Vacant job

About the role and workplace

We are now looking for a support assistant for our group homes in Gunnesbo. The area is located in western Lund, and we support users with varying needs for assistance.

As a support assistant, you will support our users with individually adapted support, such as shopping, cooking, care, cleaning, and leisure activities. Through pedagogical support, alternative communication, and care, you and the work team work to provide users with good living conditions and independence.

We are looking for someone who is secure and stable in their role as a support assistant. You need to have knowledge and experience working with self-harm behavior, challenging behavior, and extensive care needs. We work in a dynamic environment, so experience working with both physical and verbal aggression is an advantage.

The residence has a car, primarily for transporting users to and from day activities, but also for some larger grocery shopping trips and excursions. Therefore, a driver's license is required.

The duties also include developing implementation plans, documenting, and conducting regular evaluations. As a contact person, you will collaborate and communicate with parents, relatives, guardians/administrators, and colleagues.

About us

LSS Housing is divided into 22 managerial areas. Each manager has two to three group or service homes in their area.

Support assistants and support aides work in our residences. There is a pedagogical coordinator per area who works with a holistic view and the quality of the pedagogical work. We have at least one support pedagogue per residence who works close to the users while also mentoring employees. Additionally, coordinators, unit administrators, and certified staff work here.

Qualifications

• Approved grades from the care and nursing program, child and youth program, society and behavioral science, or other education that the employer deems equivalent.
• Good knowledge of spoken and written Swedish.
• Good knowledge and experience of low-affective handling and clarifying pedagogy.
• Basic skills in digital work tools.
• Experience/knowledge in care.
• Experience/knowledge regarding challenging behavior.
• A driver's license is required.

We offer you

As an employee with us, you are offered a range of benefits focusing on balance, security, and health. Lund Municipality is a large organization with many exciting operations and opportunities for employee development. As an employee, you also get access to our benefits portal where you can easily view and manage your benefits.

Read more about what we offer you as an employee (https://lund.se/arbete-och-lediga-jobb/sa-ar-det-att-arbeta-med-oss/det-har-ger-vi-dig-som-medarbetare)

The recruitment process

In this recruitment, we have removed the personal letter from the application process and replaced it with selection questions for a more inclusive recruitment process. Your answers will be an important part of our selection work.

The recruitment is ongoing, starting with Teams interviews as the first step in the process.

Welcome with your application!

Within the Care and Nursing Administration, approximately 3,400 employees work to ensure that elderly people and persons with disabilities can live an active, social, and meaningful life on their own terms. We are responsible for, among other things, the municipality's elderly homes, home care, support for persons with disabilities, home healthcare, and meeting points for seniors. With us, every individual's needs are at the center, and our operations are characterized by participation, choice, flexibility, and quality with respect for the individual's integrity and self-determination.

For employment in positions involving care and nursing work, you must be able to present an acceptable extract from the criminal record:

Extract to check own details in the criminal record, Polisen.se (https://polisen.se)

For work within LSS, you also need to order:

Extract for work with children with disabilities, Polisen.se (https://polisen.se)

Here you have room to grow. Within Lund Municipality, we put knowledge at the center and create opportunities to develop in working life. We offer an inclusive work environment and a chance to influence and make a difference. Do you want to become one of us?