Support Educator

Sigtuna Municipality is a place of great diversity. Here, you'll find vibrant countryside, a small town, and an international airport. A rich cultural heritage and cultural diversity. A proud history and ambitious future plans. Perhaps that's why the drive to grow, change, and develop is so strong. That's also why working here is so exciting. With us, you'll become part of a pleasant and unpretentious culture where we help each other and leverage each other's knowledge, differences, and experiences. The work is often varied, sometimes challenging, but always meaningful. Welcome! The Care and Social Services Administration provides service, support, care, and assistance to the elderly and persons with disabilities, and is responsible for official administrative duties according to current legislation. The administration operates within elderly care, LSS (Act Concerning Support and Service for Persons with Certain Functional Impairments), social psychiatry, healthcare, family support, and administrative duties. All work is performed with the resident in focus, based on our core values: treatment, participation, trust, and security. Together, we make each other better and work to achieve the Care and Social Services Administration's vision of quality of life throughout life. The LSS and Social Psychiatry Department is responsible for service, support, care, and assistance for persons with disabilities. The operations include personal assistance, daily activities, group and service housing, short-term accommodations for children and youth, accompaniment, relief services, contact persons, and social psychiatry with housing, occupation, meeting spaces, and housing support. Approximately 250 employees work within the LSS and Social Psychiatry Department. JOB RESPONSIBILITIES We have five residents who need support due to autism spectrum conditions, intellectual disabilities, and varying degrees of challenging behaviors. The group housing is located in Sigtuna. We are a warm and wonderful team working with a user-oriented approach, providing support and service based on individual needs. The goal is to promote the resident's independence, self-determination, participation, and security, based on individual conditions. As a Support Pedagogue, your role involves an expanded responsibility and mandate regarding pedagogical aspects that are significant for the resident and the development of the operation. This includes establishing routines, working with methods and strategies, ensuring implementation plans and documentation comply with current legislation, and following up that user-oriented work proceeds according to the developed implementation plan. The Support Pedagogue's task is also to monitor the field and participate in implementing new evidence-based knowledge in the operation. The role also involves collaborating with residents, representatives, relatives, and other individuals in the resident's network. In your role, you are expected to adopt a pedagogical approach, be quality-conscious, thorough, and committed to meeting the operation's goals. You will guide colleagues in user-oriented work and be actively involved in planned interventions and activities with the resident. Your role requires analyzing and finding solutions to problems and developing the operation through monitoring. As a Support Pedagogue, you are expected to be an engaged and driven person who is committed to the resident's independence and self-determination, creating a functional and meaningful daily life. Through a coaching approach, you will strengthen colleagues' ability to reflect and analyze during planning, implementation, and follow-up of the operation. You enjoy working with continuous improvements, quality development, and skills enhancement. You will have close collaboration with the unit manager, development leader, and other support pedagogues. You will work according to a schedule with irregular hours, working every other weekend. QUALIFICATIONS To work as a Support Pedagogue, a completed vocational college education in Support Pedagogy within the disability field, 200 YH credits, is required. We prefer candidates with a pedagogical education background. You should have experience in pedagogical work, the target group, structured work with clarifying pedagogy, knowledge of various functional variations, alternative communication methods, and at least three years of experience working with adults with intellectual functional variations and autism. You must have extensive knowledge of LSS and SoL legislation. You should also have previous experience with the LifeCare documentation system. Experience working in group housing, training in motivational interviewing (MI), and completed training in low-affective approach are considered meritorious. Situations involving threats and violence may arise, so you are expected to work with a low-affective approach and adapt your approach based on the resident's needs and challenges. You will work from a solution-focused approach and must be able to handle unforeseen events calmly and safely. We are seeking a person who is responsible and demonstrates respectful treatment. You have no problem working independently but see good teamwork as a prerequisite for the work group's development. Furthermore