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Welcome to the Department of Care and Elderly Care. We provide support and care for the elderly and for people with disabilities. Our goal is for them to be able to live as active and independent a life as possible.

The Department of Care and Elderly Care is one of Sweden's largest employers within municipal care and elderly care. Around 7,500 employees work here based on our core values – making a difference, working together, and welcoming innovation. Here you have great opportunities to take personal responsibility, develop, and contribute your skills. We strive for an organizational culture characterized by mutual trust and pride in the operations.

For more information on what it is like to work in Uppsala Municipality, visit https://www.uppsala.se/jobb/vard-halsa-omsorg/ (https://www.uppsala.se/jobb/vard-halsa-omsorg/)

Within the Department of Care and Elderly Care, full-time employment is the norm. This means that all permanent employees are fundamentally employed on a full-time basis. More information about what this entails in this specific role will be provided during any potential interview. Personal assistants are exempt from the full-time norm.

2 positions.

Do you want to make a real difference in people's daily lives? Here you will work closely with individuals and contribute to increased independence, participation, and quality of life, every day.

About the Operations

We are currently looking for two support pedagogues for two of our LSS (Act concerning Support and Service for Persons with Certain Functional Impairments) operations: Vänortsgatan 97 and Otto Myrbergs väg 12.

Vänortsgatan 97 is a service housing facility located in Flogsta–Ekeby. The area offers proximity to nature, green spaces, and jogging tracks. Activities are offered both in groups and individually based on the residents' wishes.

Otto Myrbergs väg 12 is a group home in Rickomberga with five residential places for adults with LSS decisions. The operation is located in a multi-family house and offers common areas for social interaction and activities. Staff is available around the clock.

Working hours are scheduled and include day, evening, and weekend shifts.

What We Offer

Here you will find meaningful work where you contribute every day to creating security, development, and quality of life for others. You become part of an engaged team where collaboration, competence, and individual focus are central.

• meaningful work where you make a difference every day
• an engaged team and a workplace focused on development
• opportunities for competence development and support in your professional role

Job Responsibilities

As a support pedagogue, you work closely with the residents and base your work on each individual's needs, prerequisites, and wishes. You work in a structured and pedagogical manner to strengthen independence and participation in daily life.

Your responsibilities include, among other things:

• ensuring that every person's needs and wishes are met
• providing support in daily activities, personal care, and household chores
• creating, following up on, and updating implementation plans together with the user
• working with Augmentative and Alternative Communication (AAC) and TAKK (Total Communication)
• pedagogically leading and inspiring colleagues in working with structure and visual supports
• collaborating with relatives and other actors in the user's network
• working salutogenically and based on the individual's strengths and abilities
• contributing to good teamwork and a safe working environment

Qualifications

Requirements

• education as a support pedagogue (200 YH credits) or equivalent education with at least 60 hp in pedagogy
• experience working with the target group within LSS
• experience working with AAC
• knowledge of low-affective interaction
• good knowledge of Swedish in speech and writing

Personal Qualities

You are proactive and take responsibility for driving the work forward. You collaborate well with others, are sensitive in your communication, and contribute to a good work climate. At the same time, you are creative and contribute ideas that develop the operations and create added value for the residents.

Information

Please state in your application which of the operations you are most interested in.

If you have questions about the position or the recruitment process, contact: Lovisa Djärv, 018-7263864.

Union representative: Kommunal, 010-442 82 04

If you have questions regarding the registration of your application, contact the competence recruitment unit: 018-7263957.

We will request a certificate of good conduct before an employment offer can be made.

You must state your citizenship in your application. If you are not a citizen of Sweden, the EU, EEA, or Switzerland, you must also be able to prove that you have a valid work permit or are exempt from the requirement to have a work permit. Employment can only take place after verification of the work permit, as required by the Aliens Ordinance.

Employment with Uppsala Municipality may involve being placed on the war establishment.

Salary: Monthly salary.
Employment type: Permanent position.
Duration: Permanent.