Welcome to the Care and Social Services Administration

We work with support and care for the elderly and for people with disabilities. The goal is for them to live as active and independent lives as possible.

The Care and Social Services Administration is one of Sweden's largest employers in municipal care and social services. Here, about 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 with your expertise. We strive for an organizational culture based on trust and pride in our operations.

More information about working in Uppsala municipality can be found at Uppsala municipality (https://www.uppsala.se/jobb/vard-halsa-omsorg/).

Within the Care and Social Services Administration, we have full-time as the norm. This means that all permanent employees essentially have a full-time position. More information about what this means for this position will be provided during a potential interview. Exempt from this norm are personal assistants.

Are you looking for a fun, rewarding job and have experience working with people with disabilities? Would you describe yourself as a stable, flexible, and collaborative person who is confident in yourself and your skills? Then you should apply for the position of work supervisor in a pool with us at Daily Activities! We welcome your application today!

The position is placed within a pool, which means that, in the long run, you will work across the entire Daily Activities, but you will initially focus on a specific cluster, which may be: Activity and Experience/Nature and Service or Business and Culture. You will replace regular staff who are absent for the day due to illness or parental leave. Therefore, each day will be different as you will be placed where the need for staff is greatest.

You should have a positive attitude, great flexibility, and work according to our values: Make a difference, Work together, and Welcome innovation.

Within the pool, you are expected to make the day together with your colleagues and the participants you are responsible for that day. You will receive information in the morning from the substitute coordinator about which activity needs you, and you will go there. You have an eight-hour workday and can start at 07:00 or 07:30 depending on which cluster you belong to.

As an employee within the pool, you will start from one activity and you will have a public transport card to transport yourself to the relevant activity for the day. You will follow and implement the activity's/participants' daily planning. You are appreciated when you arrive because you will always facilitate for the activity and the colleagues you join. This, along with seeing the full breadth of activities and participants' needs within a large part of Daily Activities, gives you increased understanding and knowledge that helps you grow both professionally and personally. It is fun and rewarding to be a Pool worker.

Description of Duties

The work includes providing individual support and service in accordance with the Act on Support and Service for Certain Disabled Persons (LSS) to the participants of the activity based on assistance decisions. You will work with individuals who have physical and/or mental disabilities. These individuals may also have care needs and/or challenging behaviors. You are expected to act for good quality and goal fulfillment according to orders, implementation plans, and governing documents. This includes working with low-arousal approaches, structure, security, and participation, as well as working to ensure that participants can live as independently, actively, and meaningfully as possible based on individual conditions, wishes, and needs.

Other tasks included in the role:

• conduct activities with participants both in groups and individually
• provide support and assistance during meals and toilet visits
• collaborate with other staff
• drive cars and minibuses with participants
• conduct social documentation according to legal requirements in Lifecare.

Qualifications

We are looking for someone with a nursing assistant education or other qualifications that the employer deems equivalent. If you have a pedagogical education, nursing education, are trained as a support pedagogue/social pedagogue, or behavioral scientist, that is an advantage. We want you to have experience working with people with disabilities and experience within LSS or daily activities. You need knowledge of communication aids such as AAC, visual support, sign language support, and sign language. You also need experience with low-arousal approaches and social documentation, as well as good Swedish in speech and writing and a Swedish B driver's license.

You are confident and self-aware and see relationships in their proper perspective. You distinguish between the personal and the professional. You behave in a way that is adapted to the situation. You take initiative and start activities. You achieve results. You adapt easily to changing circumstances. You can quickly change your perspective and your approach. You see opportunities in changes. You work well with others. You relate to them in a responsive and flexible manner. You listen, communicate, and resolve conflicts constructively. You have the ability to understand someone else's perspective or situation without taking over their feelings.

Information

If you have questions about the position or the recruitment process, please contact: Operations Susanne Dammert, 018-726 02 15

Union representative: Kommunal, 010-442 82 04

If you have questions regarding the registration of your application, please contact the recruitment unit: 018-727 23 30.

We will request an extract from the criminal record before an employment offer can be made.

In your application, you must state your citizenship. If you are not a citizen of Sweden, the EU, the EEA, or Switzerland, you must also be able to prove that you have a valid work permit or are exempt from the requirement to have a work permit. Employment can only occur after verification of the work permit, which is required by the Aliens Ordinance.

An employment with Uppsala municipality may involve a military placement.