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The Welfare Sector consists of four operations: disability services, home care and health and medical care in the home, child and family welfare, and care and residential facilities.
The disability services operation performs all services regulated by the LSS (Act on Support and Service for Persons with Certain Disabilities), which include, among other things, special housing and day activities as well as personal assistance.
The operation's primary task is to promote equality in living conditions and full participation in community life for persons with disabilities.
We are now seeking a support assistant for a temporary position at Solrosvägen Service Residence!
1 position(s).
JOB RESPONSIBILITIES
As a support assistant in a service residence, we work in the residents' homes to provide support, services, and care according to regulated services within the LSS framework.
In the operation, the focus is on low-affect communication, and you shall promote participation and independence through a structured and individually adapted working method.
The job tasks include collaborating with representatives, relatives, and other partners in the organization and in the community. The work includes documentation of the implementation of approved services for each service user.
Daily work requires you to follow up, analyze, and actively work to adapt the environment and approach in the service user's everyday life, where it is important to create a calm and secure environment.
You and your team shall together, based on our core values and working methods, promote a well-functioning everyday life, every day for our service users.
You will be part of a staff group that is scheduled according to the operation's needs: days, evenings, weekends, and on-call nights.
QUALIFICATIONS
We seek someone with a genuine interest in working with people with some form of disability and who sees it as a given to always prioritize what is best for the care recipient.
You have completed a care program, child and youth program, or have other education that the employer deems equivalent.
Experience in care, LSS, psychiatry, documentation, self-injurious behavior, and low-affect approach is considered meritorious.
Many employees at Ulricehamns kommun speak more than one language. This is a valuable asset, but it is also important to master Swedish as a basic language. To succeed in the work, you need to have good skills in Swedish, both spoken and written, as well as good documentation and computer skills.
To work with people with different issues and needs, you need to be attentive, have great empathetic ability, and be able to work in a structured manner. You have a situation- and individually adapted working approach. As a person, you are calm, stable, and have an easy time creating and maintaining relationships.
To work in disability services, you must provide a valid police clearance certificate. You can order such a certificate on the police website.
It is meritorious if you hold a category B driving license.
Employment type: Fixed-term employment.
Duration: Start: 2026-12-07, End: 2027-08-02.
Background checks are conducted for all positions within disability services.
Reference checks begin after the first telephone interview.
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