Support Assistant for LSS Service Housing

Sundsvall Municipality is one of the largest employers in Norrland, with around 8,000 employees and over 300 professions. Together, we fulfill one of the most important missions in society – to create benefit and value for residents, businesses, and future generations. Regardless of our operations, we work towards the same goal: to be a great place to live, thrive, and work. We are currently in an exciting phase of development. We are a pioneer in digital development and artificial intelligence, leading the way in creating smart solutions for the future of the public sector. Sundsvall plays a central role in the green transition in northern Sweden. We are convinced that the right places for this transition are here. As a municipality, we are preparing to grow by developing land, creating new educational opportunities, promoting the municipality, and welcoming new residents from around the world. In the spring of 2025, a new service residence according to LSS opened at Nackstavägen 18C. We are now looking for someone who wants to become an important part of our team. We have high ambitions and strive for the operation to maintain a high quality and level of knowledge, where you will play a central role in realizing this. The operation targets individuals covered by LSS who have comorbidities. We are working towards new methods and increased collaboration with other entities. With us, we actively work with the whole individual and collaborate with all stakeholders around the individual. JOB RESPONSIBILITIES You will be an important part of creating a safe, developing, and meaningful existence for the care recipients. Collaboration with other professionals is included in your role to ensure that the care recipients' needs are met in a pedagogical and structured manner, focusing on the individual's participation and independence. Based on laws, goals, and guidelines, you contribute to ensuring that the user is at the center and has influence over and participates in their interventions. You will work according to LSS and other relevant legislation, as well as the municipality's values, political goals, and other guidelines. The interventions should be based on the individual's psychological, physical, and social needs, aiming to minimize the consequences of disabilities as much as possible. Your role includes: • Providing support, care, and assistance to the individual while motivating them to engage in meaningful activities, in a way that strengthens the individual's resources and enables as independent a life as possible. • Working with social documentation, follow-ups, and reporting deviations. • Structuring and planning work according to the employer's established directives. • Performing health and medical tasks delegated by a nurse, occupational therapist, and physiotherapist. • Following work methods, common approaches, routines, and guidelines. • Having areas of responsibility and assignments both within and outside the regular workplace. • Actively participating in meetings and planning days. • Contributing to the development of a qualitative operation by providing ideas for changes and improvements and participating in professional development. • Assisting in the introduction of new staff and mentoring students according to applicable routines. • Collaborating with the user's network and other partners. The position includes work during inconvenient hours. The workgroup will consist of a coordinator, a support educator, ten support assistants, and a unit manager. QUALIFICATIONS We are looking for someone with training as a support assistant (nursing assistant with a focus on disability care) or other education deemed equivalent. We place great emphasis on personal suitability. Requirements for the position: • Experience working with low-arousal responses • B driver's license • Good knowledge of Swedish Meritorious: • Experience working with clear pedagogical methods and AAC/TAAC • Basic computer skills and the ability to work in, order, and register in various operational systems. Welcome with your application! OTHER Are you interested in learning more about Sundsvall? Visit www.sundsvall.se or if you are curious about what it would be like to live and work in Sundsvall, you can read more at www.nykommun.se/kommun/sundsvall/ Before employment in the care and social services department, we require you to present a valid extract from the police criminal record. You can already order a criminal record to expedite the recruitment process: https://polisen.se/tjanster-tillstand/belastningsregistret/barn-annan-verksamhet/ We strive for a drug-free work environment, and drug testing may occur during the hiring of staff. We apply smoke-free working hours. At Sundsvall Municipality, we embrace diversity and welcome employees from various backgrounds. We value the benefits that gender balance and diversity bring to our operations and work to ensure that our workplaces are accessible to all. 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