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Job Responsibilities

We are looking for an experienced and dedicated support assistant for our unit Boendestöd Centrum 2.

We offer you a stimulating and flexible job with a high degree of personal responsibility.

As a support assistant, you will meet people with various disabilities and needs, often within the target group of neuropsychiatry, acquired brain injuries, intellectual disabilities, and other mental health variations. Also, so-called dual diagnoses, meaning individuals with substance abuse may be involved.

No day is the same with us, and you will be offered a stimulating and varied job. You should utilize the individual's own resources and, in a motivating and pedagogical way, achieve change. The work can also be practical depending on the user's needs and current well-being. The role of a support assistant places high demands on your ability to work independently and take your own initiatives. It is important to feel secure in your professional role and in yourself.

As a support assistant, you will work in the individual's home based on each client's individual implementation plan. You will promote the client's own resources to create good conditions for an independent life with participation and development in focus. Together with your colleagues, you will ensure that the client receives the support they need in various areas of life. Support may include assistance with social or physical activities, support with structure in daily life, assistance with contact with authorities, and support with daily chores such as shopping and cleaning. It may also involve activities outside the home to break isolation. Social documentation is an important part of the work. You must be able to express yourself well in both speech and writing.

Furthermore, you will work systematically based on goals and routines to promote an independent daily life. Our goal is to see the person in their context. We are based at Stampgatan, and you will work on a schedule where working hours may vary between day, evening, and some weekends.

Qualifications

We are looking for someone with a degree from the Health and Care Program, support assistant training, or the Child and Leisure Program with a focus on social or pedagogical work. The educational requirement is also met if you have a post-secondary specialization in the disability field that includes at least 200 YH points, 120 university credits, or a combination that corresponds to at least four semesters of full-time studies. Alternatively, 60 university credits and at least two years of experience working with support and service for people with disabilities. The education should have relevant credits in behavioral science, pedagogy, psychology, social work, and (psychiatric) care or other education deemed equivalent by the employer.

You also have several years of experience working with individuals with mental health variations.

To work with us, you also need good computer skills and be comfortable working with various digital tools. You need to express yourself well in both speech and writing as you are responsible for independently establishing implementation plans according to IBIC and other social documentation. You should also have a good understanding of the Social Services Act and be able to follow up on plans and documentation in an appropriate manner. Experience with methods such as ESL, low-arousal approach, MI (motivational interviewing), and recovery-oriented approaches is considered an advantage.

You gain energy from sharing your knowledge and contributing to others' development. You take responsibility – both for your own tasks and for the whole – and always have the best interests of the users in focus. You complete what you start and ensure that the work is done well.

You are flexible and adapt your working methods when conditions change, see opportunities in change, and can quickly adjust when needed. At the same time, you enjoy collaborating and contributing to an open and respectful work environment, but you are also confident in working independently and making your own decisions within the framework of your assignment.

Other

Selection and interviews may take place on an ongoing basis. In this recruitment, 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 Department of Functional Support, we offer you:

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

When working in the individual's home: 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. This is done on the police's website https://polisen.se/tjanster-tillstand/belastningsregistret/ (https://polisen.se/tjanster-tillstand/belastningsregistret/) either via e-service (Check your own information in the criminal record) or with the help of the Form to check your own information (Form for requesting an extract for an individual, extract no. 442.3)

We only accept applications via our recruitment system in accordance with GDPR. If you have protected personal information, you should NOT apply via 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 of competence 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 valuable. With the right conditions, we can grow, develop, and participate in society on our own terms.

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

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

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

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