Vacant job

Färgelanda Municipality

Färgelanda Municipality is located in the heart of Dalsland – where sparkling lakes, deep forests, and a rich outdoor life meet, with close proximity to Uddevalla, Vänersborg, and Trollhättan. We are a small municipality with short decision-making paths, strong cohesion, and a culture where openness, participation, and initiative are natural parts of daily life. Our core values – engaged, entrepreneurial, and with a welcoming attitude – permeate the entire organization.

Here, you will quickly become an important part of the whole. With approximately 500 employees within Care, Children & Education, Community Development, and Administration, we offer a work environment where security, development opportunities, and community go hand in hand. In Färgelanda, it is easy to thrive – both at home and at work.

Job Description

As a Support Assistant, you work to provide individually adapted support to individuals covered by the LSS (Act concerning Support and Service for Persons with Certain Functional Impairments). Together with your colleagues, you create conditions for participation, independence, and good quality of life based on each individual's needs, abilities, and wishes.

The work involves supporting residents in daily activities, social interaction, leisure activities, and nursing care. You will also perform delegated health and medical care tasks, such as medication management and other common HSL (Health and Medical Services) tasks, based on delegation from licensed personnel. You work based on implementation plans, document according to current routines, and contribute to the development of the operations through a professional, pedagogical, and solution-focused approach.

Working hours are scheduled during the day, evening, and weekends.

Qualifications

• Nursing education with a focus on disability or psychiatry, or alternatively education within habilitation.
• Class B driver's license.
• Experience working within LSS operations.
• Knowledge and experience of low-affective handling (calm and supportive interaction).
• Good ability to express yourself well in spoken and written Swedish.
• Good computer skills, as documentation is an important part of the job.

Merits

• Education as a Support Pedagogue.
• Knowledge of AAC (Augmentative and Alternative Communication), especially sign language as support.
• Experience with clarifying pedagogy and other pedagogical methods within functional support.

Personal Qualities

We are looking for someone who is secure, responsible, and has a genuine interest in working with people. You have a professional attitude, good collaboration skills, and the ability to build trusting relationships. You work in a structured manner, are flexible, and can adapt your working style based on the individual's needs and conditions.

We place great emphasis on personal suitability.

We Offer

A meaningful and varied job where you have the opportunity every day to make a difference in people's lives. You will become part of an engaged work team that works together to create a secure, developmental, and high-quality operation.

We strive for an even gender distribution in the work group and therefore welcome male applicants.

You will need to present a current extract from the criminal record and suspicion register, so please order this in connection with your application.

We conduct ongoing selection and interviews for this recruitment.

Welcome with your application!

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