Vacant job

Do you want a meaningful and challenging job where you can make a difference for children and young people every day? We are looking for you who are an experienced, empathetic, and driven support assistant. Apply for the position with us and become an important part of our team!

Who are we?

Welcome to our children's and youth residences under section 9:8 of the LSS Act (Act concerning Support and Service for Persons with Certain Functional Impairments) – a workplace where you make a real difference every day. We are expanding our operations and are therefore looking for engaged support assistants who want to help shape our activities together with us. Here, you have the opportunity to contribute to a safe, developmental, and professional environment – both for the children and young people we work with and for your colleagues.

We are recruiting for two units: Ånestadsgatan 156 in Smedby, an established facility, and Vägstumpen 1 in Svärtinge, a new unit starting in autumn 2026. You will belong to one of the units, where you will become an important part of creating a strong and well-functioning work team.

We have a total of seven residential places within our operations. Children and young people with various disabilities, backgrounds, and individual needs live in our facilities. The operations have a high staff density, and we have 24/7 staffing with both awake nights and sleeping on-call shifts. Here, the children and young people are always at the center. We work purposefully to promote their independence and create a safe and adapted living environment based on their individual needs and conditions.

Your responsibilities

The work in the operations is based on the individual's implementation plan. Our goal is to work towards each individual becoming as independent and secure as possible to develop according to their abilities. You provide individually tailored interventions and maintain a professional approach.

You form a team together with the rest of the staff group, consisting of support assistants and support pedagogues, around the individuals living here. As an employee here, you have a significant role in our team to create security and quality of life for our residents in their home.

You are part of the individual-focused work, which involves following our children and young people in their daily lives. The tasks cover everything that occurs in a home environment where the individual's needs dictate the work. The job involves contact with many actors both internally and externally. This is important to maintain the holistic work around each individual as the children and young people live with us permanently.

Who are you?

We are looking for you who have a high school diploma from the Care and Nursing program, the Child and Youth program with a social focus, or other relevant education that the employer deems equivalent, such as behavioral science or therapeutic pedagogy. Experience and knowledge of working with people with various types of challenging behavior, such as physical and verbal aggression, and self-harming behavior, are required. We would appreciate it if you had experience and knowledge of socially destructive behavior, as this occurs within our target groups. We also require experience with clarifying pedagogy, low-affective handling, and neuropsychiatry. You have previous experience working with children and young people within LSS, and we view it positively if you have worked with special diagnoses such as PWS and within NPD (Neurodevelopmental Disorders), as well as having knowledge of trauma and crisis management. It is desirable that you can sign language or use signs as support and/or are accustomed to other forms of AAC (Augmentative and Alternative Communication).

You have a high level of structure and a holistic perspective, while also having a well-rooted approach related to user- and relative-related issues within the LSS target group. It is important that you can collaborate and work based on decisions made in the operations. Taking initiative and striving to create good relationships and achieve results are considered important competencies.

Being a good role model for our children and young people as well as your colleagues is second nature to you. You are attentive and adapt your communication to the person you meet, which also means you have high self-awareness where you are conscious of your feelings and actions and how this affects your work situations.

The close user work requires that you have a high degree of independence. You see what needs to be done and take initiative in your daily work, which includes implementing and developing new ideas and methods. You are flexible and can change your approach and adapt when the situation requires it. You are good at prioritizing and finding solutions in different situations. You are accustomed to working with risk assessments and can see both the big picture and the details.

As a person, you are calm and secure with a positive basic attitude and commitment to the target group. You see opportunities from a professional approach and want to contribute to developing the operations based on the existing goals.

You who apply have good computer skills and can express yourself well in Swedish, both orally and in writing.

A B-class driver's license is required.

We look forward to receiving your application!

Information about the position

Number of open positions: 7
Employment type: Permanent full-time position
Start date: September 1st or as agreed
Working hours: Day/evening/weekend and sleeping on-call shifts
Remote work possibility: No
Application deadline: June 14
Contact: Unit Manager Emma Rothman, 011-152797, [email protected]
Other information: We have chosen to remove the cover letter and replace it with selection questions relevant to the position. This makes it easier to make an objective assessment of your competence. You send in your CV as usual. An extract from the criminal record will be requested before employment can take place.