Do you want to make everyday life better – every day?

As a support assistant, you are a support and a security that helps people develop and feel included.

We are looking for someone who is passionate about working with people and wants to contribute with respect, warmth, and professionalism.

About the position

Norra Fiskebäcksvägen BmSS started in the summer of 2021 and consists of 6 apartments. The target group is adults with multiple disabilities at an early developmental level.

We have a workgroup with positive and engaged colleagues. Together we make a difference, and our work is important for people who need individual support in their daily lives. You now have the opportunity to contribute to our operations by becoming part of our team. We are now looking for a support assistant for our workgroup!

At Norra Fiskebäcksvägen, users have a great need for support and care in many situations. The tasks vary and consist of everything from pedagogical support in everyday life, extensive personal care, cooking, and cleaning. Most users have non-verbal communication such as Bliss and picture support.

The work as a support assistant with us means supporting the individual in daily life, both inside and outside the home. The assignment involves great responsibility and requires the ability to create a good structure to support users in their daily lives, of course with the user involved in planning the support. The user should be made involved in community life, which you actively work towards. You will work with documentation, implementation plans, and follow-up of these. The work involves collaboration with users, relatives, guardians, and colleagues. It also includes receiving delegation according to the Health and Medical Services Act.

Working hours are days, evenings, and every other weekend according to a schedule.

Qualifications

As a support assistant with us, you need to have 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 area that includes at least 200 vocational points, 120 higher education credits, or a combination thereof that corresponds to at least four semesters of full-time studies. Alternatively, 60 higher education credits and at least two years of experience working with support and services for people with disabilities. The education must have relevant points in behavioral science, pedagogy, psychology, social work, and (psychiatric) care or other education that the employer deems equivalent.

For the position, experience in care work with individuals at an early developmental level is required. Experience in clear pedagogical methods and experience in alternative communication (AAC) is also required. Experience working with individuals who have epilepsy is also a must.

You should be comfortable being delegated responsibility for medication, feeding tubes, CPAP machines, and cough machines.

Communication is an important part of the work, which requires that you have a passing grade in Swedish 1 or Swedish as a second language 1. 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 test user Educateit.

We are looking for someone who can easily adapt to their work style, is responsible, has good communication and collaboration skills, and shows sensitivity to both users and others you encounter in your work. You adapt your communication according to the recipient, target group, and situation. You listen to other people in order to understand their needs. You have the ability to explain problems and information to different recipients and from different perspectives. You have the ability to work together with others to perform tasks and achieve goals. You work effectively under stress, can balance different demands, and remain calm in difficult situations.

Warm welcome with your application!

Other

In this recruitment, you will answer a number of questions where you describe your knowledge in the field instead of sending a personal letter.

Selection and interviews will begin during the application period.

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

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

When working in the individual's home: Before offering employment, 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 yourself. This is done on the police website https://polisen.se/tjanster-tillstand/belastningsregistret/ (https://polisen.se/tjanster-tillstand/belastningsregistret/) either via e-service (Control of 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 made on the condition that the position does not need to be claimed 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 administration for functional support, we provide support, services, 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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