In Trelleborg, we work together for a growing successful municipality where life is good.
Our 61 villages and 21 city districts are creative meeting places that bubble with life. Here we want things, talk about them and come just as we are. This means we welcome others in the same generous and curious way.
Welcome to join the journey!
The Social Services Department's mission is to work with social services and provide support so that everyone in the municipality feels secure and has the same opportunities in life. We want everyone to be able to be active and participate in society. With a focus on respect for the individual's right to determine their own life, we are responsible for three important areas: care and support, support for people with disabilities, and assistance to individuals and families. Our goal is that everyone should receive the support and care they need.
Since everything Trelleborg Municipality does is based on our core values of openness, respect and responsibility, it is important and decisive that these values are just as self-evident to you as they are to us in our work.
The Workplace
Within the Functional Support Department, there are group homes, daily activities, youth housing, as well as short-term and leisure activities conducted in accordance with the Act on Support and Service (LSS) and relevant government decisions for the individual user. The department also includes socio-psychiatric activities conducted in accordance with the Social Services Act (SoL).
Our workplaces are located both in Trelleborg city and in the urban area, and some activities are located in the municipality's villages and countryside.
At all workplaces you will be welcomed by good colleagues and offered internal skills development based on the workplace's and your needs. In addition, as an employee you are given the opportunity to benefit from municipality-wide benefits.
For this position, the target group is category 1 within LSS, which includes people with intellectual disabilities and autism. Your placement will be at Lyckebo, a group home, located just outside Trelleborg's urban area. You can most easily get to and from the workplace with your own car.
Job Responsibilities
As a support assistant, you play an important role in providing support and services to users according to individual needs, with a focus on independence, self-determination and participation. The work is based on relevant government decisions and an established implementation plan, and you work to create security and quality of life through low-key interaction, structure, clear pedagogy and good communication.
In your daily work as a support assistant, you provide support and guidance to users in their daily lives using a pedagogical and practical approach. With the users' implementation plans as a starting point, you work to establish, implement and follow up on goals and realize the highest possible quality and participation for the user in everyday life. Support includes assistance with care/hygiene, cooking and skills training, as well as leisure activities such as bowling, dancing and other activities that are important to the user.
The foundation of the work is good and clear communication and good interaction. You work to create a calm and secure environment for users in various situations they encounter in their daily lives. Furthermore, you provide support and create conditions for good contact with relatives, healthcare and other contacts that are important for each user. You collaborate primarily with other support assistants, support educators and management to continually develop the activities and achieve set goals.
Do you want to be part of the journey of providing daily support and services to users to achieve the goals of LSS? Then we want you to apply for one of these positions!
Qualifications
To be suitable for this role, you need to have a high school or vocational diploma from a care and welfare program, children's and leisure program or other equivalent education that the employer considers equivalent. You have at least one year of combined professional experience meeting and supporting people with disabilities. Furthermore, you have good computer skills and the ability to access and write social documentation in Swedish. You also need good physical ability to carry out and support activities with users. You need at least a category B driving license for manual transmission vehicles as the work requires driving as part of your duties.
It is an advantage if you have experience and expertise in one of the following areas: planning, implementing and following up activities with users/clients; work with clear pedagogy; challenging behavior and TAKK.
Personal qualities that we consider important for this position are the following.
You are stable and confident in yourself, responsive to the user's needs and take responsibility and collaborate well with everyone you meet. You find it easy to follow and adapt to changed circumstances and see opportunities rather than obstacles in situations that arise. You use your curiosity and lessons learned to continually improve daily life for our users.
Security Requirements: Before a job offer, you must provide an acceptable extract from the police criminal record register along with identity documents.
We offer meaningful and developmental work where you get the opportunity to make a difference in people's lives. If you are an engaged and responsible person who wants to work with support and care, then this is a role for you!
Working Hours
Permanent rolling schedule days, evenings, weekends (38.15 hours/week).
Other
We may call interviews during the application period.
Wage statistics: https://www.trelleborg.se/naringsliv-arbete/jobba-hos-oss/lonestatistik/
Union contacts: www.trelleborg.se/facket
Please note that we have removed the personal letter from the application process and replaced it with qualification and selection questions. This is for a more inclusive recruitment process and an efficient candidate experience for you applying for a job with us. Your answers will be an important part of our selection process.
In preparation for the recruitment work, Trelleborg Municipality has carefully taken a position on recruitment channels and marketing. We therefore firmly request no contact with media sellers, recruitment sites and similar.
Open to All
We focus on your skills, not your other circumstances. We are open to adapting the role or workplace to your needs.In Trelleborg, we work together for a growing successful municipality where life is good.
Our 61 villages and 21 city districts are creative meeting places that bubble with life. Here we want things, talk about them and come just as we are. This means we welcome others in the same generous and curious way.
Welcome to join the journey!
The Social Services Department's mission is to work with social services and provide support so that everyone in the municipality feels secure and has the same opportunities in life. We want everyone to be able to be active and participate in society. With a…