Vacant job

About the job

We are looking for you who want to support people in their daily lives, both inside and outside the home. Bankogatan, located near Axel Dahlströms torg, is a residence with special service for eight people with physical and intellectual disabilities. The support needs of our tenants vary, ranging from nursing care with full ADL (Activities of Daily Living) to more verbal support and guidance. The goal is for those living here to receive individualized support to live as independently as possible, where we promote health and rehabilitation.

The role of a support assistant involves providing individually adapted support to residents through a low-affective approach, as well as encouraging and motivating them in daily rehabilitation and daily living. Some residents have significant care needs and require assistance with transfers. As a support assistant at Bankogatan, you will collaborate closely with the health and medical team, consisting of a nurse, physiotherapist, and occupational therapist. Your duties also include medication management according to delegation, social documentation in the Treserva system, and other administrative tasks.

Some of us encounter barriers when the world is not designed for the way we function. As a support assistant, your role is to support tenants in participating and creating opportunities to influence decisions and interventions. You are a support in everyday life, handling everything from communication and stimulating leisure activities to household chores. Your role is to adapt your support and contribute to a good and independent life. You collaborate with other people around the tenant, such as guardians, social workers, relatives, and healthcare.

We use the scheduling program Time Care and work actively with optimized staffing and collaboration between units in the scheduling group. The work is currently scheduled for days, evenings, and three weekends out of six. Morning shifts start at 07:00 and evening shifts can last until 21:30.

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 Leisure 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 should have relevant points in behavioral science, pedagogy, psychology, social work, and (psychiatric) nursing or other education that the employer deems equivalent.

You have experience working with people with intellectual disabilities, people with complex needs and high care needs, and low-affective interaction. Good knowledge of Swedish in speech and writing is a prerequisite for communication with our users and staff, as well as in tasks involving social documentation. The requirement is a passing grade in Swedish 1 or Swedish as a Second Language 1. You who do not meet the qualification requirements in Swedish 1 or Swedish as a Second Language 1 may be offered to take a language test through the test provider EducateIt.

If you also have experience with any of the following methods: AAC (Augmentative and Alternative Communication), MI (Motivational Interviewing), and clarifying pedagogy, this is an advantage for you.

You are friendly and helpful towards other people even in stressful situations, and are attentive and open to understanding other people's needs, feelings, and opinions. You work well with others by listening, showing interest, and respect. You are calm and confident in pressured and difficult situations.

Other information

Scheduled days for conducting interviews are June 23, 24, and 25.

Appointment is subject to the position not needing to be utilized in the administration or the city's restructuring efforts.

The City of Gothenburg 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
• Well-being allowance, bicycle allowance, and other discounts and offers

When working in the individual's home:

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

You must request an extract from the police record yourself. This is done on the police website either via the e-service (Check your own details in the criminal record) or with the help of the Form to check your own details (Form for request for record extract for an individual).

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 you who represent 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 occupation, 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 residences with special service, day activities, supported housing, personal assistance, and children's and short-term residences.

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

You are Gothenburg.