Support Assistant for Housing Support, Huddinge Municipality

Huddinge kommun · Full-time

Kommunalvägen 1-5, Huddinge, Sweden

Do you value proximity, growth, and creating the best conditions for everyone who lives and works in Huddinge Municipality? Then we offer plenty of career opportunities in a well-functioning and growing municipality with both nature and big-city energy around the corner. With us, you feel secure, included, and proud as we make a difference with strength every day. In Huddinge Municipality, we work to create a sustainable society where nature, technology, and good service work together. Huddinge is a large Stockholm municipality with approximately 6,400 employees and more than 110,000 residents. If you have protected personal information, we ask you to contact the contact person listed in the advertisement. Huddinge Municipality works to be a safe, lawful, and professional operation. As part of our recruitment process, we may therefore conduct background checks and request register extracts in the final stages of certain recruitments. If you become relevant for this, you will receive clear information and the opportunity to provide your consent before the check is carried out. The Social Services Department is responsible for child and family care, elderly care, and care for people with disabilities. We work preventively with support, services, and authority exercises for children, young people, families, adults, seniors, and people with disabilities. Our mission is to increase individuals' conditions to live under the best possible living conditions and to strengthen individuals to live an independent life. We are a social service that is at the forefront of prevention work and in the transition to an even more accessible and knowledge-based social service. 1 position(s). Do you have a passion for supporting users toward strategies for increased independence? Look here! About the workplace Housing support spans the entire municipality and we are therefore organized into four different area groups throughout Huddinge - Vårby/Masmo, Skogås/Trångsund, Flemingsberg/Visättra, and Other Huddinge. Staff work from their main work area but also cover other areas as needed. Work in the different area groups is conducted closely to offer users the most qualitative support possible. Daily planning is done in consultation between supervisors and employees, with great opportunities for participation and influence. Services operate Monday-Sunday and support should be available between 07-22. Most work shifts are currently scheduled within the 10-20 timeframe. Weekend duty occurs. Our operations are growing rapidly and we are now seeking a new support assistant who wants to join us on this journey and who is able to start work immediately. We are a wonderful and dedicated team passionate about providing our users with the absolute highest quality support. About the work Housing support is a practical, pedagogical, and social service provided in the individual's own home and carried out together with the user. The purpose is to strengthen the user's ability to manage daily life, increase independence, and enable continued living in their own home as well as a functioning everyday life connected to the home. Support is tailored individually based on the user's abilities and may include motivation, social training, accompaniment, and lighter practical support depending on needs. The service is based on voluntariness and work is conducted according to established goals in the implementation plan made together with the user based on a public authority assignment. The target group for this service is adults covered by one of the person groups in LSS, where many of our users have neurodevelopmental disabilities, or are over 65 years old with a mental disability. About you Required qualifications: We are seeking someone with relevant upper secondary education in either healthcare and care or with a pedagogical focus. You must have at least one year of experience with the target group of high-functioning autism and/or within social psychiatry. You must be proficient in Swedish, both spoken and written. You have good technical skills in computer and mobile use and good knowledge of social documentation in work with implementation plans and record-keeping. Meritorious: You need to be skilled at building relationships and have a responsive and compliant approach. You have good pedagogical abilities and can work in a motivating manner. Since we are the user's support in creating and maintaining various authority contacts, you also need to have good knowledge of society's various support services. Previous work within housing support services and with skills assessment is considered highly meritorious. You have a genuine interest in the field and will contribute your own ideas to develop our operations. Why Huddinge? To carry out our mission, you as an employee in Huddinge Municipality are the most important resource we have. Therefore, we offer a range of benefits for a sustainable working life and to facilitate your daily life: https://www.huddinge.se/arbete-och-karriar/arbeta-i-huddinge-kommun/#Formaner Trade union contact person For the trade union contact person for this position, see Trade union contact information (https://www.huddinge.se/arbete-och-karriar/ledigajobb/facklig-kontaktinformation/) Information For questions about the position, please contact: Lovisa Gauffin Unit Manager: [email protected] Viviana Silveria Rodriguez Supervisor: [email protected] To handle all applications in the best way, we ask you to apply directly through our advertised positions. We do not accept unsolicited applications via email. Huddinge Municipality practices competence-based recruitment aimed at recognizing each person's competence and thus preventing discrimination. As part of this recruitment process, we conduct language tests. If you advance in our selection process, you will receive more information about this. For this position, you must be able to provide a valid extract from the criminal record before employment can begin. Welcome with your application! Employment type: Permanent position. Duration: Permanent.