Vacant job

Unika Aspen is a supported living facility (BMSS) focusing on Group 1, Autism, and Intellectual Disability (ID). The activity, which started in 2021, is located in a beautiful natural setting by Lake Aspen, approximately 5 minutes from Aspen Station. Here you are welcome to join a cheerful and positive team that works every day to provide the best possible care for those living with us. We are currently looking for 2-3 summer substitutes who want to work during the summer, June-August.

As a support assistant, you will work to provide individually adapted support to people with functional variations, with the goal of promoting their independence and well-being in daily life. You will support users in their daily routines and activities, based on their needs and abilities, always using their personal implementation plan as a starting point.

We work with a salutogenic and pedagogical approach, starting from each individual's unique strengths and resources. The goal is for users to achieve as much independence as possible and to live a meaningful life with high quality of life. As a support assistant, you work based on clarifying pedagogy and low-affective handling to create safety and predictability in the users' daily lives. At the same time, we have a strong focus on working professionally and efficiently within the activity's resources and budget.

You are relationship-building, calm, stable, and able to maintain a realistic perspective on situations that arise in daily work. You have good collaboration skills and relate to others in a listening manner, and you enjoy working together with others. You are an independent, humble, and responsible person who is passionate about care work and can see the individual's needs.

We place great emphasis on personal suitability.

Requirements:

• Very good proficiency in Swedish, both spoken and written.
• Good computer skills, experience with documentation.
• Experience working in healthcare and social care.
• Upper secondary education such as Child and Youth Program, Care and Nursing Program, or post-secondary education such as support pedagogy, social pedagogy, or higher education in a relevant field.

Meritorious if you additionally have:

• Experience in psychiatry, AAC (Augmentative and Alternative Communication), and low-affective handling.
• Experience working with complex support needs.

Employment Type: As needed
Work Hours: Varying
Working Hours: Day, evening, weekend, awake night
Start Date: According to agreement, we view it positively if you can start soon.
Collective Agreement: We are bound by collective agreements with Vårdföretagarna/Kommunal, Sector E.

Attendo is a secure employer that can offer you good opportunities to take more responsibility or move on to new roles. We offer you as an employee training opportunities, collective agreements, wellness benefits, as well as several other benefits and employee discounts via our benefits portal AttendoPlus, in collaboration with Benifex.

Before any employment, extracts from the criminal record together with valid photo ID must be presented. If you are called for an interview, you must be able to prove that you have the right to work in Sweden, by showing that you have citizenship within the EU/EEA or a valid work permit. Application deadline [insert date] but selection and interviews are ongoing, so do not wait with your application.

We use random alcohol and drug tests for our employees.

Unika is part of Attendo, which is one of the largest care companies in the Nordics and was started in 1985. We operate within LSS (Act concerning Support and Service for Persons with Certain Functional Impairments). Our values – care, engagement, and competence – guide us daily in our work so that everyone experiences well-being, participation, community, and joy in work.

If you have questions about the position, please contact: Operations Manager Christer Björkman, [email protected]