Support Assistant for Residential Support in southwestern Gothenburg - Temporary Position

GÖTEBORGS KOMMUN · Full-time

Göteborgs Stad, Göteborg, Sweden

About the job As a support assistant in the Residential Support service, you will provide support, service, and care to adults with mental, intellectual, and neuropsychological disabilities. Support is provided across all areas of life and typically takes place in the individual's home. This position is a temporary contract running from 1/12-2026 to 30/11 2027. The assignment aims to motivate and strengthen each person's own resources. Support is based on implementation plans created together with service users. The work includes assisting our service users with all household tasks, contacts with authorities, and guiding and showing them local venues while supporting them in meaningful leisure activities or employment. Daily work involves collaboration with colleagues within the unit and with important contacts outside the home, as well as social documentation and delegated healthcare tasks. The work includes independent work, providing support in service users' homes. You will receive support through a support pedagogue and through team meetings. The position is primarily based during daytime hours, may include occasional evenings according to the employment agreement, and the working time is 40 hours per week. Working hours according to the needs of the service and time distribution in dialogue with colleagues and management at the unit. If you have allergies, it's good to know that pets and dusty environments are frequently present in residential support work. About you We are looking for you who have qualifications from the Care and Healthcare Program, Support Assistant training, or Children and Leisure Program with a focus on social or educational work. The education requirement is also met if you have post-secondary specialization in the disability field comprising at least 200 vocational school credits, 120 university credits, or a combination of the two equivalent to at least four semesters of full-time studies. Alternatively, 60 university credits and at least two years of experience working with support and services for people with disabilities. The education should include relevant credits in behavioral science, pedagogy, psychology, social work, and (psychiatric) care or other education that the employer deems equivalent. All social documentation is done digitally, so you need to have good computer skills. You need to master the Swedish language in speech and writing, which means a requirement for passed grades in Swedish 1, Swedish as a Second Language 1, or equivalent. If you do not meet the language qualifications, you may be offered to take a language test through EducateIt. Driver's license B is required based on the unit's need to travel by car to outlying areas within the unit's area of responsibility. The position also requires that you are independent and able to work alone. If you also have experience with any of the following methods: AAC (Alternative and Augmentative Communication), LAB (Low-Arousal Approach), Motivational Interviewing, or ESL (An Independent Life) and Clarifying Pedagogy, IBIC (Individual Needs in Focus), this would be to your advantage. It is also advantageous if you have previous experience working within the Department for Functional Support. You show respect for everyone you meet at work. You work to ensure that service users get what they need. You take responsibility for your own and shared work tasks with the service's/service users' best interests in focus. You listen to other people to understand their needs. You actively seek others' views and perspectives and are receptive to them by showing respect, consideration, and care. You gain energy from contributing to others' learning and you create conditions for learning to occur. You establish clear goals and plan activities and projects with good planning. You use time effectively and work systematically, organizationally, and methodically. Other information Selection and interviews may commence during the application period. In this recruitment, you will be asked to answer a number of questions where you describe your knowledge in the field instead of sending a cover letter. Gothenburg City actively works to promote equal rights and opportunities and prevent discrimination. As an employee in the Department for Functional Support, we offer you: - Secure employment with good employment conditions - Full-time with the possibility of part-time - Induction for new employees - Skills development - Wellness allowance, bicycle allowance, and other discounts and offers Before a possible job offer, you must present an unopened certificate from the Police's criminal record register. You are responsible for ordering the certificate via the Police website: https://polisen.se/tjanster-tillstand/belastningsregistret/arbete-i-hemmet-med-aldre-och-personer-med-funktionsnedsattning-e-tjanst/ We only accept applications through our recruitment system in accordance with GDPR. If you have protected personal information, you should NOT apply through the system but contact the responsible recruiting manager for handling your application. To those representing staffing and recruitment companies: For this recruitment, we have chosen recruitment channels and do not wish to receive offers of competence brokering, advertising, or recruitment assistance. Gothenburg City applies individual and differentiated salary setting. Here you can find more information about salary statistics, among other things: https://goteborg.se/wps/portal/start/jobba-i-goteborgs-stad/sa-ar-det-att-jobba-hos-oss/formaner-och-lon About us We are all different. We are also equal and have the same right to a safe home, meaningful employment, and feeling valued. With the right conditions, we can grow, develop, and participate in society on our own terms. Within the Department for Functional Support, we provide support, service, and care to children and adults with disabilities and create opportunities for them to live a good and independent life, like everyone else. With 6,200 committed employees, we are Sweden's largest functional support administration. We work in, among other things, residential homes with special services, day activities, residential support, personal assistance, and children's and short-term housing. Would you like to contribute to a more inclusive society? Welcome to us! You are Gothenburg