Vacant job

Do you want meaningful tasks that make a difference in people's lives? Welcome to the municipality that is far from average!

The Social Services Department provides support to the residents of Botkyrka and is responsible for the exercise of official authority, primarily in accordance with the Social Services Act. The support is for both individuals and their relatives. The Social Services Department has a special responsibility for children, young people, and adults in need of support according to social legislation. We are approximately 500 employees who, with strength-based approaches, provide support to the residents of Botkyrka in an equal, fair, and secure manner.

Read more about the Social Services Department here: https://www.botkyrka.se/dinbastaarbetsplats (https://www.botkyrka.se/dinbastaarbetsplats)

The position and duties

As a residential support worker in a group home within social psychiatry, you have a very important role. You support people in growing towards independence by offering extensive support in different areas of life. You are there for them, supporting them and ensuring they are offered a high quality of life and a sense of coherence. You adapt the support to each person's specific needs and wishes and create a safe environment for them to live and work in. Your duties vary and can sometimes be challenging. You always strive to improve the users' social skills and encourage them to participate in society. The support we offer should have high evidence, be proven, and be legally secure.

Your main duties:

• Provide emotional support and help the individual manage feelings, well-being, and daily challenges.
• Provide practical support and motivate daily activities such as cleaning, laundry, shopping, and routines.
• Plan and carry out activities that promote participation, social contacts, and personal development.
• Be responsible for medication management according to delegation.
• Document, create implementation plans together with the individual, and collaborate with networks, relatives, and other professions to ensure coordinated support.

We offer you

We are a competent and engaged team that values well-being, security, and quality. We work closely together, have ongoing collaboration, and help each other in everyday life to create the best possible support for our residents.

As a residential support worker with us, you will receive a thorough introduction, a buddy at the beginning of your employment, and continuous supervision. You are offered further education, internal training, competence development, and good opportunities to grow in your role. As an employee of Botkyrka Municipality, you also receive favorable employment conditions, collective agreements, and support from both management and nurses in medical matters. With us, you become part of a workplace that values development, diversity, and a sustainable working life.

You who apply to us

We are looking for you who are educated as a support pedagogue, social pedagogue, treatment pedagogue, social worker, behavioral scientist, mental health nurse/assistant nurse, or other equivalent education that the employer considers relevant. You have documented experience from work within social psychiatry or LSS (Act concerning Support and Service for Persons with Certain Functional Impairments), as well as experience working with comorbidity issues in combination with mental illness.

Other requirements for the position are:

• Experience in using the Swedish language, both orally and in writing, in a professional context.

We consider it meritorious if you have:

• Experience working with methods such as Motivational Interviewing (MI), Independent Living (ESL), Low Affective Response (LAB).
• Knowledge of the Social Services Act and the Secrecy Act.
• Knowledge and/or experience of neuropsychiatry from LSS.
• Experience with Signs of Safety.
• Experience using digital aids.
• Driver's license class B.

We assume that you have good pedagogical skills that make it easy for you to explain, structure, and adapt your support based on the individual's needs. You have the ability to collaborate well and thrive in a role where you can contribute your competence. Colleagues appreciate your insights and your way of sharing knowledge. You have a strong commitment to helping others and work in a solution-oriented manner.

To succeed in the role, you need to have a clear work process and be skilled at planning and organizing your work. You handle pressured situations in a constructive way, complete your tasks, and keep timeframes. You are secure even when conditions are unclear and meet others with a low-affective approach. You communicate clearly, build good relationships, and collaborate well with different actors. At the same time, you can work independently when needed.

For positions at the Social Services Department in Botkyrka Municipality, you as a future employee will undergo a background check.

Read more about background checks here: https://www.botkyrka.se/bakgrundskontroll (https://www.botkyrka.se/bakgrundskontroll)

About us

Botkyrka is a municipality full of contrasts where the suburb environment of the big city meets the forests, meadows, lakes, and coast of the countryside. Over 100 languages are spoken here, and people from all over the world live and work here.

We offer an inspiring workplace full of opportunities where we together create the best conditions for a sustainable future.

We have good and secure working conditions with collective agreements and several benefits so that you can thrive and develop at work. Read more here: Our employer offer

Other information

For positions within, for example, care-school-care in Botkyrka Municipality, you as a future employee need to show an extract from the Police's criminal record. Botkyrka Municipality is subject to the principle of public access. This means that application documents are public documents as a general rule.

We work with competence-based recruitment to ensure the quality of the recruitment process and thereby counter discrimination.

We decline contact from recruitment and staffing agencies in connection with this recruitment.