Support Assistant at the Social Administration in Linköping

The position is placed within the Social Administration, which is one of eight administrations in Linköping Municipality. The Social Administration is responsible for authority exercise, ordering services, and self-management in the areas of individual and family care, LSS, and social psychiatry. We ensure that all residents receive the support they are entitled to. Do you want to improve the everyday life, future, and quality of life for the residents of Linköping? With us, you can combine important tasks with a meaningful everyday life. Welcome to us!

Your Responsibilities

As a support assistant, your task is to support the workers in their daily work through a pedagogical approach and a low-arousal response. The goal is to provide employment that, based on the individual's abilities and wishes, enhances self-esteem and increases self-confidence. The pedagogical work is characterized by working to strengthen the individual's participation and independence as much as possible.

In the morning, you and your colleagues gather to go through the day. You then receive the workers and support them in carrying out production work. This may involve helping them get started with the work, showing how to perform certain tasks, and double-checking. Throughout the day, you are also a support in encouraging and motivating the worker in cases where motivation decreases. Therefore, you become an important part of creating a meaningful everyday life for the worker. Working as a support assistant means supporting each individual towards independence. The profession of support assistant is about contributing to the individual's own resources being released and developed.

Your Workplace

We are now looking for a new colleague at the daily activity IT-pall who wants to be part of our team consisting of support assistants, support pedagogues, and a supervisor. The position is a permanent employment with a full-time rate of 100%. Your working hours will be scheduled during the day between 07:30-16:00. For us, it is important to maintain good quality in our operations, and therefore we invest in further educating all permanent employees in pedagogical approaches and attitudes that permeate our entire operation. We work, among other things, with TSS (Signs as Support) and low-arousal responses.

IT-pall is a daily activity within production, primarily packaging, located in Tannefors. We have just over 30 workers who have this as their daily activity, although not all are there at the same time. We have a supervisor who takes orders from companies based on what the workers can handle. The packaging is then carried out based on incoming orders. Mainly, this concerns baking accessories, health foods, and cosmetics. The products are then sold in grocery stores.

You Who Are Applying

We are looking for someone who has completed the child and leisure program, the care and nursing program, or another education deemed equivalent. It is an advantage if you have experience working with people with disabilities, preferably from daily activities.

It is also an advantage if you have experience with documentation and working based on IBIC (individual needs in focus). It is desirable that you have knowledge of AAC (alternative and augmentative communication). If you are familiar with a low-arousal response and a pedagogical approach, this is also considered an advantage.

The work involves contacts and documentation, which means that it is a requirement that you can communicate orally and in writing in Swedish and document in digital systems. It is an advantage if you have a B driver's license and a forklift license, as this is required in the work. If you have previous experience or interest in production, that is a big plus.

As a person, you are self-driven and take responsibility for your tasks and drive your work forward. You also work well with others and listen and communicate clearly and have the ability to adapt your communication style. It is also important that you have an empathetic ability and can understand others' perspectives and situations. It is good if you also have the ability to see opportunities in changes that occur.

Additional Information

When you apply for a position in Linköping Municipality, you register your application by logging in via e-identification (such as BankID or FrejaID) instead of an email address. If you lack e-identification, please contact the responsible HR consultant or manager, and they will help you register your application.

Start date: By agreement

Employment form: Permanent employment

Employment rate: 100%

Number of vacancies: 1

Ref. no: 16664

In this application, you do not attach a personal letter.

We make it possible for you to succeed. With your contribution, we can achieve greater success together. Therefore, as an employer, we want you to thrive and have the best conditions to succeed in your role within Linköping Municipality. We want you to be able to develop and reach your full potential!