Vacant job

The disability care services in Umeå Municipality aim to be a resource that empowers and strengthens people's ability to live independent lives through proximity and interaction.

Älvans väg is located in Tomtebo, Umeå. Five residents with various disabilities live at this residence. The residents live in their own apartments within the facility and share communal areas. The work involves promoting and striving towards the residents' independence on a daily basis, while being helpful in their daily lives. The role includes care work as well as routine household chores such as cleaning and cooking. There are no fur-bearing animals on the premises, and smoking is not permitted.

We are now looking for a new support assistant to join our team!

Your responsibilities

You guide and support individuals with physical, mental, and intellectual disabilities in their daily lives. You work to make the individual an active part of their daily routine and create conditions for a meaningful leisure time and/or employment. The role includes hygiene and care work, heavy lifting and transfers, as well as routine household chores such as cleaning, laundry, and cooking. Your approach is characterized by flexibility, continuity, and security. You offer individual, social, and practical support to strengthen the person's own abilities and promote independence.

In your role, you will plan, implement, document, follow up, and evaluate interventions both independently and in collaboration with others. You are also expected to contribute to creating and maintaining a clear structure in the operations.

Our operations are characterized by active development work, and we are looking for you who enjoy contributing to change, quality, and continuous improvements. You see opportunities in development and thrive in an operation where working methods and interventions are continuously adapted to the needs of the residents.

Working hours are scheduled during the day/evening and weekends. Joint planning with other operations occurs.

Heavy lifting occurs; transfer aids must be used.

About you

You have good cooperation skills and a professional attitude towards residents, relatives, and other actors around our residents. You are pedagogical, engaged, and have a desire to share our values and work towards set goals as well as working with continuous improvements. Being solution-focused, curious, positive, and proactive is an important part of the job and the good work environment. It is sometimes a stressful job, so your ability to handle this is important. Personal suitability is highly valued.

To communicate with residents, colleagues, and other networks, write and review care documentation, and obtain medication delegation, you must have good knowledge of the Swedish language in both speech and writing.

Requirements

• Healthcare and Social Care Programme, Child and Youth Programme, Social Work Programme, or other education deemed equivalent by the employer.
• Experience working with people with disabilities or other work experience deemed equivalent.

Merits

• Education in the fields of autism, pedagogy, or threats and violence.
• Experience with low-affective handling (LAB) of aggressive behavior and motivational interviewing (MI).

Other

To ensure that candidates called for interviews are those who best meet the requirements and merits for the position, we use selection questions. The questions are designed based on these requirements and merits. Therefore, it is important that you answer the questions in detail and that the competence you state is supported by entries in your CV. Incomplete or deficient answers may result in your application not proceeding in the process.

NOTE! Do you have protected personal data? Please contact Recruitment Support at 090-16 10 99 or at [email protected], and they will help you with a secure application process.

Before an employment offer is made, an extract from the police's criminal record will be requested as a final step in the recruitment process. Click here (#) to order an extract/you order an extract via this link: Criminal Record - Request Extract | Swedish Police Authority (#)

We warmly welcome your application!

About Umeå Municipality

Umeå Municipality is the region's largest employer with over 13,000 important employees. Our organization is divided into nine departments, and together we work to ensure that Umeå grows with care. Our core values are citizen focus, openness, trust, and continuous improvements. Working with us, you will engage in socially important tasks where you contribute to Umeå remaining safe, secure, and enjoyable.

Umeå is the largest city in northern Sweden with a rich offering of experiences and opportunities. We are a city of associations and culture that offers a richer life even outside of work. Here you can learn what it is like to live and reside in Umeå: Move - Umeå Municipality

We are growing, and therefore we might be looking for you? Want more? We offer fair conditions, good benefits, and excellent development opportunities for lifelong learning, as well as jobs that are important for everyone who lives and works here. We look forward to hearing from you.