Support assistant for Uttervägen, Disability care
Umeå, Sverige
Type of Employment Full-time
Job position Carer/Work supervisor/Residential support worker
Work model On location
Application due date 20 November 2025
Are you the one?
Disability care in Umeå municipality wants to be a resource that frees and strengthens people's ability to live an independent life in proximity and interaction. Uttervägen is a group home according to LSS with a focus on intellectual disabilities. The home is home to young, active residents with many leisure activities. All residents live in their own apartment and share common areas such as the kitchen and living room. Do you have experience in disability care, a flexible mind and like active working days? Then we think you will enjoy working with us! Your tasks As a support assistant, you support the user in daily life based on granted interventions. This may involve support with meals, cleaning, laundry, personal care and transfers, as well as planning and implementing activities. You provide both social and practical support with a focus on strengthening and utilizing the individual's own abilities, and creating good conditions for independence and participation. The role includes participating in activities based on the users' interests and needs - for example, in the stable, at the gym, at home or in nature. The work also includes documentation and record keeping, work with implementation plans and medicine management. Heavy lifting as well as threats and violence may occur in the business. About you You have a good ability to cooperate and have a professional approach to users, relatives and other actors around our users. You are committed and have a willingness to share our values and work towards set goals and to work with continuous improvements. You have a solution-focused and flexible approach and enjoy creating and maintaining structure. Great importance will be attached to personal suitability. In order for you to be able to communicate with users, relatives and colleagues, write and take part in care documentation and more, it is required that you have good knowledge of the Swedish language - both in speech and writing. Smoking and furry animals may occur in the workplace so you should not be allergic. Requirements Trained nurse, nanny or other education in care or pedagogy Experience of working in disability care Experience of working with planning, follow-up and analysis of support measures B driving license Other information Working hours are day, evening, weekend and daytime. Co-planning occurs between our activities in disability care. To ensure that the people invited to interview are those who best match what we are looking for, we use selection questions. The selection questions are based on the requirements and qualifications for the position and you will answer them when you apply. It is therefore important that you answer the selection questions and not refer to your CV/personal letter. PLEASE NOTE! Do you have protected personal data? Please contact Recruitment Support on 090-16 10 99 or at rekrytering@umea.se, and they will help you with a secure application process. A warm welcome with your application! About Umeå municipality Umeå municipality is the region's largest employer with over 13,000 employees. The municipality has about 440 managers and the business is divided into eight administrations. Our jobs and our values are based on citizen focus, openness, trust and continuous improvement. Umeå is a cultural city in constant development. To meet the target of 200,000 inhabitants by 2050, we need more people working for growth and welfare. We know that diversity enriches and welcome everyone to apply for jobs with us. Over the next ten years, we will be hiring around a thousand people every year. Do you want to join us? Find out what it's like to live in Umeå here: https://www.umea.se/flytta Umeå municipality is part of three administrative areas for Finnish, Meänkieli and Sami www.umea.se/minoriteter. As an employee of Umeå municipality, you can take advantage of a number of benefits. Take part of our benefits https://umea.se/jobbochforetagande/jobbochpraktik/kommunensomarbetsgivare/varaformaner.4.1b4d24fb1752122eb843bf.html Do you sell ads or offer recruitment support? Please do not contact us about it! We select and contact the companies we work with ourselves.