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We are looking for a Support Pedagogue for our service housing in Kortedala!

Do you want a job where you truly make a difference every day? Then you might be our next support pedagogue!

In our service housing in Kortedala, 12 tenants live in their own apartments. Here, we work to create safety, independence, and quality of life – with the individual at the center and the heart in the right place.

About the role

As a support pedagogue, you have a key role with overall responsibility for the pedagogical work. You design, develop, and follow up on methods and interventions based on each individual's needs, goals, and conditions, ensuring quality and equity in the methods.

The operation is a service housing according to the Social Services Act (SoL) and the Act for Support and Service for Persons with Certain Functional Impairments (LSS) for adults aged 30–65 who are mainly self-sufficient. The work is primarily characterized by motivational and support efforts, with some care as needed.

Together with the work group:

• You establish, implement, and follow up on routines, action plans, and implementation plans.
• You are responsible for ensuring that job descriptions and task distribution are up to date.
• You develop and quality-assure social documentation according to current laws and guidelines.

You are a support and guide for your colleagues, a close sounding board to the unit manager, and work with methods such as MI (Motivational Interviewing), LAB (Low-Affect Approach), ESL (An Independent Life), and clarifying pedagogy.

You collaborate with relatives, guardians, and other important actors, and are part of the district's pedagogical network for experience sharing and joint development.

You work closely with the tenants and provide individually adapted support in everyday life. With a coaching and motivating approach, you create, together with your colleagues, the conditions for structure, participation, and self-determination based on each person's abilities.

Working hours are currently during the day, but evening and weekend work may occur.

Together, we do meaningful work that makes a real difference in people's lives. Independence and participation for our tenants permeate the entire operation.

Qualifications

For the position of support pedagogue, a post-secondary specialization in the field of disability is required, comprising at least 200 YH credits, 120 university credits, or 60 university credits with two years of work experience with persons 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.

Communication is an important part of the work, which requires that you have passed 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.

You have previous experience working as a support pedagogue. You also have documented experience working with persons with mental disabilities, as well as good knowledge of and experience with low-affect approaches.

It is meritorious if you have experience with the methods MI (Motivational Interviewing), ESL (An Independent Life), and clarifying pedagogy. Experience in leading and supervising colleagues is also seen as an advantage.

As a person, you have good pedagogical ability and understanding that people absorb knowledge in different ways, and you adapt your communication to the recipient. You express yourself clearly in both speech and writing and ensure that your message gets through. You are change-oriented, see opportunities for development, and motivate others by driving new ideas and methods in a constructive and pedagogical way. You are pleasant, helpful, and respectful in your approach, even in stressful situations.

Recognize yourself? Then we hope you want to become part of our team!

Other

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

Selection and interviews begin during the application period.

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 hiring
• Competence development
• Wellness allowance, bicycle allowance, and other discounts and offers

When working in the individual's home:

Before an employment offer, 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 on the police website https://polisen.se/tjanster-tillstand/belastningsregistret/ (https://polisen.se/tjanster-tillstand/belastningsregistret/) either via e-service (Check your own details in the criminal record) or with the help of Form to check own details (Form for request for register extract for an individual, extract no. 442.3).

We only accept applications via our recruitment system in accordance with GDPR. If you have protected personal data, you MUST NOT apply via the system but contact the responsible recruiting manager for handling your application.

Appointment is subject to the position not needing to be taken in the department or the city's restructuring work.

About us

We are all different. We are also alike and have the same right to a safe 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 housing with special support, 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!

You are Gothenburg.