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Job Responsibilities

Do you want to make a difference for the children at Kålhagen's children's home? Then you might be the support educator we are looking for.

We are a close-knit and professional team that collaborates with each other and other stakeholders for the best development. We prioritize our guests. Their needs and wishes are the foundation of our work. Two children with NPF diagnoses live with us. The children have extensive needs for pedagogical support and personal care.

In this role, you are expected to ensure the quality of the operation with a focus on proven working methods and practices in accordance with laws and guidelines. It is also important that you can inspire the team to learn and develop by motivating and engaging them.

You will be part of a team with support assistants and a unit manager and collaborate with a nurse. Much collaboration also takes place with other professionals and relatives. In the role of support educator, you support our residents in daily life, including providing care, managing medication after delegation, and handling social documentation. Furthermore, you will be responsible for the process of documentation, method, and quality development in the unit. As a support educator, you will have continuous contact and collaboration with other support educators and method developers in the administration.

The work schedule includes day, evening, and weekend shifts. As a support educator, you will allocate part of your working hours as pedagogical time. The remaining time is spent working in the operation. We use Timecare Planning for operationally adapted and flexible schedules.

Qualifications

For the position of support educator, a post-secondary specialization in the area of disabilities is required, covering at least 200 YH points or 60 university credits, or a combination thereof that corresponds to at least two semesters of full-time studies. The education should have a clear focus on the area of disabilities in its entirety or other education that the employer assesses as equivalent.

You need to have work experience from working with individuals with physical and mental disabilities and be well acquainted with AAC.

It is an advantage if you have previously worked with TimeCare planning and have a B driver's license.

We are looking for someone who is attentive and open to understanding the needs, feelings, and opinions of others. You are receptive to what others say or express and show respect, consideration, and care in your interactions. You have a good understanding of how individuals absorb knowledge and their different conditions. You adapt the way you convey your message to the recipient and encourage dialogue, participation, and engagement.

Furthermore, you collaborate well with others by listening, showing interest, and respect. You understand the common mission and work to make it as good as possible.

Finally, you are motivated by learning new things and developing. You come up with new ideas and take the initiative for improvements. You actively monitor developments in your professional field and regularly reflect on what needs to be developed in your operation.

Other

Selection and interviews will begin during the application period.

In this recruitment process, you will be asked to answer a number of questions where you describe your knowledge in the field instead of sending a personal letter.

The City of Gothenburg actively works to promote equal rights and opportunities and to counteract discrimination. As an employee in the administration for support for disabilities, we offer you:

• Secure employment with good employment conditions
• Full-time with the possibility of part-time
• Introduction upon hiring
• Professional development
• Wellness grants, bicycle grants, and other discounts and offers

Before an employment offer, we ask you to present an extract from the police's criminal record. The ordered extract must be unopened. You must request an extract from the police's criminal record yourself. This can be done via e-service or with the help of a form available on the police's website (Form for requesting an extract for personnel performing certain services for children with disabilities, extract no. 442.9)

We only accept applications via our recruitment system in accordance with GDPR. If you have protected personal information, you should NOT apply through the system but contact the responsible recruiting manager for handling your application.

Appointment is subject to the condition that the position does not need to be utilized in the administration or the city's restructuring work.

To those representing staffing and recruitment companies: For this recruitment, we have chosen recruitment channels and do not wish to receive offers for competency 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 valued. With the right conditions, we can grow, develop, and participate in society on our own terms.

Within the administration for support for disabilities, we provide support, service, and care to children and adults with disabilities and create opportunities for them to live a good and independent life, just like everyone else.

With 6,200 dedicated employees, we are Sweden's largest support for disabilities administration. We work, among other things, within accommodations with special services, daily activities, housing support, personal support, and children's and short-term accommodations.

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

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