Description:
Are you looking for meaningful work? With us, you'll find a position as an Educational Support Specialist where your contribution truly makes a difference! We look forward to your application! About the Workplace Within personal assistance in the Care and Social Services Administration, we provide support to 17 individuals. As an Educational Support Specialist, you will primarily work in their homes and contribute to developing the pedagogical approach within the organization. This role is new within personal assistance, which provides an opportunity to work together with four unit managers to shape and develop the assignment. What We Offer We offer you varied, responsible, and stimulating work with opportunities for personal development. The workplace is smoke-free and health-conscious. As an employee, you receive a wellness allowance of 3000 SEK per year. Job Duties Work as an Educational Support Specialist involves close collaboration with the individual and often includes developing, evaluating, and following up on support measures as well as coaching colleagues. You seek, gather, and disseminate knowledge about pedagogical methods and approaches that promote the individual's ability to be independent and participatory, based on scientific evidence and proven experience. As an Educational Support Specialist, you play a central role in pedagogical work and ensure that measures outlined in implementation plans are planned, executed, evaluated, and developed according to need. The work also involves having an overview and providing support to contact supervisors by ensuring that developed, decided, and appropriate procedures are documented, followed, and updated. You participate in a network with other Educational Support Specialists to exchange knowledge and experience. Qualifications We seek someone with post-secondary education comprising at least a degree from a University College with 200 YH credits or 60 higher education credits where the education or courses have had a clear focus on disability services or psychiatric or socio-psychiatric areas. To succeed in this role, you must have worked as an Educational Support Specialist and have experience with pedagogical work with individuals who do not have the ability to express themselves verbally. You also need knowledge and experience in clarifying work methodology as well as development and improvement work in accordance with the intentions of LSS legislation. The work also requires basic computer skills and documentation experience. If you have previous experience working with personal assistance, we see this as an advantage. Your Personal Qualities Matter to Us We seek someone with a genuine interest in working with people and who always takes the individual's needs as a starting point. You are solution-focused, flexible, and enjoy working in a team. Furthermore, you have a professional and reflective approach and a strong ability to collaborate with individuals who receive personal assistance, their relatives, and other professionals. Working for Helsingborg City Do you want to help create a better city together with Helsingborg's residents? Then you should work for Helsingborg City. Here you can use your creativity and drive to make life easier and safer for our residents, visitors, and business community. Together with curious and helpful colleagues, you make a difference in people's lives, both today and in the future. A good job today, a better city tomorrow. Care and Social Services Administration At the Care and Social Services Administration, we work with people. Real people. People who, just like you, live their lives. We are approximately 4500 employees - from nursing assistants, support assistants, nurses, physiotherapists, and occupational therapists to economists, investigators, and welfare officers who in various ways contribute to ensuring that the city's elderly and people with disabilities can live a rich and independent life. You can read more about what it's like to work in the city here: https://vardochomsorg.helsingborg.se/jobba-hos-oss/ Other Information Continuous selection is taking place and the position may be filled before the final application deadline. Trial employment may be relevant for this position. Final Application Deadline: 2026-08-30 Start Date: As soon as possible or by agreement Helsingborg City works against discrimination and to promote equal rights and opportunities for all people. Applicants regardless of background are welcome to apply to Helsingborg City. To quality assure the recruitment process at Helsingborg City, we use the recruitment tool ReachMee. Therefore, we ask you to submit your application via ReachMee by clicking the application link in the ad. Before employment at the Care and Social Services Administration, we request that you provide a valid excerpt in an unopened envelope from the police's criminal record register. You can already order a criminal record now to expedite the recruitment process: https://polisen.se/tjanster-tillstand/belastningsregistret/ Before employment, we will conduct a citizenship check. You will need to present a passport, national ID card, or certificate of identity. If you are not a citizen of Sweden, the EU, EEA, or Switzerland, you must also provide proof of a valid work permit or that you are exempt from the obligation to have a work permit according to the Aliens Ordinance, Chapter 6, Section 13a. The position is filled on the condition that the position does not need to be used for already permanently employed staff. If you are applying for a job and have protected personal data, you should contact the recruiting manager mentioned in the ad who will guide you further for a secure application process. You should not apply digitally via the application link. Union Representatives https://intranat.helsingborg.se/hr/samverkan-och-delaktighet/fackliga-foretradare/ Since we have already taken a position on the recruitment channels we wish to use for this recruitment, we kindly but firmly request not to be contacted for further offers of competency mediation, advertising, and recruitment assistance.
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Overview
- Type
- job
- Status
- active
- Visibility
- public
- City
- Helsingborg
- Address
- Carl Westmans allé 5
- GPS
- 56.0735795, 12.7838657
- Phone
- Published
- 5. 8. 2026
- Edited
- 16. 8. 2026