Welcome to the Care and Support Administration

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

The Care and Support Administration is one of Sweden's largest employers in municipal care and support. Here, about 7,500 employees work based on our core 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 Support Administration, we have full-time as the norm. This means that all permanent employees fundamentally have a full-time position. More information about what this means for this position will be provided during a possible interview. Exceptions (from full-time as the norm) are personal assistants.

Do you have a pedagogical education and experience working with children with various disabilities? Do you want to contribute to making everyday life in our short-term accommodations as safe, calm, and predictable as possible? Make a difference for children and young people in need of extra support and become part of our team. We welcome your application!

We are now looking for educators for our short-term accommodations Rosendal and Vilanvägen. The services target children and young people with disabilities who have been granted accommodation under the Act on Support and Service for Certain Disabled Persons (LSS). Up to 5 children or young people aged 0-21 can stay in the short-term accommodations.

The short-term accommodation at Vilanvägen is located in the Vilan/Nåntuna district near a large outdoor recreation area, about 6 km from central Uppsala. Our short-term accommodation Rosendal is located in the Rosendal area.

We work based on the individual needs of each child and young person together with the child/young person to ensure that everyday life with us is as safe, calm, and predictable as possible. We collaborate with relatives and the child and young person's other networks. We offer you as an employee regular supervision and opportunities for further education.

Job Description

Your main task is to support children and young people with disabilities in their daily lives. Challenging behavior is common. As an educator, you contribute to making the everyday life of children and young people as predictable and clear as possible.

Your tasks include:

• Establishing implementation plans, documenting, being a contact person, and participating in collaboration, operational, and workplace meetings
• Creating a good collaboration with the children/young people's relatives and their other networks
• Providing support in personal care and assisting with medications
• Your work also includes household tasks such as cooking, cleaning, laundry, and more

You will work weekdays and weekends both day and night. There may also be sleeping on-call duties.

Qualifications

We are looking for someone who is an educated support educator, preschool teacher, or has another relevant education. To succeed in the role, you need to have experience working with children with various disabilities and feel comfortable working with challenging behaviors.

Requirements:

• Pedagogical education as a support educator, preschool teacher, or an equivalent education that the employer deems relevant for the position
• Experience working with children with various disabilities and challenging behaviors
• Fluent in Swedish in both spoken and written form
• Driver's license (B)
• Good computer skills
• Experience in documentation

Meritorious:

• Knowledge of Alternative Communication (AKK)
• Knowledge and experience of low-arousal approaches

You easily adapt to changing circumstances and can quickly change your perspective and approach. You have good collaboration skills and relate to others in a responsive and smooth manner. Furthermore, you listen, communicate, and resolve conflicts constructively. You also have the ability to understand someone else's perspective or situation without taking over their feelings. Last but not least, you have pedagogical insight with an understanding that people learn in different ways and have different needs. Therefore, you adapt how you tell and explain things so that the recipient can easily understand.

Information

If you have questions about the position or the recruitment process, please contact: Nina Sandbom, Operations Manager, 018-726 02 03.

Union representative: Kommunal, 010-442 82 04.

If you have questions regarding the registration of your application, please contact the unit for competence supply: 018-726 37 71.

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 military placement.