Job Description

We are now looking for a support assistant who wants to provide support to individuals in their daily lives, both in and outside the home.

Smörkärnegatan group home is an LSS accommodation for adult women and men with psychiatric disabilities and/or physical disabilities. The accommodation is divided into 6 apartments on one floor with a common area in the center of the floor. The staff group consists of 1 support educator and 9 support assistants, of which 2 work nights. We value gender balance in our teams. Since the group is currently dominated by women, we welcome applications from individuals who can contribute to a more balanced workforce. We also welcome applications from all qualified candidates, regardless of gender. Your placement will be at Smörkärnegatan floor 1, but you may need to step in and work at the nearby workplace on floor 2 with the same target group if necessary.

Some of us encounter obstacles when the world is not designed according to our way of functioning. As a support assistant, it is your role to support the tenants in participation and create opportunities to influence decisions and interventions. You provide support in daily life with everything from communication, stimulation of leisure activities, personal care, and household chores. Your role is to adapt your support and contribute to a good and independent life. You collaborate with other individuals around the tenant, such as guardians, social workers, relatives, and healthcare. The work includes social documentation and medication management according to delegation.

By establishing and following implementation plans, you ensure that the tenants' needs are prioritized and that they have a safe home with the opportunity to live like everyone else. In your role, you are responsible for motivating the tenants towards various interventions in their daily lives. This may involve stimulating contacts outside the home and creating conditions for enriching leisure activities based on the user's interests. As a support assistant, you enable our tenants to develop and grow. All social documentation is done in the documentation system Treserva. If you have not previously used the systems used within the City of Gothenburg, you will receive training in these.

Housing with special services offers support around the clock. We base our work on the tenants' needs and need to adapt working hours accordingly. Working hours are scheduled for daytime and evening shifts, as well as working every other weekend. We use Time Care Planning for operationally adapted and flexible schedules.

Welcome with your application!

Qualifications

We are looking for someone with 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 field that includes at least 200 YH credits, 120 higher education credits, or a combination 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 individuals with disabilities. The education should have relevant credits in behavioral science, pedagogy, psychology, social work, and (psychiatric) care or other education that the employer deems equivalent.

Communication is an important part of the work, which requires that you have passed Swedish 1 or Swedish as a second language 1. Those who do not meet the requirement may be offered to take a language test.

You should have at least 2 years of experience supporting individuals with both mental (e.g., psychotic disorders and schizophrenia) and physical disabilities. It is advantageous if you have knowledge of LAB (low-arousal approach), ESL (independent living), and MI (motivational interviewing).

As a person, you are friendly and helpful to others even in stressful situations. You listen, show respect, and work to ensure that the user gets what they need. You collaborate and understand the common mission by planning, organizing, and prioritizing work effectively and ensuring that tasks are completed on time.

Other

Selection and interviews may take place on an ongoing basis. In this recruitment, you will be asked to answer a number of questions where you describe your knowledge in the field instead of sending a personal letter.

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

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

When working in an 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 (Check your own information in the criminal record) or with the help of the Form to check your own information (Form for requesting a record 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 subject to 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 valued. With the right conditions, we can grow, develop, and participate in society on our own terms.

Within the Department of 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 accommodations.

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

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