Supervisor labor market and integration department, arenas of trial
Umeå, Sverige
Type of Employment Full-time
Job position Carer/Work supervisor/Residential support worker
Work model On location
Application due date 25 September 2024
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The Employment and Integration Department is responsible for the integration of new arrivals, labor market issues, activities for national minorities and vulnerable EU migrants in Umeå municipality. We help with guidance, create opportunities and contribute to new pathways for people who need support to enter and continue in society and working life. As part of the labor market and integration department, there are arenas for testing where we provide workplaces for participants who are offered vocational rehabilitation. Type of employment Permanent. 100%. Probationary period of 6 months is applied. Number of places 2 places if the necessary decisions are taken Arenas for testing Arenor för prövning operates on the basis of two main missions, work trial and reuse. This means that arenas for testing offer places for participants who need support to move forward towards self-sufficiency - and the work elements are within the reuse work that takes place. The work-oriented rehabilitation is mainly carried out in collaboration with Social Services, the Social Insurance Agency, the Public Employment Service and Region Västerbotten, and the reuse work is carried out in collaboration with Vakin and internally with Umeå municipality. The heart of our business is the return shop. With a total store area of about 1,900 square meters, we are Norrland's largest recycling store. Our premises are filled with, among other things, clothes, furniture, bicycles, household utensils, books, toys, movies, music, paintings and some building materials. In the fall of 2024, Arenas for Trials will start a construction recycling operation, as part of the recycling work already underway. The plan is for the business to sell surplus building materials, and this will be done in collaboration with the ABC economic association. Your role as a supervisor. As a supervisor you work in the daily production, and you are expected in your role both to manage the recycling and to be available to support participants on site. This work is usually done in parallel, but as a supervisor you are expected to work independently on the recycling work. In the case of participants, you will support participants in carrying out tasks by showing and instructing. In many respects a colleague of participants with an in-depth knowledge of the activity. Where appropriate, there may be a need from participants to have a sounding board on issues related to the activity but also be able to guide on other issues. You will also act as a support to the supervisor in matters concerning the evaluation of the persons you supervise. In terms of recycling work, you work with the flow of recycled goods from the recycling houses to the customer in the return shop / return shop - construction recycling. The tasks involve sorting, reviewing / reviewing used goods as well as price marking, exposure / sale of the goods in the return shop / return shop - construction recycling. The work includes customer service and staffing our cash register. In the case of the return shop - construction recycling, the work may also include giving advice linked to the customer's needs in terms of, for example, simpler renovation / construction. There will be work with a forklift, as well as with a wheel loader. Other work tasks may also be relevant. Qualifications We are looking for you who have at least an upper secondary education or other education, for example, construction workers or the equivalent. Strongly meritorious is if you have documented experience / competence from practical work in the construction sector or construction trade. B-driving license is a requirement. It is an advantage if you have a forklift license and/or experience of driving a wheel loader. From your previous professional life, you have documented experience of supervising or working in a supportive role towards other people. You also have experience of working at a checkout and with customer service or other experience from a service profession that is considered equivalent. If you also have previous experience of working with recycling, it is an added advantage. At work, physically heavy work is common - which means that you as a person should have no problems performing this type of work. As a person, you are confident in yourself and inspire confidence. You work in a structured, goal-oriented, relationship-building and solution-oriented way. You are sensitive to participants' abilities and needs for adaptation, but work on the basis of promoting empowerment and self-determination of the participant. Your interpersonal skills are very good. It is important that you share the importance of, and stand up for, the basic requirements of working life. Good knowledge of the Swedish language is a requirement. Other languages may be an advantage. Great emphasis will be placed on personal suitability. Working hours are scheduled for day/evening and weekend.