Residential Assistant for LSS Accommodation in Storvreta

Welcome to the Health and Care Administration. We provide support and care for the elderly and for individuals with disabilities. Our goal is to enable them to live as active and independent lives as possible.

The Health and Care Administration is one of Sweden's largest employers in municipal care and support. Here, approximately 7,500 employees work based on our values – making a difference, working together, and welcoming innovation. With us, there are great opportunities to take responsibility, develop, and contribute your expertise. We strive for an organizational culture built on trust and pride in our work.

For more information about working in Uppsala Municipality, visit Uppsala Municipality (https://www.uppsala.se/jobb/vard-halsa-omsorg/).

Within the Health and Care Administration, full-time employment is the norm. This means that all permanent employees fundamentally have a full-time position. More information about what this means for this position will be provided during a potential interview. Exceptions (to full-time as the norm) are personal assistants.

We are now looking for three residential assistants for our LSS accommodation in Storvreta. Do you have experience in the care profession and want a job that makes a difference? Do you enjoy motivating and stimulating individuals' own abilities to live as independently and meaningfully as possible? Then we warmly welcome your application!

This position involves work at our group home at Hasselvägen 11, located in a quiet residential area in Storvreta with a nature-friendly setting. Six individuals with varying support needs reside here. We have six apartments, a common area with a kitchen and seating area, as well as an outdoor space. We are staffed around the clock with awake night shifts and sleeping on-call.

Here, we focus on the individual's needs and strive to create a safe, stimulating, and meaningful everyday life for our users. With us, you will meet an engaged workgroup with strong job satisfaction and great dynamics. You will have a varied job where you become an important part of a supportive team – together we make a difference every day.

As a residential assistant, you will be part of a team that works closely with the users through conversations, practical support, and relationship-building efforts. The work is scheduled around the clock, both weekdays and weekends, with sleeping on-call, which means varied working hours according to a schedule.

Job Description

As a residential assistant, you are a present conversation partner and an important support in our residents' daily lives. A large part of the work involves building trust, creating security, routines, and structure, and being there in both everyday and difficult moments.

Your tasks include:

• Conducting conversations that strengthen the individual's independence, well-being, and participation
• Providing support in personal care, household chores, and leisure activities
• Documenting efforts and following up according to the implementation plan
• Collaborating with colleagues, relatives, and other professionals
• Performing delegated tasks from the nurse.
• Experience with users exhibiting challenging behavior is a requirement.

Qualifications

We are looking for you who are a nursing assistant, support educator, or have other education deemed equivalent by the employer. You have experience working within LSS or social psychiatry. The job requires good knowledge of Swedish, both spoken and written. You also need to have good computer, documentation, and system skills. A driver's license is required.

To fit in the role, you need to be secure and stable with good self-awareness. You have the ability to see relationships in their proper perspective and clearly distinguish between the personal and the professional. You act in a way that is adapted to the situation and take responsibility for your tasks. You drive processes forward in an effective and structured way.

We value your ability to collaborate with others in a responsive and smooth manner. You listen actively, communicate clearly, and handle conflicts constructively. You make correct assessments and priorities, weigh complex information and various considerations, and demonstrate good judgment in both statements, actions, and decisions. The role requires you to work well with complex issues, analyze and break down problems, and find solutions even to complicated challenges.

Inquiries

If you have questions about the position, please contact: Aran Shwani, Operations Manager, 018-727 7260.

Union representative: Kommunal, 010-442 82 04

If you have questions regarding the registration of your application or the recruitment process, please contact the recruitment unit: 018-726 37 19

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