Support Assistant for Children and Young People's Housing in Kumla

Do you want to work with care and supervision of children and young people? Is it important to you to have a varied job? Are you also creative, enjoy developing play, and are good at adapting to the different needs and developmental levels of your surroundings? Then you might be the right person for the assignment!

Who are we?

Smedstorp Housing and Short-term Care for Children and Young People offers a complement to the parental home. The work is carried out in a home-like environment where we strive to provide children and young people with good living conditions based on their individual prerequisites. We are now looking for several support assistants. Does that sound interesting?

5 positions available.

Job Responsibilities

The role of a support assistant involves working with and interacting with children and young people in the housing environment. We work with clear pedagogy according to VISA (Visually Individually Structured Approach). You provide good care and supervision, which means you need to adapt your interaction to each unique situation. There is also extensive care work involved.

Outbursts of aggressive behavior may occur among our users. To minimize threat and violence situations, we work from a low-affective interaction approach, which means you need to be able to quickly adapt to challenging behaviors and act actively for preventive purposes. It is important that the children and young people feel safe and trust.

We perform all household tasks that occur in a home, such as cleaning, laundry, and cooking. We spend a lot of time in various outdoor environments, in the forest, on playgrounds, and on our farm, so it is important that you enjoy being active.

The job includes planning and developing the work independently and together with the work group. Together with the work group, you will draw up and follow up action plans, implementation plans, and routines. You are also expected to document in the organization's documentation system.

What do we offer you?

An stimulating and meaningful job with lots of human contact and many happy moments. A well-structured operation based on good and continuous relationships with our users, guardians, and school. You will be creative and find new ways to develop play and activities based on needs and wishes.

We welcome you to a pleasant work environment where you will be part of a work group with lovely and competent colleagues. You will receive a full-time position, work clothes, and a wellness allowance of 1,500 SEK.

We are looking for employees for both our short-term care housing and housing for children and young people.

Qualifications

We are looking for you who are genuinely interested in other people, are solution-focused, and want to make a difference. You are sensitive, good at communicating, and can treat your surroundings in a warm way. Furthermore, you are secure in yourself, have great patience, and are creative. It is important to be able to work based on clear and agreed routines, as well as good teamwork skills as we work both independently and in teams.

We would appreciate if you have experience within the autism spectrum area and the ability to act low-affectively in situations that arise in daily work. We will place great emphasis on personal suitability.

Education: You need to have one of the following educations; care and nursing college, child and youth program, leisure pedagogue, preschool teacher, or behavioral scientific education, or other education that the employer considers suitable for the assignment. You also need to have good knowledge of Swedish, both in speech and writing.

Other: Driver's license B and the ability to drive a car are desirable. Being able to cycle and swim is a requirement. Extract from the police register is required to work with us.

Interviews will be held continuously during the advertising period, welcome with your application today!

Employment Details:

• The advertisement concerns 3 permanent positions and 2 temporary positions (until 2027-03-21 and 2027-08-29).
• Probationary employment may be applied.
• Employment type: Permanent position.

You apply for the position via Public Jobs' electronic application form. The appointment to the position will be based on the information you provide, and therefore it is of utmost importance that you are careful when filling in your application. In your application, you must state your citizenship. If you are not a citizen of Sweden, EU, EEA, or Switzerland, you must also be able to prove that you have a valid work permit or are exempt from the obligation to have a work permit. The employment can only take place after verification of the work permit, which is required according to the Aliens Ordinance.

Do you have protected personal data? Contact the HR department directly on phone 019-588 000 so we can help you with a secure application.

Before employment, you must show a valid identity document and, in cases where the position requires it, a valid extract from the criminal record.

We decline contact with advertisers and staffing and recruitment companies.

About Kumla Municipality

Kumla Municipality is a growth municipality located centrally in Örebro County and has just over 22,600 inhabitants. The municipality has successful companies, a rich cultural and leisure offer, good municipal services, and excellent communications. Kumla's Vision 2040 means that Kumla is a safe, family-friendly place where people feel a sense of belonging and connection. The flourishing and green small town has housing, but also the jobs, services, and offerings needed for a complete everyday life.