Support Assistant with Sign Language Competence at Group Home within LSS

Stockholm – our capital city with millions of dreams, expectations and ambitions. We work for everyone who lives here today and in the future. Now we're looking for you who wants to think big, new and differently with us – for the people of Stockholm. Hägersten-Älvsjö is one of 11 district administrations in Stockholm city with approximately 3,000 employees. Today we are one of the city's largest district areas with approximately 130,000 residents. In Hägersten-Älvsjö you have easy access to the city, transportation and nature. We offer a dynamic workplace with opportunities for you to develop in your role. Welcome to us The position is located at one of our group homes in Hägersten, which is an LSS activity for adult persons with congenital deafblindness. Our mission is to offer support and services based on the individual's needs and wishes, and we actively work to promote equality and full participation in community life for the users. The work is characterized by a pedagogical approach, a structured working method, and a low-affective and respectful treatment towards everyone. Here work support assistants, work leaders, methodology supervisors and a unit manager. Our work is based on LSS and Stockholm City's quality program, where the needs and perspectives of Stockholm residents are at the center. We offer you We offer an exciting and developmental job where the challenge lies in supporting the users in the best way possible and developing their quality of life while taking into account each individual's needs, wishes and conditions. To help you, you have engaged colleagues, a present manager, competence development and the opportunity to participate in and further develop the activities. Read more about what it's like to be part of Stockholm city here and about our benefits here. Your role As a support assistant with us you will provide support to the users based on their needs and in accordance with the established implementation plan keep social documentation develop and work methods that both create participation and support the users' communication develop and regularly review routines, implementation plans and other important documents for the users when needed, introduce new employees and supervise interns. Your competence and experience We are looking for someone who has: a degree from for example child and leisure, care and nursing, nursing assistant or other education that we consider equivalent experience working with people with disabilities in a similar role experience working with users who regularly communicate with sign language and spoken language experience documenting in digital systems good knowledge of Swedish both spoken and written. It is meritorious if you have experience from: a similar role within Stockholm city that shows you understand our values and pedagogical framework work within social support or rehabilitation work with users who have visual and/or hearing impairment. To succeed in the role, you have communication that is clear and adapted to the recipient through for example low-affective treatment, clarifying pedagogy or AAC. You can switch between working independently and collaborating with your colleagues. You are flexible and have an easy time adapting to new circumstances, and are professional and stable in challenging situations. It is important that you can bathe with users and have good hearing as the work requires verbal communication with users and colleagues. Other information We recruit without a personal letter to strengthen the focus on the competencies and experience required for this role. When assessing your application, we will only base our evaluation on your CV and a number of questions you will answer when applying for the position. We ask that you answer the questions concretely and briefly, and that there is a clear connection between your answers and your CV. Selection and interviews take place on an ongoing basis. An extract from the criminal record register will be requested before employment. Stockholm city works with competency-based recruitment that aims to see each person's competence and thus counteract discrimination.

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