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Support Educator for Disability Support in Kristianstad

KRISTIANSTADS KOMMUN

Skåne län, Kristianstad

Previous experience is desired

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1 position(s).

Are you innovative and do you have a holistic perspective in your professional practice? Are you a team player with high flexibility and a strong sense of responsibility?

Do you want to make a difference for our customers and work on development together with forward-thinking colleagues? Then you are the one we are looking for, so we warmly welcome your application!

Your role with us

Our work is characterized by the vision "We lift each other up" and with the values "Participation, Joy, Openness, and Citizen Value" as a natural part of our daily work.

As a support educator, you guide and implement pedagogical approaches in customer-facing work. This includes producing pedagogical materials for employees, and you are responsible for the development of pedagogical work in close collaboration with the unit manager. From a customer perspective, you work with core values and quality that promote the customer's participation, self-determination, and integrity.

You participate in customer-facing work and support the work group towards a developmental approach. The job involves continuously updating yourself on pedagogical, evidence-based knowledge and informing and guiding the work group about this. Furthermore, you work with various types of augmentative and alternative communication (AAC) that should be implemented in the individual work regarding the customer. In your role, you will also perform tasks such as staffing and planning together with the unit manager.

Who are we looking for?

We are looking for you who have post-secondary specialization within the disability field comprising at least 200 YH credits or 60 university credits. The education should have a clear focus on the disability field throughout its entirety. We want you to have good knowledge and experience of both intellectual and neuropsychiatric disabilities. Education and experience in clarifying pedagogy/TEACCH and low-affective handling are prerequisites for the work, as well as experience working with people within the autism spectrum. If you have education and experience of different communication methods/models directed towards the target group such as AAC, Conversation Mat, and Snoezelen, it is meritorious.

Since communication and documentation are part of your duties, you need to handle the Swedish language in both speech and writing. We want you to have basic computer skills, and if you also have experience with social documentation, it is meritorious. A B-driver's license and access to a private car are required for the position.

As a person, you are socially competent and have good cooperation skills. You are stress-resistant, flexible, find solutions in everyday life, and have a professional attitude towards everyone you meet in your work. Furthermore, you have the ability to plan and structure work from a holistic perspective. The work requires that you can make your own decisions while having the ability to respect decisions made and carry out work on behalf of others. You work both independently and together with colleagues.

In the event of an offer of employment, you are required to present a certificate of good conduct according to current legislation.

This is us

The operations of the Care Administration are directed towards the elderly and persons who need disability support, as well as persons who need home healthcare. The operations are functionally divided into four areas: support in ordinary housing, support in care and nursing homes, health and medical care, and disability support. The administration also includes the authority unit, the national gymnasium, and the Assistive Technology Centre in Eastern Skåne.

We offer

We offer regular network meetings with colleagues in other areas within the entire Disability Support. Development plans exist for individual employees as well as for the operational area.

We are approximately 7,000 employees in Kristianstad Municipality who make a difference in people's everyday lives, every day. Here you will find employees who are passionate about welfare and want to turn ideas into reality. Kristianstad Municipality offers several different career paths so that you can develop throughout your working life. Read more about our benefits and us as an employer here.

Good to know

If you have protected personal data, you should not apply via the application button. Instead, send your application by post or hand in the application at Rådhus Skåne. Mark the envelope with the title and reference number. If you have questions, you can contact the Citizen Center at 044-13 50 00.

If you have questions about how to make your application, contact the system's support by phone at 0771-69 36 93. Choose 1 - Visma Recruit and 2 - job seeker.

Salary

Kristianstad Municipality applies individual and differentiated salary setting.

Start date

The start date for the position is by agreement. We interview continuously.

Salary type: Monthly salary.
Employment type: Permanent position.
Duration: Permanent.

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