Disability care in Umeå municipality wants to be a resource that frees and strengthens people's ability to live an independent life through proximity and interaction. Ostkroken 180 is a new group home according to LSS with a social psychiatric focus that opened in September 2024. We are looking for a safe support assistant to join our team at Ostkroken! Your work tasks As a support assistant, you work to provide people with mainly mental disabilities with support in everyday life. Your goal is to create the conditions for increased independence, participation and a meaningful life. The work involves, among other things: providing individual, social and practical support in everyday life, empowering individuals through a respectful and supportive approach, contributing to the functioning of the user's everyday life, leisure and/or employment, plan, carry out, document, follow up and evaluate interventions, both individually and together with the team. About you Requirements: Qualified nursing assistant or other training deemed equivalent. Experience of working in healthcare. Good knowledge of Swedish, both spoken and written (for communication, documentation and medication administration). Meritorious: Experience of working with the target group. Knowledge of low-effective treatment in situations of threat and violence. As a person, you are calm and confident, committed and have good self-awareness. You work in a structured and professional manner in collaboration with the team and other networks. We will attach great importance to personal suitability. Interviews take place on an ongoing basis. 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.