Support Assistant to Linden, Day Activity Program

Do you want to help make Gävle even better with us? At Gävle Municipality, we work together with dedication to provide our residents with a safe and inspiring environment. We offer you a trusting workplace where you can develop in your work and grow as a person. Welcome with your application! Linden is one of our groups within the Day Activity Program. At Linden, you will meet adults with moderate to severe intellectual disabilities, in combination with multiple disabilities who have a decision for day activity services under the Act on Support and Services for Persons with Certain Disabilities (LSS). At Linden, there are activity rooms specially designed to stimulate all senses. There are rooms for both relaxation and activity. Linden's day activity program is located in a residential area in the Söder district. 2 position(s). JOB RESPONSIBILITIES At Linden, you will meet adults with moderate to severe intellectual disabilities, in combination with multiple disabilities. Linden is an activity with a strong educational purpose. You will work in an environment where the noise level is sometimes high, the pace varies, and where you constantly meet both service users, colleagues, and personal assistants. • As a support assistant, you are a key person in creating a meaningful day for each individual. • Your main task is to ensure that service users receive the right support and opportunity to develop according to their individual circumstances. Through individually and group-adapted activities, you contribute to strengthening their independence, participation, and development. • You participate in and lead activities such as sensory stimulation, music, massage, outdoor activities, and creative work. • You work both individually and in groups, and you are confident in leading and inspiring. • The work includes personal care and manual transfers, which means you need to be comfortable with work that is sometimes physically demanding. • Within the Day Activity Program, we actively work with service user participation and our work is based on a pedagogical approach and working method (PFA) that clarifies and adapts work tasks according to each individual person. • You should be able to work independently based on objectives, guidelines, activities, and individual implementation plans. Together with a colleague or individually, you are responsible for planning, implementation, evaluation, and development of the activities. • The work is based on a structured working method and in your approach you work to meet the service user at their level. In our activities, you work with the service user at the center by creating a safe and developing environment at the workplace with you and your colleagues. QUALIFICATIONS Formal Competencies • We are looking for someone with a degree from a care and nursing program, a child and leisure program with a focus on social work, support assistant education, or other vocational education at upper secondary level targeting this user group. • You have good knowledge of and experience working within LSS and at least two years of experience working with this target group. • Experience with documentation within LSS, social records, and implementation plans. • You have the ability to express yourself well in Swedish, both in speech and writing. • B-class driving license. Meritorious for the position is ergonomic knowledge, preferably in transfer techniques. To succeed in the role • You have strong commitment to this user group. • You work well with others while taking your own initiatives and driving your work forward. In collaboration with colleagues and other actors, you have an unpretentious approach. • You inspire confidence and build trust in interactions with others. • You are creative, flexible, and solution-oriented, with good ability to handle situations that arise in everyday life. You adapt to different circumstances and easily change your perspective when the situation requires it. • You see opportunities in changes and actively contribute to development and improvement. We believe that the right personality makes a big difference, so your personal qualities are important to us. Employment type: Permanent employment. Duration: Until further notice, start date: According to agreement. Working hours: Daytime. To ensure quality in the recruitment process at Gävle Municipality and enable good communication with our applicants, we ask you to submit your application digitally via Visma Recruit, not by email or in paper format. If you have a protected identity, please contact the recruiting manager and do not submit your application digitally. If you are applying for a part-time position with us, there is a decision within Gävle Municipality that means that as a permanent employee you can request that you want to work full-time. Such a request may mean that you may need to perform other work tasks than your usual ones. Gävle Municipality is part of the Finnish administrative area. If you, in addition to our other competency requirements, also speak Finnish, this can be a merit. In preparation for the recruitment process, Gävle Municipality has taken a position on recruitment channels and marketing. We therefore firmly decline contact from media sales representatives, recruitment sites, and similar.

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