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Group Leader in Elderly Care

Vardaga AB

Skåne län, Ängelholm

Previous experience is desired

60 days left
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Are you a nursing assistant looking for a new career opportunity? As a group leader, you will take on a leadership role and coach our employees to make a difference for those living with us. All group leaders go through our leadership program where you will have the opportunity to develop your leadership skills through our educational organization, Lära.

We are in constant development and are looking for someone who wants to grow with us – together we make the world a little better, one person at a time! With us, you will find engaged colleagues, skilled managers, training, career opportunities, and several benefits.

About the role

As a group leader, your primary task is to coach and work in the daily care work together with the team. This means you are a role model for your employees, and through your strong commitment, you create a good working atmosphere in the group every day. You will work during the day, on weekends, and in the evenings.

  • Close leadership: This role exists in our organization to ensure close leadership and provide support. You have personnel and planning responsibility for your work group and are involved in developing and quality-assuring the operations in accordance with Vardaga's concept. This is done by being present and supportive, answering questions, leading, giving feedback, and acknowledging your employees in their daily work. You have a group leader colleague, and you collaborate, exchange ideas, and share experiences.
  • Participation: As a group leader, you report to the operations manager and have the opportunity to influence through your participation in the local management group.

About Karlslund

Karlslund offers 40 permanent accommodation places in bright, fresh premises. We provide individually tailored care based on the individual's needs and wishes. A strong focus is placed on activities for our residents.

Karlslund is located in the northern part of central Ängelholm with good transport connections. The accommodation consists of four departments spread over two floors. The accommodation includes shared outdoor areas and balconies. A large common room is available on the ground floor. Here, there is the opportunity for larger group activities such as music entertainment, chair gymnastics, bingo, film screenings, joint celebrations, breakfast buffets, and more.

  • Activity coordinator: We work systematically with activities and have an activity coordinator who develops and carries out meaningful activities with our residents.
  • Needs-based wish schedule: We apply a needs-based wish schedule. This means that you and your employees have the opportunity to influence working hours based on needs and wishes. We schedule for 5 weeks at a time.
  • Animals in care: Here we work with animals in care, and we have regular visits from therapy animals.

Your experience and knowledge

You are a trained nursing assistant, have good computer skills, and speak and write fluent Swedish. Experience in elderly care and leadership is an advantage for this role. We place great emphasis on personal suitability.

We want you to be:

  • clear and create participation
  • coaching and able to motivate and create engagement among our employees.
  • skilled at giving and receiving feedback
  • unpretentious and quick to learn
  • independent and cooperative
  • business-minded by wanting and being able to manage and follow up on operations based on quality goals and financial frameworks

Here are some highlights of our offer to you:

Leadership program: All group leaders go through our leadership program where you will have the opportunity to develop your leadership skills through our educational organization, Lära.

Competence development: You have access to Vardaga's internal educational organization, Lära, with a variety of courses.

Benefits portal with discounts: Purchase, for example, cinema tickets and public transport at great prices.

Other

Salary: We apply individual salary setting

Start date: Autumn 2025

Application deadline: September 8 

Background check: A certificate from the criminal records must be presented upon potential employment

Of course, we also have collective agreements and insurance.

If you have questions, please contact: [email protected] or 0735-128979. Please note that it is not possible to apply via email. If you want to know more about what it is like to work at Vardaga, feel free to read more and meet some of our employees here.

Union contact: Vision, [email protected]

Apply here

Welcome to apply via the “Submit application” button below. Do not wait to apply as we are selecting candidates continuously.

If you are called for an interview, you need to be able to prove that you have the right to work in Sweden by showing that you have citizenship within the EU/EES or a valid work permit.

Invitation to chat interview with Hubert AI

As part of our work towards a fair and competence-based recruitment process, we have chosen to collaborate with Hubert.ai in this process.

After applying, you will be invited to a chat-based interview with our virtual recruitment assistant Hubert.

Please complete it as soon as you have the opportunity. The interview takes about 15 minutes to complete.

Feel free to check out this article before the interview for tips and tricks: https://www.hubert.ai/insights/tips-och-rad-infor-din-forsta-hubert-intervju (https://www.hubert.ai/insights/tips-och-rad-infor-din-forsta-hubert-intervju) More information on how we will handle your personal data and your rights as a registered person can be found here. (https://vardaga.teamtailor.com/pages/personuppgiftsbehandlingar?preview=true)

At Vardaga's more than 100 accommodations throughout Sweden, we offer elderly care where every day is equally important. With us, you will meet expertise and security at every nursing home, short-term accommodation, home care, and day activities. We aim to be quality-leading in everything we do, and our vision is to make the world a little better, one person at a time. Our employees work with each individual's quality of life and security in focus. Vardaga is part of the Ambea corporate group. www.vardaga.se

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