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. Welcome to Hissjövägen at Haga, a service home for users with intellectual disabilities. Here live 8 users who need support in everyday life. Our business is characterized by an environment where you are met with respect and professionalism where everyone is given the opportunity to develop based on their individual conditions. We are now looking for a support educator to join our team. Is this you? Your tasks As a support educator, you support people with intellectual and mental disabilities together with your colleagues. You will both work with practical interventions with the residents and guide colleagues in educational methods, which are proven and advocated by the National Board of Health and Welfare. Your way of working is characterized by flexibility, continuity and security. You work with continuous improvements within the quality perspective regarding pedagogical methods and communication, documentation and introduction of new colleagues in the business. You work on behalf of your manager and the assignments can vary over time depending on the needs of the business. In order for you to be able to communicate with users, relatives and colleagues and to obtain medication, you must have a good knowledge of the Swedish language in both speech and writing. As a support educator, you will be part of a network with other support educators where we offer continuous peer support and skills development. In disability care, we work with co-planning with other activities. Scheduled working hours: day, evening, daytime/wake night. About you We are looking for you who want to make a difference for the target group and who have good teaching skills. You should have a great deal of commitment and a desire to be involved in developing the business. You are solution-focused and good at communicating and interacting with all roles that you meet in your everyday life. You are confident, have a good attitude and are good at working together. Great emphasis is placed on personal suitability. Requirements: - Post-secondary education in the form of at least 200 YH credits, Support Educator or other equivalent YH education. Alternatively 60 HP in courses relevant to disability care. Programs and/or courses with a clear focus on work with intellectual, cognitive and mental disabilities. For example in: - Ethical approaches - Pedagogical theories and methods - Alternative and augmentative communication - Cognitive support - Coaching approaches - A few years of experience working with people with disabilities or other work experience that we consider equivalent. Meritorious: - Knowledge of one of the methods Motivational Interviewing (MI), Clarifying Pedagogy, Low-Effective Behavior (LAB) and Alternative and Complementary Communication (AAC), ESL. Important 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 of 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. Selection and interviews are ongoing so send in your application today! 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.