Vacant job

Through our values of courage, tolerance, and creativity, we at Uppvidinge Municipality work to provide good service and develop essential functions for our residents, visitors, and businesses. Uppvidinge Municipality is the largest employer in the municipality with approximately 800 employees. We want our employees to feel a strong sense of participation, and there should be room for flexibility and development.

We offer a meaningful job where we together have the opportunity to truly make a difference for the municipality's residents. Welcome with your application and welcome to a municipality with a thriving business community, a rich association life, and proximity to nature!

Uppvidinge Municipality operates short-term accommodation for children and young people in Åseda and now needs to strengthen the staff group with a person who works afternoons, evenings, and weekends.

The short-term accommodation is located in Åseda and is beautifully situated, close to illuminated trails and forests where you can spend time outdoors with the children and do activities together. The facility is newly built and adapted to run LSS operations. The work involves providing children and young people with a safe and meaningful stay where they can develop their abilities.

JOB RESPONSIBILITIES

The job as a support assistant requires that you have knowledge of different functional variations and what it means to have an intellectual disability. It is important that you have clear, pedagogical, and simple communication. Furthermore, it is important that you are attentive, responsible, and secure in yourself. Being able to act with a low-arousal approach is essential. You need to be able to work both in a group and alone. Care work and hygiene routines are included in the job, as well as performing delegated tasks such as tube feeding. To function and thrive in the job, you need to communicate and collaborate with other staff and guardians, but also have the ability to plan and structure the day and document in the journal system. The operation is open according to the families' needs, which means that stay times may vary. The schedule varies based on the needs of the youth, especially during holidays and breaks.

QUALIFICATIONS

It is desirable that you have education in, for example, social pedagogy, special pedagogy, leisure pedagogy, or that you are a trained nursing assistant, child caregiver, or have other relevant education. It is also required that you have good computer skills and can handle the most common digital tools such as Outlook, Teams, and document in the journal system. It is also important to master the Swedish language in both speech and writing.

A driver's license is a requirement.

It is suitable if you have experience working with children and young people with disabilities, intellectual disabilities, and/or NPF issues.

To manage the job and thrive in your role, it is important that you have the ability to set firm boundaries and maintain established routines. It is an advantage if you have experience with sign language and visual support. If you have experience in cooking, enjoy cooking, have engaged in pedagogical cooking or nutrition and health, that is a plus. Great emphasis is placed on personal suitability.

OTHER

If you become a candidate for employment, the employer will request an extract from the criminal record. The municipal council has decided that all new hires must present a criminal record extract before employment. The extract to be presented is the one for work within schools or preschools.

To ensure the quality of the recruitment process in Uppvidinge Municipality and to enable good communication with our applicants, we ask you to submit your application digitally and not via email or paper format.

In preparation for the recruitment work, Uppvidinge Municipality has taken a position on recruitment channels and marketing. We therefore strongly request no contact with media sellers, recruitment sites, and similar.