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Residential Support Worker for Group Home for Individuals with Disabilities

The group homes Ådala and Ekeby 13 provide housing and daily activities for individuals with disabilities. Here, we care for a handful of people with developmental disabilities. Our goal is to provide each person with individualized support based on their needs; to promote independence, participation, and self-determination, and to provide support that enables good living conditions. We are now looking for more dedicated colleagues who want to be a part of our organization!

The Role

As a residential support worker, you support our residents through security and continuity in care. You assist our residents with everything they need in daily life, such as planning and carrying out all household tasks, leisure activities, social contacts, hygiene support, use of assistive devices, and medication management. You help create a meaningful existence based on individual conditions and wishes. You strengthen and enable the residents' abilities, inspire and motivate them to participate, and contribute to an active life in community with others, based on each individual's needs. We work with the aim that the individuals we support should be as independent, involved, and have as much influence over their lives as their disabilities allow.

Daily tasks include planning, reporting, and documentation according to applicable legislation. You collaborate with colleagues in the unit and also with other units and organizations, and contribute to constantly improving and developing the operations. In the workgroups, there is a support educator and a group leader who can provide you with support and guidance in your work.

Who are you?

We are looking for someone who enjoys working with individuals with developmental disabilities, sees the whole picture in care, and wants to make a difference for the people you support.

You have an interest and commitment to the target group, are professional, empathetic, and patient, and have the ability to inspire and motivate. You find it easy to make contacts and build trust, and you are attentive and flexible. You are fearless, structured, solution-oriented, and follow through on decisions made. You take responsibility for your work and understand that adherence to routines and collaboration is important for our residents to have the opportunity for a good quality of life. You also find it easy to collaborate with colleagues.

To thrive in this role, we see that you have experience and familiarity with independently addressing behaviors that the general public and environment may perceive as problematic and challenging, based on work methods and routines.

It is important that our employees are interested in developing the operations for the better with good ideas and collaboration. We expect you to contribute with your engagement, knowledge, and experience. We want our residents' needs to be in focus and that you are curious about how good care is shaped in collaboration with relatives.

Requirements:
- Completed nursing assistant training (health and social care program at high school, adult education, or vocational college with at least 1450 points)
- Training in and/or experience with low-arousal approaches
- Several years of work experience in a group home for individuals with disabilities
- Experience working with clients who have developmental disabilities
- Experience working with clients exhibiting outwardly aggressive/problematic behavior
- Experience with pedagogical methods focused on intellectual disabilities and autism
- Experience in an environment where threats and violence occur
- Good knowledge of Swedish in both spoken and written form
- Proficient computer user and experience with social documentation
- Driver's license for passenger car

Meritorious:
- Training in and/or experience with alternative and augmentative communication (AAC)
- Experience with the documentation system Combine
- Proficiency in additional languages, preferably Arabic
- Familiarity with working with mobility aids

Great emphasis is placed on your personal qualities.

We offer you

Every day, about 6,000 people go to work in Södertälje municipality. We have many different roles and want to offer you a meaningful job where you can contribute to society while feeling joy. As an employee with us, you have the opportunity to develop and make a real impact.

As an employee of Södertälje municipality, you will be offered, among other things, secure employment conditions, a generous wellness allowance, and the option to exchange vacation day supplements for extra days off. In some operations, there is also the possibility of some flexibility regarding working hours and work forms. We have a wide range of training and skills-enhancing initiatives for you as an employee. For more detailed information about our benefits, please read more on our external website:
https://www.sodertalje.se/formaner (https://www.sodertalje.se/formaner)

The group homes Ådala and Ekeby 13 are located in Enhörna, close to beautiful green areas, grocery stores, pizzerias/restaurants, and public transport.
The position is a permanent full-time employment (37 hours/week). A probationary period applies.
Working hours vary between day and evening every day of the week. Generally, you will work every other weekend. Sleeping on-call may be relevant. Your working hours may be distributed between both of our group homes in Enhörna.

Start date according to agreement.

Welcome to us!

Selection and interviews will be conducted continuously during the application period.

Employment with us may involve placement in a security class. A security review with a background check according to the Security Protection Act (2018:585) may therefore be conducted before a decision on employment. For some of our tasks in security class, Swedish citizenship is required.


We welcome calls from those interested in the job, but we decline calls from those selling advertisements and recruitment services.