Support Assistants for Kallebäcksvägen

**About the Job** We are looking for new dedicated support assistants for our new service housing in Kallebäck. The facility consists of five apartments focused on intellectual disabilities and psychiatry. As an employee with us, you will have the opportunity to help develop our operations moving forward. We are a unit that values initiatives for improvements. You will actively participate in your own and the group’s professional development, and we encourage each other to share experiences and knowledge we acquire. The service housing will be staffed around the clock. Therefore, it is a requirement that you can work days, evenings, and every other weekend. We work with a flexible base schedule and co-planning, which means you will also work shifts at other units. As a support assistant, you will support our tenants based on individual needs, aiming to lead to a good and independent life. The starting point is that our tenants should be involved and have the opportunity to influence decisions and interventions according to their own abilities. You will provide support in daily life, ranging from communication and stimulation of leisure activities to household chores. The role includes collaboration with all other individuals involved with the tenant, such as guardians, relatives, and healthcare professionals. The work involves social documentation and medication management according to delegation. As a support assistant, we work with designated contact persons for our tenants. By establishing and following implementation plans, you ensure that the tenants' needs are prioritized. The work includes motivating tenants in their daily lives. This may involve encouraging contacts outside the residence and creating conditions for enriching leisure activities based on the tenant's interests. As a support assistant, you enable our tenants to develop and grow. **Qualifications** We are looking for candidates who have a degree from the Health and Care Program, support assistant training, or the Child and Leisure Program with a focus on social or educational work. Alternatively, 60 higher education credits and at least two years of experience working with support and services for individuals with disabilities. The education should include relevant credits in behavioral science, pedagogy, psychology, social work, and (psychiatric) care. You need to have passed Swedish 1 or Swedish as a second language 1. Those who do not meet the qualification requirements may be offered to take a language test through the testing provider Educateit. You must be able to read, write, and express yourself fluently both orally and in writing in Swedish, as communication and documentation are central parts of quality work. You have at least three years of experience working in care with individuals in neuropsychiatry and with implementation plans. You have knowledge of social documentation and medication management according to delegation. Since the service housing is staffed around the clock, you need to be able to work days, evenings, and every other weekend. Knowledge of LAB (Low Arousal Approach), MI (Motivational Interviewing), and having held an advocacy role is an advantage. **Other** The City of Gothenburg actively works to promote equal rights and opportunities and to counteract discrimination. As an employee in the Department of Functional Support, we offer you: - Secure employment with good employment conditions - Full-time with the possibility of part-time - Introduction upon hiring - Professional development - Wellness allowance, bicycle allowance, and other discounts and offers When working in individuals' homes: Before offering employment, we ask you to present a criminal record extract from the police. The ordered extract must be unopened. You must request an extract from the police's criminal record. This can be done on the police's website https://polisen.se/tjanster-tillstand/belastningsregistret/ either via e-service (Check your own information in the criminal record) or using the Form to check your own information (Form for requesting a criminal record extract for an individual, extract no. 442.3). We only accept applications via our recruitment system in accordance with GDPR. If you have protected personal information, you should NOT apply through the system but contact the responsible recruiting manager for handling your application. Appointment will occur provided that the position is not required in the administration or the city's restructuring work. **About Us** We are all different. We are also all alike and have the same right to a safe home, meaningful employment, and to feel valued. With the right conditions, we can grow, develop, and participate in society on our own terms. Within the Department of Functional Support, we provide support, services, and care to children and adults with disabilities and create opportunities for them to live a good and independent life, just like everyone else. By spreading knowledge and collaborating within the City of Gothenburg and with other stakeholders, we increase understanding of individual needs and design interventions that make a real difference. With 6,200 dedicated employees, we are Sweden's largest functional support administration. We work within housing with special services, daily activities, employment, housing support, personal assistance, child and short-term