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Do you want to help launch a new operation for children and young people within the LSS (Act concerning Support and Service for Persons with Certain Functional Impairments)?

Here, you have the opportunity to be involved from the very beginning and help build something entirely new, where commitment, development, and innovation are at the center.

We are looking for you who are confident in finding new ways of working to create a calm and predictable daily life for the young people. At the same time, no day is the same, and if you thrive in an active and varied daily routine, you have come to the right place.

As a support pedagogue, you will work together with other support pedagogues and support assistants, in close collaboration with the unit manager and the young person's important network. At the same time, you will support your colleagues in how to approach situations where they need guidance.

Responsibilities

Your main task will be to provide individually adapted pedagogical support that strengthens the individual's opportunities for an independent, meaningful, and developmental life. An important part of the role is also to contribute to a calm, safe, and predictable environment at the workplace. You will be responsible for developing implementation plans, action plans, and job descriptions. You will also lead operational meetings with the work group.

Communication is a central part of the work, and we use pedagogical methods such as clear pedagogy and low-affective handling to create clarity, structure, and security in daily life.

Working with low-affective handling means that you, as an employee, take responsibility for the situation, reflect on what has happened, and together with colleagues and the young person, find sustainable solutions moving forward. We work with an approach characterized by respect, patience, and a strong focus on the individual's needs and conditions.

Involvement is central to our work. We work to ensure that the young person receives the right support, can influence their daily life, and develop based on their own goals, interests, and abilities. This can involve support regarding leisure activities, social interaction, communication, or cognitive understanding – always with the individual in focus.

You will work a varied schedule with shifts during the day, evening, and weekends.

Qualifications

For the position of support pedagogue, a post-secondary specialization within the field of disability is required, comprising at least 200 YH (University College) credits, 120 higher education credits, or a combination thereof equivalent to at least four terms of full-time studies. Alternatively, 60 higher education credits and at least two years of experience working with support and services for persons with disabilities.

If you do not meet the qualification requirements in Swedish 1 or Swedish as a Second Language 1, you may be offered to take a language test through the test provider Educateit.

It is a requirement that you, as an applicant, have at least two years of experience working with persons with neuropsychiatric disabilities. You also need to have at least two years of experience working with LAB (low-affective handling), self-harm behavior, and acting-out behavior. We also expect you to have very good knowledge of social documentation and a valid Category B driver's license (manual).

Since the role involves a significant amount of physical activity, good physical fitness is an advantage.

As a person, you are stable and feel secure in handling the situations you encounter at work. You take responsibility for the operation, both for the young person living in the residence and for all tasks that need to be done. At the same time, you are attentive to the individual's needs and adapt your working method to the situation. You contribute to good cooperation with your colleagues and have a professional and respectful attitude towards everyone you meet in your work.

Other Information

Instead of sending a cover letter, you will answer a number of questions where you describe your knowledge in the field. Selection and interviews take place continuously during the application period.

The City of Gothenburg works actively to promote equal rights and opportunities and to counteract discrimination.

As an employee in the Department for Support for Disabilities, we offer you:

• Secure employment with good working conditions
• Full-time position with the possibility of part-time
• Introduction upon new employment
• Competence development
• Health allowance, bicycle allowance, and other discounts and offers

Before an employment offer is made, we ask you to provide an extract from the police's criminal record register. You must request an extract yourself from the police website for the criminal record and suspicion registers. You order a digital register extract that is sent to your digital mailbox. You do this via the link: Work with children with disabilities | Swedish Police Authority (https://polisen.se/sv/arbete-med-barn-med-funktionsnedsattning/)

The City of Gothenburg applies individual and differentiated salary setting. Here you can get more information about, among other things, salary statistics. Salary, allowances, and benefits - City of Gothenburg

You can only submit your application through our recruitment system because all handling of personal data must be done 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 your application.

Appointment is made on the condition that the position does not need to be utilized in the department or the city's restructuring work.

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.

We look forward to receiving your application!

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 Support for Disabilities, 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 department for support for disabilities. We work, among other things, in residences with special service, day activities, housing support, personal assistance, and children's and short-term residences.

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

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