Vacant job

About the job

In the role of Support Assistant within Housing Support, you will provide support, service, and care to adults with mental, intellectual, and neuropsychiatric disabilities.

The support covers all areas of life and usually takes place in the individual's home.

The assignment aims to motivate and strengthen each person's own resources. The support is based on implementation plans created together with the users.

The work involves assisting our users with all household tasks, contacting authorities, guiding and showing venues in the local area, and supporting users in finding meaningful leisure activities or employment.

Daily work includes collaboration with colleagues within the unit and with important contacts outside the home, as well as social documentation and delegated healthcare interventions. The work involves independent work, providing support in the user's home.

You will receive support through a support pedagog and through team meetings.

The position is primarily scheduled during daytime hours, may include occasional evenings according to the employment contract, and the working hours are 40 hours per week. Working hours are based on the needs of the operation and time distribution is discussed with colleagues and management at the unit.

About you

We are looking for you who have a degree from the Care and Nursing program, the Support Assistant education, or the Child and Youth program with a focus on social or pedagogical work. The educational requirement is also met if you have a post-secondary specialization in the disability field comprising at least 200 YH credits, 120 university credits, or a combination thereof equivalent to at least four semesters of full-time studies. Alternatively, 60 university credits and at least two years of experience working with support and services for people with disabilities. The education must have relevant credits in behavioral science, pedagogy, psychology, social work, and (psychiatric) care, or other education that the employer deems equivalent.

All social documentation is digital, so you need to be proficient with computers. You must master the Swedish language in speech and writing, which implies a requirement of passing grades in Swedish 1, Swedish as a Second Language 1, or equivalent. Those who do not meet the qualification requirements may be offered a language test through the test provider EducateIt.

A Class B driver's license is required as we have long travel distances and a car may need to be used in many cases.

The position also requires that you are independent and capable of working alone.

If you also have experience with any of the following methods: AAC (Augmentative and Alternative Communication), LAB (Low-Affect Approach), Motivational Interviewing, or ESL (An Independent Life) and Clarifying Pedagogy, IBIC (The Individual's Needs at the Center), this is an advantage.

It is also meritorious if you have previous experience working within the Department for Disability Support.

You show respect for everyone you meet at work. You work to ensure the user gets what that person needs. You take responsibility for your and the shared tasks with the operation/users' best interests in focus. You listen to other people to understand their needs. You actively seek out others' opinions and perspectives and are receptive to them by showing respect, consideration, and care. You gain energy from contributing to others' learning and you create conditions for learning to take place. You set clear goals and plan activities and projects in good time. You use time efficiently and work systematically, organized, and methodically.

Other

Selection and interviews may begin during the application period.

In this recruitment, you will answer a number of questions where you describe your knowledge in the field instead of sending a cover letter.

Gothenburg City works actively to promote equal rights and opportunities and to counter discrimination.

As an employee in the Department for Disability Support, we offer you:

• Secure employment with good working conditions
• Full-time with the possibility of part-time
• Introduction upon new employment
• Competence development
• Wellness allowance, bicycle allowance, and other discounts and offers

When working in the individual's home:

Before an offer of employment, we ask you to present an extract from the police criminal record. The requested extract must be unopened.

You must request an extract from the police criminal record yourself. This is done via an e-service or with the help of a form available on the police website (Form for request for criminal record extract for an individual).

Do not use the e-service if you have a protected identity; instead, use the appropriate form.

https://etjanster.polisen.se/eregisterutdrag/utdrag (https://etjanster.polisen.se/eregisterutdrag/utdrag)

We only accept applications via our recruitment system in accordance with GDPR.

If you have protected personal data, you should NOT apply via the system but contact the responsible recruiting manager for handling of your application.

To those representing staffing and recruitment agencies: For this recruitment, we have chosen recruitment channels and do not wish to receive offers of competence mediation, advertising, or recruitment assistance.

About us

We are all different. We are also alike and have the same right to a secure home, meaningful employment, and to feel valuable. With the right conditions, we can grow, develop, and participate in society on our own terms.

Within the Department for Disability Support, we provide support, service, and care to children and adults with disabilities and create opportunities for them to live a good and independent life, like everyone else.

With 6,200 dedicated employees, we are Sweden's largest disability support department. We work, among other things, in housing with special service, day activities, housing support, personal assistance, and children's and short-term housing.

Do you want to contribute to a more inclusive society? Welcome to us!

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