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 a great interest in exercise. All users live in their own apartment and share common areas such as the kitchen and living room. Are you a person who has a flexible mind, likes physical activity and active working days? Then you will thrive with us! Your tasks As a support assistant, you support users in their everyday lives with granted services such as food, cleaning, laundry, personal care, transfers and planning of activities. You offer individual, social and practical support to enable and utilize the person's own abilities and thus create the conditions for independence. You work to make the individual participate in their everyday life and have a meaningful leisure and/or employment. The work includes participating in the activities that our residents choose, which can mean the gym, home or forest. Documentation, record keeping, work with implementation plans and medication management are also included in the tasks. Sometimes there are animals, dogs, on Uttervägen so you should not be allergic to fur animals. Threats and violence may occur in the activities. The working hours are day, evening, weekend and daytime. Co-planning occurs between our activities in disability care. 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 obtain medication, it is required that you have good knowledge of the Swedish language in both speech and writing. Requirements Nursing and care program, child and leisure program, social work program or another education that we consider equivalent Experience of working in the field of intellectual disabilities Meritorious Experience of dealing with people with disabilities Experience of behavioral support and clarifying pedagogy We would like you to attach your CV and cover letter. 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 in your application. 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. Before an offer of employment is made, we ask you to present an extract from the police's criminal record. This is done as a final step in the recruitment process. Welcome with your application! About Umeå municipality Umeå municipality is the region's largest employer with over 13,000 brave employees. Our organization is divided into nine departments and together we work to make Umeå grow with care. Our values are based on citizen focus, openness, trust and continuous improvement. Together with us, you get to work in socially important assignments where you contribute to Umeå continuing to be safe, secure and fun. Umeå is northern Sweden's largest city with a rich range of experiences and opportunities. We are a city of associations and culture that offers a richer Umeå life even outside work. Here you can find out what it is like to live in Umeå: https://www.umea.se/flytta We will become more and therefore we are looking for you? Do you also want more? We offer fair conditions, good benefits and good development opportunities for lifelong learning, as well as jobs that are important to all those who live and work here. We look forward to hearing from you.