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Permanent Position as Support Pedagogue/Support Assistant in Gislaved Municipality

Gislaveds kommun

Jönköpings län, Gislaved

Previous experience is desired

20 days left
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Description

As an employee of Gislaved Municipality, you are a co-creator at your workplace.

You are given the opportunity and expected to contribute to the development of the organization through your knowledge and experience. Respect for differences and the equal value of all people is fundamental to us.

The group home Åbjörnsgatan is located in Gislaved. The service is for individuals with disabilities and care needs. The residents of the group home have decisions according to the Act on Support and Service for Certain Disabled Persons (LSS).

This advertisement concerns a permanent position with working hours scheduled for day/evening/weekend.

All staff work on-call according to appendix J and 2/4 weekends. Long shifts may occur.

Job Responsibilities

Together with other employees, you will work to make everyday life meaningful, clear, and rich in content for the residents. You will support/guide the residents in personal care, meals, medication management, home maintenance, community contacts, and communication.

An important part of the job is to stimulate and motivate the residents to maintain or develop their abilities and to create opportunities for an active and meaningful leisure time so they can live like others based on their circumstances. Adapt the environment according to the residents' needs and conditions. The work is based on individual implementation plans.

The job responsibilities also include IT-based documentation and administration as well as delegated health and medical tasks.

Tools that will be used include: PFA - pedagogical approach and working method, communication aids, visual support, sensory stimulation, and more.

Qualifications

Support Pedagogue: Training in support pedagogy with a focus on the disability area.

Support Assistant: Care and nursing program with a focus on psychiatry, disability area, or child and leisure program with a focus on social or pedagogical work.

Alternatively: Behavioral scientist, treatment pedagogue, social pedagogue, or other education that the employer assesses as equivalent.

Experience with the target group is required for the position, as well as the ability to swim and no allergy to chlorine. A B driver's license is also a requirement.

Your employee role is deeply connected to your ability to collaborate and participate in your and the organization's development. With us, this means that you have a good collaboration with your manager and colleagues, both at your own workplace and in the rest of the municipal group. You meet everyone with a high level of service, kindness, and quality through customer and service focus. You take responsibility for being involved in organizational issues and are solution-oriented.

We place great emphasis on personal suitability and that your view of employee participation aligns with ours.

To ensure the safety of our residents, a background check is conducted according to law (2026:43 – Law on background checks for work in the home for elderly persons or adults with disabilities). The candidate offered employment must present an extract from the criminal and suspicion register before employment can begin.

Do you want to be part of our success? Welcome with your application!

In Gislaved Municipality, full-time is a right, and therefore vacant positions* are advertised as full-time. When the organization can accommodate part-time, it is of course an option. *Positions shorter than 3 months and certain positions may be exempt. Before the recruitment process, Gislaved Municipality has taken a position on recruitment channels and marketing. We therefore firmly request no contact with media sellers, recruitment sites, and similar.

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