Vacant job

As an employee in Götene Municipality, you become part of a whole where commitment and cross-boundary collaboration are second nature. Here, we value courage and innovative thinking in everything we do, and we strive for workplaces that stimulate creativity, initiative, and responsibility. With us, you have the opportunity to contribute to meaningful and socially beneficial efforts that make a difference in people's daily lives.

We have a clear vision – we want to become Sweden's best rural municipality. Götene Municipality is a place where people, young or old, or anywhere in life, feel secure and have the conditions to develop. Children are at the center here. We nurture every young individual's drive and creativity by offering top-class education, a rich cultural life, and a meaningful leisure time that gives children and young people the opportunity to develop into their best selves. The calm, community, and simplicity here, combined with the pulse of the surrounding cities, provide the conditions for a rich life, regardless of where you are in life. Around the corner lie Lake Vänern and Kinnekulle, offering outdoor activities that many can only dream of.

Do you want to help shape Sweden's best rural municipality? Read more about Götene Municipality at www.gotene.se (http://www.gotene.se), and about life in Skaraborg at https://www.livetiskaraborg.se/kommuner/gotene (https://www.livetiskaraborg.se/kommuner/gotene).

Watch the film about how Götene became the world's most famous Swedish municipality.

About the Position

Skogsvägen is a short-term care/leisure facility for children and young people with various functional variations. We implement decisions regarding short-term relief and short-term supervision according to the LSS (Act concerning Support and Service for Persons with Certain Functional Impairments). At Skogsvägen, we work with low-affective handling, clarifying pedagogy, alternative and augmentative communication, and implementation plans. We always start from the individual and their conditions. The work group includes coordinators and support teachers.

The tasks consist of mentoring and supporting the children/young people based on their needs and interests during their stay at the short-term/leisure facility. You are expected to maintain good contact with guardians and collaborate with other activities to ensure a common approach to the children/young people. Documentation is part of the job duties.

Who are you?

• Educated as a nursing assistant, youth leader, completed the Child and Youth Program with a focus on social work, or has other equivalent education.
• Previous experience working with clarifying pedagogy and low-affective handling is meritorious.
• Experience working with children and young people with functional variations is meritorious.
• Flexible, curious, and confident in taking on varied tasks.
• You have good computer skills and can express yourself well in Swedish, both orally and in writing, as documentation and communication are a large part of the job duties.
• The job places high demands on working pedagogically in a structured and clarifying manner. This requires patience and sensitivity to be able to engage, motivate, and guide.

Meritorious qualifications:

• Training in Motivational Interviewing (MI).
• Further education within functional variations.
• Knowledge of the individual's needs at the center (IBIC) working method.

Conditions

The position is a permanent employment from August 26, 2015, or as agreed. Working hours include day, evening, weekend, and on-call duties may become relevant. Probationary employment may be applied. Interviews may be conducted during the application period. For those offered employment, a certificate of no objection from the Swedish Police Authority's criminal record register is required according to the Register Control Act.

We only accept applications electronically via our website. Staffing and recruitment agencies as well as sellers of job advertisements are requested to refrain from contacting us. Götene Municipality applies smoke-free working hours. Götene Municipality strives for gender equality and diversity in our operations and therefore actively works for an even gender distribution and ethnic and cultural diversity.