Vacant job

Support Assistant for Day Activity Centre

Guided by our core values of courage, tolerance, and creativity, Uppvidinge Municipality works to provide excellent service and develop vital community functions for our residents, visitors, and businesses. As the municipality's largest employer with approximately 800 staff, we strive to ensure that our employees feel a strong sense of participation, with room for flexibility and professional development.

We offer meaningful work where we have the opportunity to make a real difference for the municipality's residents. We welcome your application and invite you to join a municipality with a thriving business life, a rich association culture, and close proximity to nature!

2 positions available.

Job Responsibilities

Working as a support assistant involves mentoring and supporting our participants in their work tasks and personal development. It is important to work with a low-affective approach and a salutogenic mindset.

Together with your colleagues and other professionals, you provide the best conditions for each individual to have meaningful engagement, where the individual's strengths are utilized.

Qualifications

To succeed in the role of support assistant at the day activity centre, it is important that you have good knowledge and experience working with individuals with various disabilities. As a person, you are self-assured, easy to collaborate with, and enjoy being part of a developing work team.

The role involves creating an implementation plan for each individual regarding the setup of the intervention, planning, and then providing support, encouragement, and motivation to participants in their work tasks. You will work both independently and in groups.

You must be comfortable assisting a person with toileting and able to administer medication after delegation.

A valid Category B driver's license is required, along with good computer skills and experience documenting in journal systems.

Personal suitability is given great weight.

Employment Terms

• Salary: Monthly salary.
• Employment Type: Permanent position.
• Duration: Start date 2026-08-03 or as agreed.
• Working Hours: Daytime.

If you are considered for employment, the employer will request an extract from the criminal record register. The Municipal Executive Board has decided that all new hires must present a criminal record extract before employment. The required extract is for work within schools or preschools.

To ensure quality in the recruitment process at Uppvidinge Municipality and to enable good communication with our applicants, we ask you to submit your application digitally, not via email or paper format.

Regarding the recruitment process, Uppvidinge Municipality has taken a stance on recruitment channels and marketing. We therefore explicitly decline contact with media sellers, recruitment sites, and similar services.