Support Assistants for Children's Residential Care - LSS

Malmö kommun · Full-time

Malmö stad August Palms plats 1, Malmö, Sweden

Ref: 20261763 Job Responsibilities Your task is to support, activate, and guide individuals during their stay. Together with other staff, you are responsible for planning, implementing, documenting, and evaluating activities. The overarching goal is to keep the user's needs at the center and to continuously adapt the content so it is meaningful for the user. You help create conditions for users' stays through activities and opportunities for social contact. As a support assistant, your task is to fulfill the goals in the LSS plan regarding self-determination, participation, and integrity for each individual user. You perform daily and planned support services based on the user's individual needs and wishes in accordance with LSS. Examples of tools for this include creating implementation plans, other documentation, and evidence-based methods. You should contribute to creating a meaningful and secure stay where activities are shaped according to users' specific strengths, interests, and needs. Care work is included. Qualifications We are looking for you with a professional degree from a health and care program, children and leisure program, or other equivalent education that the employer considers equivalent. Experience working with people with autism and/or clarifying pedagogy for at least 1 year is required. Experience working within LSS for at least 1 year is required. A B-class driver's license for manual transmission is a requirement, as well as the ability to express yourself well in both speech and writing in Swedish. Swimming proficiency is a merit as this is a regular activity at the residence. Experience with social documentation and MarteMeo, as well as previous work with children with disabilities, is advantageous. Great importance is placed on personal suitability. In the position, you will support young people with disabilities who demonstrate high sensitivity and therefore require a high level of attentiveness to their needs to feel well. You should thus have a low-affect approach and understand challenging behavior. About the Workplace Children's residences are directed at children and young people granted permanent housing according to LSS §9:8. All users have an autism diagnosis, and challenging behavior occurs in daily work. Users have varying needs, interests, and wishes. Services and activities are guided by need and are carried out individually with each user or together with other users in groups. In the Disability Support Administration, just over 3,000 employees work together to create and develop even better support and services for people with disabilities. Our operations are within LSS, social psychiatry, personal assistance, companions and respite care, and health and medical care. Seriously ill children cared for at home are also part of our assignment. We work for everyone's right to good health, opportunity for work and activities, and the ability to participate in society based on their circumstances. Help us create a meaningful and good life for Malmö residents with mental, intellectual, or physical disabilities! Malmö City's operations are organized into 14 administrations. Our common mission is to create welfare and sustainable societal development. Together with Malmö residents, we develop an even better city to live, work, and be in; diversity, life experiences, and talents make Malmö a smart city in the heart of Europe. The world's knowledge is here. Read about Malmö City as an employer here https://malmo.se/Jobb.html Job Information Employment type: Permanent with placement at Kvarnbacken Children's Residential Care LSS Scope: Full-time, duty on rotating schedule every other weekend Number of positions: 7 + 3 temporary positions for 6 months with possibility of extension Start date: As soon as possible but by agreement Continuous recruitment Other Note that Malmö City has removed the personal letter from the application process and replaced it with selection questions for a more inclusive recruitment process and an efficient candidate experience for you as a job seeker with us. Your answers will be an important part of our selection process. Before an employment offer, an extract from the police criminal record must be presented together with valid photo ID. Malmö City strives for employees to represent the diversity that exists in our city. 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