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Job Responsibilities

Do you want to work part-time while doing something meaningful? As a casual employee in respite care, you support children and young people with disabilities and give their parents the opportunity for relief.

About the Assignment

As a respite carer, you are temporarily responsible for the care in the child's or young person's home. The work is based on the individual's needs and may involve help with personal care, cooking, light cleaning, walks, or various activities. It can also involve playing favorite games, crafting, or simply being a social companion. Several of the children we meet need clear structure and communication, which means you may use methods such as low-arousal approach (LAB) and augmentative and alternative communication (AAC).

Unlike many other casual jobs, respite care means you get a schedule with a specific child. This means you become an important part of the child's daily life as permanent staff, with fixed and recurring work shifts each week. The schedule is planned in consultation with the family and adapted to both their needs and your availability.

Who are we looking for?

We are looking for you who are responsible, confident in working independently, and have an easy time building trust. You have an interest in working with children or young people with disabilities, regardless of whether you have previous experience from working life or through relatives. Continuity and trust are important in this assignment. We are therefore looking for you who have the opportunity to work continuously and create a safe and long-term relationship with the families you support. The medical responsibility always lies with the guardian, according to decisions on self-care.

In the Department for Disability Support, we work with the concept 3T - "Hour to Permanent". The goal is to lead to a permanent employment in the department for trained substitutes, approx. 70% of our permanent staff come from casual jobs.

Working Hours

Working hours vary depending on the families' needs and can be scheduled on weekdays, evenings, weekends, and nights.

Qualifications

To work as a substitute within disability support, you must be 18 years old, in accordance with the regulations on the working environment for minors (AFS 2023:2).

If you do not meet the passing grade in Swedish 1 or Swedish as a Second Language 1, you may be offered a language test via EducateIt.

We consider it advantageous if you have completed or are currently studying in the field, for example as a support assistant, assistant nurse, or alternatively an ongoing or completed academic education within health and social care, behavioral science, or pedagogical education. It is also advantageous if you have previous experience of working within the disability support area or within care and nursing. If you have previous experience/knowledge of low-arousal approach (LAB) or augmentative and alternative communication (AAC), this is also advantageous, but not a requirement.

As a substitute within disability support, you put the individual in focus, have a pedagogical approach, and a genuine interest in people with different types of functional variations. It is important that you are sensitive to the individual's needs to be able to adapt your approach in different situations. For us, it is desirable that you are responsible and have a flexible approach. It is also very important that you are stable and secure as a person.

Do you feel that the above description fits you? Then you are warmly welcome to apply!

Other

Selection and interviews begin during the application period.

Instead of sending a cover letter to us, you will answer a number of questions where you get to describe your knowledge in the area.

In the Department for Disability Support, we work with the concept 3T - "Hour to Permanent". The goal is to lead to a permanent employment in the department for trained substitutes, approx. 70% of our permanent staff come from casual jobs. The staffing unit can advise on education and it is possible to combine education with work via the staffing unit. We also guide educated personnel towards operations that have needs.

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

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

• Introduction upon new employment
• Competence development
• Health allowance & bicycle allowance

Before an offer of employment, we ask you to present an extract from the police criminal record. You must request an extract from the police criminal record yourself. You order a digital register extract that is sent to your digital mailbox. You do this via the link: Work with children according to LSS, e-service | Police Authority (https://polisen.se/arbete-med-barn-enligt-lss/)

Gothenburg City applies individual and differentiated salary setting. Here you can get more information about, among other things, salary statistics. Salary, allowances and benefits - Gothenburg City (https://www.goteborg.se/privat/arbete-och-utbildning/lon-ersattningar-och-formaner.html)

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.

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

To you who represent staffing and recruitment companies: For this recruitment, we have chosen recruitment channels and do not wish offers of competence mediation, advertising or recruitment assistance.

About Us

We are all different. We are also the same and have the same right to a safe home, a 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 engaged employees, we are Sweden's largest disability support department. We work, among other things, within housing with special service, day activities, housing support, personal support, and children's and short-term housing.

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

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