Support Assistants, Eastern Region, Disability Care

Disability Care Services in Umeå Municipality strives to be a resource that, through proximity and collaboration, unlocks and strengthens people's ability to live independent lives. Our operations are beautifully located in the newly built Tomtebogård area near Nydalasjön. An area that offers opportunities for activities year-round such as outdoor gym, summer café, swimming area, ski trails, mini golf, fishing, and much more. We are now seeking several support assistants to join our team, working together to provide our service users with a safe home environment and a meaningful life. With us, you will have many colleagues around you, so it's an advantage if you thrive in a larger group. For us, it's important that we have fun together, support each other, and look forward to both the workday and the challenges and opportunities it may offer. Your Work Tasks In your work, you will guide and support people with physical, mental, and intellectual disabilities in their daily lives. You will work to help the individual participate in a functioning everyday life and have meaningful leisure time and/or activities. The work includes hygiene and care tasks, heavy lifting and transfers, as well as common household chores such as cleaning, laundry, and cooking. Your work will require excellent attention to detail. You will support service users in various activities such as exercise, swimming, cinema visits, and playing games. In your role, you will daily plan, implement, document, follow up, and evaluate interventions both independently and in collaboration with others. This places high demands on your administrative skills and your ability to plan and organize work. You also need to feel comfortable working with computers, as it is a natural part of the work tasks. You are also expected to be involved in creating and establishing structure and routines in the operations and then actively work to prevent the risk of challenging behavior, while remaining flexible, thinking on your feet, and handling unexpected situations. Work hours are scheduled for day/evening shifts and every other weekend. Coordination meetings with other operations occur. - Heavy lifting occurs; transfer aids must be used. - A cat occasionally visits the workplace, so you should not have allergies. About You You have a strong ability to collaborate, and it is of utmost importance that you have a professional approach toward service users and other people in our users' networks. You are pedagogical, engaged, and willing to share our values and work toward established goals as well as work with continuous improvements. You are driven by a desire to see development and change and work accordingly. Your work style is characterized by flexibility, consistency, and security. You should have great patience and be able to work toward long-term goals without losing focus. In order to communicate with service users and their networks, write and access care documentation, and receive medication delegation, you must have good knowledge of the Swedish language, both spoken and written. You need to be able to communicate clearly and directly with service users while standing firm on decisions that have been made. Sometimes the pace can be high, so it is important that you can remain calm, manage stress well, and think quickly when needed. In this position, it is of utmost importance that you are solution-oriented and do not get stuck in situations. You should also have a positive view of challenges and enjoy working with them. Great weight will be placed on personal suitability. Requirements: Care and health program, children and leisure program, social worker program, or other education deemed equivalent by the employer Experience working in care and health services, such as in LSS housing or social psychiatry Meritorious: Experience in pedagogical work Experience working with people with autism Experience working with people with self-harming behavior Experience with low-intensity support when managing challenging behavior Other Two permanent positions, full-time, starting as soon as possible by agreement. Two temporary positions, full-time, starting as soon as possible until January 31, 2026. To ensure that candidates called for interview are those who best meet the requirements and qualifications for the position, we use screening questions. The questions are designed based on these requirements and qualifications. It is therefore important that you answer the questions thoroughly and that the competence you state is supported by information in your CV. Incomplete or insufficient answers may result in your application not moving forward in the process. NOTE! Do you have protected personal information? Please contact Recruitment Support at 090-16 10 99 or at [email protected], and they will help you with a secure application process. Before an employment offer, we ask you to provide an excerpt from the police criminal record. This is done as a final step in the recruitment process. Welcome with your application! Follow Umeå Municipality on LinkedIn! About Umeå Municipality Umeå Municipality is the region's largest employer with over 13,000 important employees. Our organization is divided into nine departments, and together we work to ensure that Umeå grows with care. Our values are based on citizen focus, openness, trust, and continuous improvements. Working with us, you will be involved in socially important assignments where you contribute to Umeå remaining safe, secure, and enjoyable. Umeå is Northern Sweden's largest city with a rich array of experiences and opportunities. We are an association and cultural city that offers a richer life outside of work as well. Here you can learn what it is like to live and work in Umeå: Move - Umeå Municipality We are growing and perhaps we're looking for just you? Do you want more? We offer fair terms, good benefits, and excellent development opportunities for lifelong learning, as well as work that is important for all those who live and work here. We look forward to hearing from you.

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