Uddevalla – a place for a lifetime

Welcome to become a part of our growing municipality - and to work with us to provide our residents with even better service.

We offer an attractive workplace that provides you with great opportunities to develop in your professional role. Our goal is for everyone to thrive and grow - throughout their entire working life. We also want to develop as an employer and actively work to make the best use of your knowledge and engagement. We appreciate and encourage co-creation from everyone.

Uddevalla municipality is a beautiful place by the sea in the heart of Bohuslän. We believe in an open and positive interaction between the municipality, education, business, and culture.

We hope you will enjoy being with us!

About the job

The group home has 6 residents and the service home has 9 residents with varying disabilities of different ages.

You will work during the day, evenings, and on-call overnight. There will be solo work.

Our goal is for the users, based on their individual conditions and abilities, to have a safe and meaningful existence.

As a support assistant, you should have an approach and response that provides individually tailored support in daily living, which means that interventions should meet the individual's psychological, physical, and social needs, thereby reducing the individual's disability in relation to environment/obstacles/responses.

This recruitment concerns two permanent positions and one temporary position.

Job responsibilities

• The work involves providing individually tailored support in a safe and stimulating environment based on each person's individual needs.
• Support in contacts with daily activities, family, friends, as well as encouraging and supporting leisure activities.
• The work includes care, ADL, and healthcare tasks delegated by a nurse and other licensed personnel.
• Documentation and all household tasks such as assistance with cleaning, laundry, shopping, and cooking are also included in the job responsibilities.

You will be part of a team with close cooperation with other support assistants, support pedagogues, and activity pedagogues.

We are looking for someone who

• Is secure, stable, and has self-awareness. Sees relationships in their correct perspective, distinguishes between the personal and professional. Responds in a way that is adapted to the situation.
• Can easily adapt to changing circumstances. Can quickly change their perspective and approach. Sees opportunities in changes.
• Works well with other people. Relates to them in a responsive and flexible way. Listens, communicates, and resolves conflicts constructively.
• Has the ability to understand someone else's perspective or situation without taking over the person's feelings. It is important to also work in a low-arousal manner.

You also work well with complex issues. Analyzes and breaks down problems into their components and solves complicated problems.

Qualifications

• You have a care and nursing education with a focus on disabilities, or other education that the employer assesses as equivalent.
• You master the Swedish language in both spoken and written form.
• Have a B driver's license.

It is an advantage if you have actively worked with digital platforms or have experience in psychiatry and neuropsychiatry.

In this recruitment, we place great emphasis on personal suitability.

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For positions where a license/valid proof from the National Board of Health and Welfare for protected professional titles is required, this must be submitted before employment.

Language assessment is conducted for certain professional groups before employment can be considered.

Criminal record checks are conducted for all employment within the social administration.

For employment within HVB operations, an extract from the HVB home is requested.

For employment in operations aimed at children with disabilities, extracts regarding children with disabilities and control of personal data are requested.

For other employment within the social administration, an extract of control of personal data is requested.

If the extract is not digital, it must be brought in an unopened envelope during the check.

Criminal record - request extract www.polisen.se/tjanster-tillstand/belastningsregistret (https://www.polisen.se/tjanster-tillstand/belastningsregistret)

Employment occurs under the condition that necessary decisions are made. For positions where the work involves direct and regular contact with children and young people, as well as for operations within LSS, care and nursing, health care, psychiatric care, and addiction care, a valid extract from the police's criminal record must be presented or submitted before employment. Keep in mind that it may take time to obtain the extract, so order it in good time to avoid delaying the recruitment process.

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If you have a protected identity, you should not submit your application digitally but contact the person listed as the contact person in the ad.

For those who are not citizens of the EU/EES area, a work permit is required; this does not apply to those who have permanent residence permits. The work permit must be presented at the interview.

The link below contains compiled information about the most important benefits available in the collective agreement we have in Uddevalla municipality. The information covers, among other things, vacation, salary and compensation, parental leave, insurance, skills development, and pension. Collective agreement 2024 (https://extra.skr.se/download/18.18f9f5a61926b4a1e532618/1728397193467/Sag-hej-till-ditt-kollektivavtal-2024.pdf)

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