Support Assistants for Functional Support Services

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Do you want to be part of making a real difference in people's everyday lives? The Social Services and Care Administration in Katrineholm Municipality works with support, care, and public administration for people in different stages of life. Our mission is broad and spans several activities, from elderly care and home healthcare to family and individual services as well as public guardian services. We meet people with different needs, conditions, and life situations. What is common to our work is that we contribute to security, independence, and a dignified life. With us, you will be part of an organization that develops and makes a concrete difference every day for Katrineholm's residents. We are now seeking support assistants for the Children and Youth Unit within Functional Support Services. The unit consists of approximately 25 support assistants who work within the organization's various services, which include accompaniment, home relief, short-term visits, and short-term supervision. The unit also has a leisure activity program that is responsible for creating conditions for meaningful activities for adults who have decisions about housing with special services according to LSS (Act Concerning Support and Service for Persons with Certain Functional Impairments). Together, we create a broad and developing organization where collaboration and experience exchange between different service areas is a natural part of daily work. Here there is plenty of room to contribute ideas and help shape the future of short-term services. We work based on an individually tailored approach where clarifying pedagogy and evidence-based practice are natural parts of everyday life. Does this sound exciting? We warmly welcome your application! 2 position(s). WORK DUTIES The work is varied and includes both care-related services as well as pedagogical and motivating work. You provide support based on the individual's needs, conditions, and goals, while working to strengthen independence, participation, and quality of life. The position involves work within the organization's various services, such as accompaniment, home relief, short-term visits, and short-term supervision. This means varied work where you meet individuals in different environments and based on different needs. The role includes, among other things: • Provide individually tailored support based on the individual's needs, conditions, and goals. • Support with daily activities and personal care when needed. • Plan, carry out, and follow up on activities that promote participation, development, and independence. • Work with clarifying pedagogy and other evidence-based working methods. • Motivate and encourage participation in leisure activities and new experiences. • Document and follow up on services according to applicable procedures. • Participate in organizational development and contribute to achieving the organization's goals. • Collaborate with colleagues, family members, and other professionals to create the best possible support. The work offers great variety and the opportunity to make a difference in the daily lives of children, youth, and young adults while being part of developing the future of LSS services. QUALIFICATIONS We are looking for someone who has completed vocational education within the children's and leisure program, care and health program, social pedagogy education, or other education that the employer deems relevant for the position. Furthermore, you have experience working with clarifying pedagogy and can work with structure, schedule, and time support in everyday life adapted for the target group. If you also have further education within the neuropsychiatry field, that is a merit. You have good computer skills and experience documenting in journal systems and creating implementation plans with goals. You have good ability to express yourself in Swedish both verbally and in writing. The position requires that you have a Class B driving license for manual transmission. To succeed in this role with us, you are a person with great sense of responsibility, good collaborative skills with all contact points for children, youth, and young adults. You have an open and trust-building approach and find it easy to build good relationships. As a person, you are secure, stable, and have self-awareness, can distinguish between the personal and professional, and conduct yourself in a way that is adapted to the situation. We place high demands on independence, which means you make your own decisions and have good organizational skills. You work with flexibility in both thinking and action. Furthermore, you are attentive to others' perspectives and competence and give them space in the group in a way that benefits the whole. Salary form: Monthly salary. Employment form: Permanent employment. Duration: Permanent, start date: September 1, 2025, or by agreement. Katrineholm is a municipality where enthusiasm is the driving force for creativity and development, for life, learning, and enterprise. Our approximately 3,300 employees make a great difference every day, working together based on our values RED; Respect, Openness, clarity and Trust to create the best conditions for our residents. Here everything is close by, one hour by train from Stockholm and two hours from Gothenburg. Read more about us as an employer, our offerings, and career paths here: https://www.katrineholm.se/arbeta-hos-oss/vi-som-arbetsgivare.html The current position will be filled provided that the necessary decisions are made. According to the Social Services Act, an extract from the police's criminal record register must be presented by persons before they are employed to work at care homes (HVB-homes), supported housing, or protected housing. You order this from the police website. Katrineholm Municipality applies individual salary setting. Everyone is offered full-time employment and we apply smoke-free working time throughout the organization. We use e-recruitment to streamline and quality-assure the recruitment process. All your information is saved on your CV account and you can easily log in and update your information whenever you want. Please fill in your information as carefully as possible to provide a fair picture of yourself. The information is processed and stored in accordance with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). We warmly welcome your application! In preparation for the recruitment process, we have taken a position on recruitment channels and marketing. We therefore firmly decline contact from media sales representatives, job sites, and similar.

Overview

Type

job

Status

active

Visibility

public

City

Katrineholm

Address

Upplandsgatan 2

GPS

58.98875264264, 16.191687881113copyopen in

Email

[email protected]

Phone

0150 - 56852

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8

Published

16. 6. 2026

Edited

21. 6. 2026

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