Support Assistant to Grocery Store within Daily Activity Services

Gävle kommun · Full-time

Drottninggatan 22, Gävle, Sweden

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 workplace of trust where you can develop in your work and grow as a person. Welcome with your application! The target group consists of adults with intellectual disabilities (ID) and individuals with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) who have decisions for daily activity services according to the Act on Support and Services for Persons with Certain Disabilities (LSS). 1 position(s). WORK TASKS As a support assistant in a grocery store in Gävle, your primary task is to, through a pedagogical and supportive approach, guide, plan and create conditions for the service users' work in the store. Together with the service users, you contribute to creating added value and excellence in the operations, while also supporting the store's regular staff. Work tasks include: • Introduce and support the service user in work tasks such as unpacking goods, facing merchandise, cleaning shelves, and other tasks that occur in the store. • Adapt communication, approach and working methods based on the service user's daily condition and current needs. • Create conditions for the service user's participation, development and independence in the work. • Work independently with service users and make decisions within the scope of the assignment. • Maintain good cooperation with store staff to create added value in the operations. • Collaborate with colleagues, relatives and other professionals to ensure individualized support of high quality. • Document continuously according to applicable guidelines and procedures. • Establish, follow up and revise individual implementation plans. QUALIFICATIONS Formal competencies: • Care and nursing program, Child and leisure program with social work focus, Support Assistant or Support Educator education • Category B driver's license and good driving experience. • Good knowledge of the target group and at least two years of work experience working with people with intellectual disabilities (ID) and/or autism spectrum disorder (ASD). • Experience documenting in digital documentation systems. • Good knowledge of the Swedish language, both spoken and written. If you have experience in retail work, it is a merit for the position. To succeed in the role, you are: • A confident and relationship-building person who finds it easy to create trusting collaborations with service users, colleagues and store staff. • You have a coaching and pedagogical approach where you motivate, guide and support individuals based on their conditions and needs. • Independent and confident in planning, prioritizing and carrying out the work on your own together with the service users. • Solution-oriented and see possibilities even when conditions change. • The work also requires that you are flexible and can adapt your working methods based on the needs of the operations and individuals, while contributing to structure, security and participation in everyday life. Employment form: Permanent employment. Duration: Ongoing, start date: Start date by agreement. Working hours: Evening shift. We offer you You are important to us! As an employee at Gävle Municipality, you have • generous vacation benefits and as a new employee, you also have the right to paid vacation during your first year of employment • compensation for wellness and exercise when you have been employed for more than three months • several different types of insurance through our collective agreements, for example sick leave insurance and occupational injury insurance. Read more about our benefits here: https://www.gavle.se/formaner Our values Quality, conduct and cooperation are the most important success factors for solving our mission in the best way. To do the right things and act wisely in our daily lives, it is important that we base ourselves on our jointly stated values. Read more about us as an employer and what it is like to work at Gävle Municipality here: https://www.gavle.se/jobbahososs Here you can read more about our organization: https://www.gavle.se/organisation Gävle Municipality is part of the Finnish administrative area. If you therefore speak Finnish in addition to our other competence requirements, it may be a merit. Information to recruitment consultants and advertising sellers: We decline all contact regarding advertising and recruitment services.