About this role
**The Role of Support Educator with Us**
The mission is to use your in-depth knowledge as a resource within the team and support your colleagues in their daily work.
Working as a support educator entails increased responsibility for quality and a holistic perspective, as well as ensuring that development and coordination within the unit are characterized by a user focus. The goal is to provide good living conditions for individuals in terms of participation and self-determination. The core mission of the support educator is to be present in user-related work and to be part of the workgroup.
The role involves providing support and guidance to your colleagues in their daily tasks. You will develop routines and working methods for the organization together with your support educator colleague and support assistant colleagues.
Support your colleagues by:
- Ensuring that routines are followed together with another support educator in the organization.
- Introducing and mentoring newly hired staff together with another support educator in the organization.
- Guiding and supporting colleagues in a professional manner and with a positive approach together with another support educator in the organization.
- Working with another support educator and other colleagues in the organization to ensure that pedagogical methods and evidence-based practices are used and evaluated, such as clear pedagogical approaches, alternative and augmentative communication, and low-arousal responses.
- Guiding and supporting colleagues with social documentation, implementation plans, action plans, and evaluations.
**Your Profile**
We would like you to have the ability to create a pleasant environment and to work well in a team. It is also an advantage if you can adapt to changing circumstances and remain calm in stressful situations. You need to have the willingness to understand others' situations and adapt accordingly. We see it as essential that you are passionate about the target group and have a deep commitment to our users. As a person, you are solution-focused, unpretentious, and structured. You express yourself well in Swedish, both orally and in writing, as this is required in daily work. Great emphasis will be placed on personal suitability.
**We are looking for someone who:**
- Is an educated social educator, social worker, or has another pedagogical post-secondary education, such as a vocational education in the field.
- Has previously worked with a low-arousal approach.
- Has experience with the target group.
- Has experience with individual goal work.
- Has experience with documentation according to current legislation.
It is an advantage if you have:
- A valid driver's license (B).
**About Us**
At Hammerö Group Home, six individuals with intellectual disabilities, autism, and/or mental health issues reside. The work involves providing support to the residents in all aspects of daily life. We operate based on a low-arousal method and clear pedagogical approaches.
[Link to Kungsbacka Municipality](https://kungsbacka.se/kommun-och-politik/kommunens-organisation/forvaltningar-och-namnder/forvaltningar/forvaltningen-for-individ--familjeomsorg)
**Our Offer and Additional Information**
We offer a permanent full-time position with a start date according to agreement.
Please note that a criminal record check will need to be presented upon employment. You can order a record extract here: [Link to Criminal Record](https://polisen.se/tjanster-tillstand/belastningsregistret/barn-med-funktionsnedsattning/)
Within the Department for Individual & Family Care, all employees within Residential Services and Support at Home are employed full-time but have the option to reduce their working hours based on the needs of the organization.
Background checks may be conducted prior to employment.
If you would like to know more about what it is like to work with us, feel free to contact us or read more on our website here: [Link to Job Information](https://kungsbacka.se/foretagande-och-jobb/jobb/att-jobba-hos-oss)
**Interested?**
Great! We warmly welcome your application by December 1st. Selection and interviews will be conducted on an ongoing basis.
In your application, please only attach your CV and answer a number of questions that will be part of our selection assessment.
In preparation for the recruitment process, Kungsbacka Municipality has carefully considered recruitment channels and marketing. Therefore, we kindly request no contact from media sellers, recruitment sites, or similar.