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Engaged Support Assistant for Hammarö Municipality

Hammarö kommun

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Welcome to Hammarö!

Hammarö is a municipality with a forward-looking attitude and strong growth, located by Lake Vänern, surrounded by cliffs and water. Many choose to move to us, which means we are constantly growing and developing. Something that reflects everything happening in our municipality is the proximity to the city, the residents, the water, and each other. With us, you get a workplace right in our beautiful archipelago!

Within the social administration, you work daily to provide security, quality, or support to our residents. We who work here value personal meetings more than anything else. As we grow, we naturally develop our operations, renew our premises, and have a willingness to develop. We exist to give the residents of Hammarö a better everyday life and to enable each person to create a good life with their own strength.

JOB DESCRIPTION

Are you a secure and responsible person who wants to make a difference in people's lives? We are now looking for an engaged support assistant for one of our group homes where you will work with users and be an important part of their daily lives.

In your role, you will provide support measures that create security, promote health, motivate, and encourage independence. You will also collaborate with the users' networks, other staff, and other partners. Your task will be to support the users in daily activities based on their individual needs. Within the administration, we implement IBIC (Individual Needs in Focus), which means that all support activities should be based on the individual's needs.

In daily work, we use a pedagogical approach and a low-arousal response. You will document in our operational system and take responsibility for other areas of responsibility within the group home and administration.

We are looking for someone who:

  • Is secure, responsible, and has a great commitment to working with people.
  • Has experience in similar work.
  • Can work with a low-arousal response and pedagogical methods.
  • Is meticulous in documentation and takes responsibility for your work.

The position is full-time with an immediate start. In this role, you will work scheduled hours during the day, evening, night, and on-call throughout the year.

We look forward to receiving your application and welcoming you to our team!

QUALIFICATIONS

We are looking for someone who has:

  • Certification as a nursing assistant
  • Experience working with individuals with autism and other disabilities.
  • Ability to manage outwardly aggressive behavior using a low-arousal approach.
  • Experience working with clear pedagogical methods and visual support.
  • Documentation is an important task, so you need to be computer literate and able to express yourself well in Swedish, both spoken and written.
  • A valid driver's license (B).

To thrive and succeed in the role, we see that you are a calm and secure person with a stable foundation in yourself. You have a patient and respectful approach in meetings with users and show understanding for the individual's needs and circumstances. You are an active team player who also has the ability to take initiative, work structured, and independently when the situation requires it.

We place great importance on personal suitability and interest in working with the target group.

Selection and interviews will take place continuously during the application period, and the position may be filled before the application deadline.

OTHER

To ensure the quality of the recruitment process in Hammarö municipality and to enable good communication with our applicants, we ask you to submit your application digitally and not via email or paper format.

Warm welcome with your application!

In preparation for the recruitment work, Hammarö municipality has taken a position on recruitment channels and marketing. Therefore, we kindly ask for no contact with media sellers, recruitment sites, or similar.

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