Vacant job

The Disability Care department in Umeå Municipality aims to be a resource that empowers and strengthens people's ability to live independent lives through proximity and interaction.

Ordinary housing is organized within the Disability Care department, offering short-term supervision, short-term accommodation, respite services, home help, and a national upper secondary school for children and young people. We also provide day activities/occupational programs, supported housing, and dependency resource teams for adults over 18.

Byttgränd Short-Term Accommodation is located in Ersboda and serves children and young adults with disabilities based on decisions under the LSS (Act concerning Support and Service for Persons with Certain Functional Impairments). We offer a respite function for relatives, contributing to a sustainable and long-term support structure for both the individual and the family. At our facility, the individual's needs and conditions are at the center, and we offer a safe, stimulating, and developmental environment. Nearby facilities include playgrounds, forest areas, and a library, enabling varied leisure activities and outdoor time.

Do you want meaningful work where you have the opportunity to make a difference in people's daily lives? We are now looking for at least one dedicated support assistant to join our team!

Your Responsibilities

As an employee, you will become part of a work group that together supports the individual's ability to live as independent and meaningful a life as possible. You contribute to a stimulating and safe environment and actively participate in the daily lives of children and young adults, which may involve play, crafts, outdoor activities, and games. You provide support in daily routines such as meals, cleaning, laundry, and personal care. We work based on an individualized approach using evidence-based methods within autism and intellectual disability.

The role also involves documentation, writing journals and implementation plans, as well as planning activities, booking individuals based on approved services, and preparing staffing requirements used for scheduling. Additionally, the ability to handle medications and maintain continuous cooperation and communication with guardians is required.

Challenging behavior and heavy lifting occur in the workplace. Working hours include days, evenings, and night shifts, as well as weekend duty for 4 out of 8 weekends.

Joint planning takes place between our operations within the Disability Care department.

About You

You are a secure, calm, and sensitive person who creates structure and safety for the individual. You treat users and relatives professionally and adapt your working methods to the individual's needs. You collaborate well and contribute to a solution-focused and development-oriented operation where participation and self-determination are central. We place great emphasis on personal suitability.

To communicate with users, relatives, and colleagues, and to write and review care documentation, you must have good knowledge of the Swedish language in both speech and writing.

Requirements

• Education as a nurse assistant, social worker, preschool teacher, or other education deemed equivalent by the employer.
• Experience working with individuals with disabilities.
• Good knowledge of Swedish in speech and writing, to communicate with users, relatives, and colleagues, and to document according to the operation's routines.

Merits

• Experience working with children or adults with autism.
• Experience with Alternative and Augmentative Communication (AAC) or Sign Support as Alternative and Augmentative Communication (SSAAC).
• Positive Behavior Support (PBS) or clarifying pedagogy.
• Experience with low-affective handling of challenging behavior.

Other

By law, all who work in operations with children and young people under 18 must present a valid extract from the police record of convictions at the time of employment. Such an extract can be ordered digitally from the police website: Work with Children according to LSS, e-service | The Swedish Police Authority (https://polisen.se/tjanster/arbete-med-barn-enligt-lss/)

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 insufficient answers may result in your application not moving forward 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.

We look forward to receiving 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 administrations, and together we work to ensure Umeå grows with care. Our values are based on 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 to Umeå Municipality (https://flytta.umea.se/)

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 living and working here. We look forward to hearing from you.