Vacant job

Stockholm – our capital city full of millions of dreams, expectations, and ambitions. We work for everyone who lives here today and in the future. Now we are looking for you who want to think big, new, and different with us – for the people of Stockholm.

Hägersten-Älvsjö is one of 11 district administrations in the City of Stockholm with approximately 3,000 employees. Today, we are one of the city's largest districts with about 130,000 residents. In Hägersten-Älvsjö, you are close to the city, public transport, and nature. We offer a dynamic workplace with opportunities for you to develop in your role.

Welcome to us

Do you want to develop the quality of our LSS (Act on Support and Service for Persons with Certain Functional Impairments) operations and strengthen the competence of our employees?

In a newly established position, we are looking for you who are passionate about the target group within the LSS Act and who want to work both strategically and close to the operations. Here, you will have a central and important role in developing working methods, strengthening the pedagogical approach, and contributing to ensuring that our users receive the best possible support, together with business controllers and business developers.

The Development Unit is a professional team responsible for the leadership, steering, and development of authority exercises and operational activities within individual and family care, support and services for persons with disabilities, as well as open leisure activities for children and young people. The role of the Method Support Specialist primarily targets our LSS operations as well as our social psychiatry operations.

Here you will have the opportunity to further develop the operations and drive our development work. Together, we move forward and help each other create a social services department that is modern and characterized by high quality. Do you want to join us on this journey and develop both yourself and our organization? Then we look forward to your application!

We offer

• An developmental and strategically important role with great scope for influence.
• The opportunity to work close to the operations and see concrete results of your work.
• Competent colleagues in an operation that values quality, professionalism, and good treatment.

The workplace is located at Telefonplan, which offers good transport connections. As an employee in the Hägersten-Älvsjö District Administration, you will receive among other things:

• The opportunity to exchange vacation pay for extra days off.
• Benefits such as occupational pension, fitness allowance, favorable bicycle scheme, and flexible working hours.

Your role

As a Method Support Specialist, you have overall responsibility for coordinating and developing the pedagogical work in our LSS operations, as well as supporting the district's support pedagogues in their work and role. You work in a supportive, supervisory, and development-oriented manner with the entire work team.

Your main tasks:

• Coordinate and develop the district's support pedagog network based on the pedagogical framework.
• Provide method supervision to work groups within our SoL (Social Services Act) and LSS operations.
• Support operations in translating research, legislation, and proven experience into practical work.
• Work with quality, structure, and systematic approaches in e.g., action plans, implementation plans, pedagogical methods, and documentation.
• Contribute to competence development in the operations through training initiatives, workshops, and ongoing method support.
• Be an active part of business development and improvement work.

Your competence and experience

We are looking for you who have:

• Relevant education within the LSS target group.
• Further education as a support pedagogue (YH) or equivalent competence.
• Supervisor education with a focus on method supervision.
• University credits in pedagogy/psychology or social work.
• Several years of experience working within LSS operations.
• Good knowledge of LSS legislation, documentation, and pedagogical methods, primarily the city's pedagogical framework.
• Experience in conducting training initiatives and external group supervision.
• Knowledge of AKK (Augmentative and Alternative Communication), low-affective interaction, and clarifying pedagogy.

Meritorious are knowledge in ESL (Evidence-Based Social Work) and in the city's pedagogical framework.

We believe that you are a person who:

• Creates security in groups and is skilled at leading processes.
• Is pedagogical, reflective, and receptive.
• Has the ability to see both the big picture and the details.
• Enjoys developing, engaging, and inspiring others.
• Has a structured way of working and can drive issues independently.

The City of Stockholm works with competence-based recruitment aimed at assessing each person's competence and thereby combating discrimination.