Support Assistant for Group Home - LSS

Trelleborgs kommun · Full-time

Östergatan 71, Trelleborg, Sweden

At Trelleborg, we work together for a growing successful municipality where life is good. Our 61 villages and 21 city districts are creative meeting places that bubble with life. Here we want things, talk about them, and come just as we are. This means we welcome others in the same generous and curious way. Welcome to join the journey! The Social Services Department's mission is to work with social services and provide support so that everyone in the municipality feels secure and has equal opportunities in life. We want everyone to be able to be active and participate in society. With a focus on respect for the individual's right to determine their own life, we are responsible for three important areas: healthcare and care, support for people with disabilities, and assistance for individuals and families. Our goal is for everyone to receive the support and care they need. Since everything Trelleborg municipality does is based on our core values of openness, respect, and responsibility, it is important and decisive that these values are just as obvious to you as they are to us in our work. The Workplace Within the Functional Support Department there are group homes, daily activities, children's and youth housing, as well as short-term and leisure activities conducted according to the Act on Support and Service (LSS) and relevant authority decisions for individual users. The department also includes sociopsychiatric activities conducted according to the Social Services Act (SoL). Our workplaces are located both in Trelleborg city and the urban area, as well as some activities in the municipality's villages and countryside. At all workplaces you will be welcomed by good colleagues and offered internal skills development based on the workplace's and your needs. As an employee, you also have the opportunity to benefit from municipality-wide benefits. For this position, the target group is client group 1 within LSS, which includes people with intellectual disabilities and autism. Your placement will be at Lyckebo, a group home located just outside Trelleborg's urban area. The easiest way to commute to and from work is by car. Job Responsibilities As a support assistant, you have an important role in providing support and services to users based on individual needs, with a focus on independence, self-determination, and participation. Work is based on relevant authority decisions and an established implementation plan, and you work to create security and quality of life through low-key interaction, structure, clear pedagogy, and good communication. In your daily work as a support assistant, you provide guidance and support to users in their everyday lives using a pedagogical and practical approach. Using the users' implementation plans as a starting point, you work to establish, implement, and follow up on goals and achieve the highest possible quality and participation for the user in daily life. Support includes assistance with care/hygiene, cooking and skills training, as well as leisure activities such as bowling, dancing, and other activities that are important to the user. The foundation of the work is good and clear communication and good interaction. You work to create calm and security for users in various situations they encounter in their everyday lives. You are also a support and create conditions for good contact with family, healthcare, and other important contacts for each user. You collaborate primarily with other support assistants, support educators, and management to continuously develop the activities and achieve set goals. Do you want to be part of the journey of providing support and services to users in daily work to achieve LSS goals? Then we want you to apply for one of these positions! Qualifications To be suitable for this role, you need to have a secondary school or vocational diploma from a healthcare and care program, children's and leisure program, or equivalent education that the employer considers equivalent. You have at least one year of cumulative professional experience working with and supporting people with disabilities. You also have good computer skills and the ability to understand and write social documentation in Swedish. You also need good physical ability to perform and support activities with users. You need at least a category B driver's license for manual transmission vehicles as the work requires driving as part of the job. It is a merit if you have experience and competence in any of the following areas: planning, implementing, and following up activities for users/patients; work with clear pedagogy; challenging behavior and TAKK. Personal qualities that we consider important for the position are the following. You are stable and confident in yourself, attentive to the user's needs, and take responsibility and cooperate well with everyone you meet. You easily follow and adapt to changed circumstances and see opportunities rather than obstacles in situations that arise. You use your curiosity and learning to continually improve daily life for our users. Security Requirements: Before an employment offer, you must provide an acceptable extract from the police register of criminal records along with identity documents. We offer meaningful and developmental work where you have the opportunity to make a difference in people's lives. If you are an engaged and responsible person who wants to work with support and care, then this is a role for you! Working Hours Permanent rolling schedule day, evening, weekend (38.15 h/week). Other Information We may call candidates for interviews during the application period. Wage Statistics: https://www.trelleborg.se/naringsliv-arbete/jobba-hos-oss/lonestatistik/ Trade Union Contacts: www.trelleborg.se/facket Please note that we have removed the personal letter from the application process and replaced it with qualification and selection questions. This is for a more inclusive recruitment process and an efficient candidate experience for you as a job seeker. Your answers will be an important part of our selection process. In preparing the recruitment process, Trelleborg municipality has carefully considered recruitment channels and marketing. We therefore firmly decline contact from media sales, recruitment sites, and similar.