Support Assistant for Group Home in Barkarby

Within the Social Administration of Järfälla Municipality, there is the LSS operational area whose task is to provide support and assistance to people with various disabilities. Within the municipality, there are several group and service homes where our fantastic employees work to support and help residents create a meaningful and structured life with increased quality of life.

We are now looking for two dedicated support assistants for a group home in Barkarby. The group home houses individuals with disabilities who have a greater need for individually tailored support in their daily lives. This involves close work that includes personal care, communication, and creating structure and security in the residents' lives. Therefore, you need to have a good understanding of both physical and cognitive disabilities and be able to work based on the individual's needs and daily condition.

At the workplace, there is an engaged and competent team that collaborates closely to create a safe and predictable everyday life for those living there. You are part of creating a meaningful day for our users, which means you enjoy taking daily walks, being creative, and coming up with activities.

Interviews will be conducted on an ongoing basis, and the positions may be filled before the application deadline. Does this sound like something for you? We warmly welcome you to apply today!

JOB RESPONSIBILITIES

You will be offered a varied job where you primarily meet individuals with neuropsychiatric disabilities. The role of the support assistant is to motivate and support individuals in their daily lives, in their homes, and out in the community. Social activities are also part of the assignment, both individual and group activities.

Work in a low-affect and pedagogical manner to create calm and predictability. Be a support in understanding and managing emotions, frustration, and impulses. You need to have good knowledge of how to handle affects and be stress-resistant.

Communication

Adapt communication according to the individual's needs, e.g., through visual support, clarifying pedagogy, or alternative communication (AAC).

Medical Interventions

Manage medication according to delegation and be observant of changes in health and well-being.

Documentation

Write social documentation according to guidelines, follow implementation plans, and contribute to the development of support.

Collaboration

Work in a team and in close cooperation with relatives, management, HSE, and other stakeholders.

QUALIFICATIONS

We are looking for someone who is a trained nursing assistant or has other relevant education that the employer considers equivalent. You need to have experience working in the field and have worked with individuals with autism, intellectual, and mental disabilities. You should have knowledge and experience of low-affect responses so that you remain calm and stress-resistant in challenging situations, as well as good knowledge of communication and clarifying pedagogy.

In addition to experience and competence, you should be flexible, responsive, creative, and solution-focused, responsible, calm, positively inclined, and have a pedagogical approach. We place great importance on your personal suitability and maturity, ability to be part of a team, but also to take initiative and work structured and independently. You should also be able to express yourself clearly and have a good ability to communicate in both speech and writing as we have documentation responsibilities.

Requirement: B driver's license; there is access to a car used in the operations.

The position you are applying for is currently scheduled with day and evening shifts as well as every other weekend. However, changes may occur in the future, which may mean that sleeping on-call shifts are also included in the schedule.

Employment form: Permanent employment. Duration: Permanent.

Järfälla has the most exciting geographical location in northern Stockholm and is growing rapidly. We offer a workplace with great variety, good development opportunities, and work according to the vision Järfälla for everyone moving forward.

Järfälla Municipality works with a competence-based recruitment process for unbiased recruitment. We at the Social Administration work together regardless of gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, ethnic background, religion, disability, and age. Differences enrich and enable development for everyone moving forward! As Järfälla Municipality is a Finnish administrative area, knowledge of the Finnish language is considered an asset, as well as other languages.

We conduct limited background checks for final candidates in this recruitment process. Background checks are only conducted to the extent that it is relevant for the position in question. In cases where extracts from the criminal record are legally required, you will also need to present such an extract. For more information on how we work with background checks, see www.jarfalla.se/background-checks (www.jarfalla.se/background-checks).

We also check citizenship and work permits. Interviews are conducted on an ongoing basis.

We kindly decline all offers of advertising and recruitment assistance in connection with this advertisement.

Read more: Work in Järfälla (www.jarfalla.se/work-in-jarfalla)