we ask you to submit complete application documents. We kindly ask for no contact with advertisement sellers and recruitment companies.

Interviews may occur continuously during the recruitment process.

The last application date is 20260212. Please indicate ref no 3/26 in your application. Appointments may occur continuously during the application period.

Do you want to know more about what Skaraborg and Töreboda municipality have to offer in terms of housing, leisure activities, and experiences? Visit

https://www.livetiskaraborg.se/kommuner/toreboda