Support Assistants Needed for Disability and Social Psychiatry Services

Ystad is the small town with big opportunities. Here you can find unique nature experiences, a vibrant history, a dynamic cultural life, and a variety of recreational activities. We also have a rich business community that operates both locally and globally.

In Ystad Municipality, we are about 2900 dedicated employees who contribute and make a difference. Together, we create a better everyday life for our residents, businesses, organizations, and visitors, now and in the future.

Leadership is important to us, which is why all managers are trained in developmental leadership. We offer you a secure employment where you make a meaningful contribution to society. Here you will also find many career opportunities in an organization that is constantly evolving.

We stand firmly on our values, which are - Better Together, characterized by courage, trust, participation, and professionalism.

Within the social care administration, about 1200 dedicated employees work to provide support and care to those in need in our municipality. The work takes place within elderly care, home care, disability services, social psychiatry, and individual and family care.

Disability services and social psychiatry is one of three departments within the social care administration. The department is responsible for LSS housing, daily activities, housing support, short-term stays, and personal assistance. We are about 250 employees who, with great commitment, work with the individual's needs at the center and based on a belief in the individual's own abilities. We work purposefully to ensure that our operations have high competence and quality.

Within the department, we work for collaboration between workplaces and competence development for our employees. Therefore, we work in collaborative groups where we help each other meet the needs in our operations and share knowledge and ideas between workplaces. This means that you, as a future employee, will have a regular workplace where you work the majority of your shifts, and some shifts may be carried out at another workplace.

JOB RESPONSIBILITIES

The job responsibilities include providing pedagogical and practical support in daily living, care, medication management after delegation, and social documentation. Your task is to support our users who have complex and unique needs for security, clarity, and care.

You are expected to work based on low-affective approaches and clarifying pedagogy, where it is of great importance to strengthen each individual's belief in their own abilities. Working with support and service measures for people with disabilities is a broad, varied, inspiring, and challenging job. The services provided must be performed with respect for each user's needs, wishes, integrity, participation, and self-determination. Support and services should be provided on an individual basis and be tailored to each person so that they can live like others with good quality of life and good living conditions.

QUALIFICATIONS

To succeed in this role, you need to be confident in yourself and have the ability to inspire others to achieve common goals. You are flexible in your approach and enjoy working in a changing environment. We see that you are interested in development issues, have the ability to translate theoretical knowledge into practice, and take responsibility for your own learning. You are easy to collaborate with and enjoy working both independently and in a group. The work involves many contact points, and you therefore need to be able to cooperate both within and outside the organization.

To qualify for the position, you must have:

• Completed documented education from the child and leisure program, care program, or other education that the employer deems equivalent.
• You should have good computer skills and find it exciting to work with digital tools.
• Since communication and documentation are central and important parts of the operation, the job requires good knowledge of the Swedish language, both verbally and in writing.

Preferred qualifications include:

• Work experience within LSS
• Experience in social psychiatry
• Experience and/or theoretical knowledge of low-affective approaches.
• Experience and/or theoretical knowledge of clarifying pedagogy.
• Driving license B

We place great emphasis on personal suitability.

Interviews may be conducted on an ongoing basis!

We look forward to your application!

OTHER

Employees are sought on the condition that the position is not required by already employed staff or persons with preferential rights.

Before a possible employment, we will check citizenship. If you are not a citizen of Sweden, the EU, EEA, or Switzerland, you must be able to present a valid residence/work permit or prove that you are exempt from the requirement to have a work permit.

All employees should be offered conditions for good health; therefore, we actively work with our work environment. We offer wellness benefits and a smoke-free working time.

In connection with this recruitment, we decline contacts from recruitment companies and other advertisers. Please note that we only accept applications via Visma Recruit and thus not via email or other contact methods. If you have questions about the position, please contact the designated contact person.