Support Assistant at Robertshöjdsgatan Residential Facility with Special Services

GÖTEBORGS KOMMUN · Full-time

Göteborgs Stad, Göteborg, Sweden

Job Duties We are now seeking a support assistant for Carl Grimbergsgatans residential facility with special services! We are currently located at Robertshöjdsgatan but will move back to Carl Grimbergsgatan in the future. We have 12 residents. Our target group is primarily adults with varying intellectual disabilities and diagnoses within neuropsychiatry/psychiatry as well as social psychiatry. As a support assistant, you will support residents in their daily lives to create participation and the opportunity to influence decisions and services. Your task is to work with your colleagues to create a residential service where we promote self-determination, participation, and where residents are inspired and motivated to use, challenge, and develop their abilities. You collaborate with legal guardians, social workers, family members, and healthcare providers, and handle social documentation and medication administration according to delegation. We work according to evidence-based methods such as ESL, MI, LAB, and clarifying pedagogy. Your role as a support assistant includes serving as a contact person, which means you have expanded responsibility for one or more residents. This includes developing individually adapted work approaches, social documentation, and collaborating within the professional network around the resident. A support educator at the facility is available to assist you in this work. Together we do important and meaningful work that makes a difference in people's lives. The job duties also include medication management according to delegation and common household tasks such as cooking, laundry, and cleaning. Qualifications We are seeking someone with a diploma from the Healthcare and Care Program, support assistant training, or the Children and Leisure Program with a focus on social or pedagogical work. The education requirement is also met if you have post-secondary specialization within the disability field comprising at least 200 vocational points, 120 higher education credits, or a combination equivalent to at least four full-time semesters of study. Alternatively, 60 higher education 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. Communication is an important part of the work, which requires that you have passed Swedish 1 or Swedish as a Second Language 1. If you do not meet the qualification requirements, you may be offered to take a language test through the test provider Educateit. We consider it meritorious if you have worked with methods such as MI (motivational interviewing), ESL (a self-directed life), and LAB (low-arousal approach). You can adapt how you work when things change. You can quickly shift your perspective and approach and see opportunities in change. You are attentive and open to understanding other people's needs, feelings, and opinions. You are receptive to what others say or express and show respect, consideration, and care in your interactions. You are friendly and helpful to other people even in stressful situations. You work to ensure that the user gets what that person needs. You can see your work as part of a larger context and understand how it affects and is affected by other parts of the organization. You take into account different sources of information and perspectives and can adapt others' ideas to your own activities. Other Information Selection and interviews may take place on an ongoing basis. In this recruitment, you will answer a number of questions where you can describe your knowledge in the field instead of submitting a personal letter. Gothenburg City works actively to promote equal rights and opportunities and to counteract discrimination. As an employee in the Disability Support Administration, we offer you: - Secure employment with good employment terms - Full-time with the possibility of part-time - Onboarding for new employees - Professional development - Wellness contribution, bicycle allowance, and other discounts and offers For a potential employment offer, you must provide an unopened extract from the Police's criminal record register. You are responsible for ordering the extract via the Police website: https://polisen.se/tjanster-tillstand/belastningsregistret/arbete-i-hemmet-med-aldre-och-personer-med-funktionsnedsattning-e-tjanst/ Gothenburg City applies individual and differentiated salary setting. More information about salary, compensation, and benefits is available at Gothenburg City Salary, compensation and benefits - Gothenburg City We only accept applications through our recruitment system in accordance with GDPR. If you have protected personal data, you should NOT apply through the system but contact the responsible recruiting manager for handling of your application. Filling the position is contingent upon the position not being needed within the administration or the city's transformation efforts. To those representing staffing and recruitment companies: For this recruitment, we have selected recruitment channels and do not wish to receive offers for skills mediation, advertising, or recruitment assistance. We warmly welcome your application! About Us We are all different. We are also equal and have the same right to a secure home, meaningful activities, and to feel valuable. With the right conditions, we can grow, develop, and participate in society on our own terms. Within the Disability Support Administration, we provide support, services, and care to children and adults with disabilities and create the opportunity for them to live a good and independent life, like everyone else. With 6,200 committed employees, we are Sweden's largest disability support administration. We work, among other things, with residential facilities with special services, day activities, residential support, personal assistance, and child and short-term residential facilities. Do you want to help create a more inclusive society? Welcome to us! You are Gothenburg