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Job Responsibilities

Do you want to work with people? Then we have the job for you.

In the area of functional support, you will work with tasks such as providing pedagogical support in daily life, personal care, and common household tasks such as laundry and cooking. Daily support is the foundation – but needs vary. Regardless of the assignment, the goal is always the same: to strengthen people's independence and quality of life.

What is a disability?

A disability is a reduced physical, mental, or intellectual ability. It can be congenital or arise later in life and can be visible or invisible. Every person is unique – with their own abilities, needs, and strengths – and that is what makes the work both meaningful and developing.

Job Responsibilities

The work varies depending on the activity, but may include:

• Pedagogical support in daily life
• Personal care
• Cooking, laundry, and other daily chores
• Activities and social support
• Documentation and medication management according to delegation

Challenging and self-harming behaviors may occur in some of our activities.

Summer Temporary Position:

You need to be able to work according to a schedule for several consecutive weeks during weeks 25–33. In your application, please indicate when you can work. There is an opportunity to start as a substitute before the summer.

Temporary Position:

As a substitute, you work as needed and set your own availability. Working hours vary between day, evening, weekend, and night depending on the activity.

Qualifications

To apply for a position with us, you must be at least 18 years old, in accordance with regulations regarding the working environment for minors (AFS 2023:2).

To be able to document, you need to master the Swedish language in both speech and writing, which means a requirement for passing grades in Swedish 1, Swedish as a second language 1, or equivalent. Those who do not meet the qualification requirements in Swedish 1 or Swedish as a second language 1 may be offered to take a language test through the testing user Educateit.

If you are a trained support assistant, nursing assistant, or have another education deemed equivalent by the employer, or if you are currently studying in healthcare, pedagogical, or social work, it is meritorious. Experience in healthcare, pedagogical, or social work is also meritorious.

We are looking for someone who takes responsibility for their tasks and the group's tasks. You think of those we are here for and their best interests. You do your best to complete all tasks correctly and follow up on how it turned out.

You are friendly and helpful towards others even in stressful situations. You show respect for everyone you meet at work. You are inviting and positive. You work to ensure that the student/client/user receives what they need.

You are calm and secure in pressured and difficult situations. You can balance the demands placed on you and can make well-informed decisions despite time pressure.

Other

Selection and interviews will begin during the application period.

We only accept applications via our recruitment system in accordance with GDPR. If you have protected personal information, you should NOT apply through the system but contact the responsible recruiting manager for handling your application.

When working in an individual's home: Before an employment offer, we ask you to present an extract from the police criminal record. The ordered extract must be unopened. You must request an extract from the police criminal record. This can be done on the police 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). The ordered extract must be unopened.

The City of Gothenburg actively works to promote equal rights and opportunities and to combat discrimination. As an employee in the functional support administration, we offer you:

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

To those representing staffing and recruitment companies: For this recruitment, we have chosen recruitment channels and do not wish to receive offers of skills 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 functional support administration, 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, in accommodations with special services, daily activities, housing support, personal support, and child and short-term accommodations.

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

You are Gothenburg.