Vacant job

Ockelbo Municipality is a place to grow, and we who work here care about our citizens and the continuous development of the municipality. Our vision is to be an attractive employer, and we who work here are proud and engaged in our jobs. We believe that an important success factor is to create the same opportunities for growth for our employees as for our citizens, and in our small municipality with about 500 employees, there are opportunities to make a real difference! Here, all operations work closely together, and with short decision-making paths, participation and the ability to influence become a natural part of everyday life.

We offer all our monthly employed staff various benefits, including the opportunity to exchange vacation days, so depending on your age, you can have up to 37 vacation days in a year. We also provide 2,000 SEK in wellness benefits each year and access to Falck Personal Support. It is also important for us that all employees have the opportunity to balance work life with private life.

Do you want a meaningful job where you can help develop our municipality together with us?

We are recruiting several employees for temporary positions during the summer of 2026 to ensure care, support, and assistance to our users in Ockelbo Municipality. We are looking for you who want to work in one of our various operations within the Social Administration:

• Home Care – Support our elderly to manage daily life in their own homes
• Special Housing – Help create security and comfort for our elderly in Ockelbo's only nursing home
• LSS & Social Psychiatry – Support people with disabilities to live an independent and meaningful life

In your application, we ask that you specify which operation you are primarily interested in working in: Special Housing, Home Care, or LSS & Social Psychiatry. However, we cannot guarantee that you will work in the area you indicated as the most interesting upon employment.

JOB RESPONSIBILITIES

Special Housing Bysjöstrand

At the nursing home, you will meet elderly people in need of care, treatment, and service in daily life, working alongside your colleagues in smaller departments. Bysjöstrand also has a short-term department. In the residence, you will assist users with personal care such as hygiene, meals, and social activities. You will also participate in social documentation and maintain contact with relatives as needed.

Home Care

If you work in home care, you will meet people in their own homes, often working independently. Here, you will assist users with personal care such as hygiene, meals, social activities, escorting to doctors/community visits, and certain health care interventions based on users' individual needs. Your work may also include everyday tasks such as cleaning, laundry, and shopping. You will also participate in social documentation and maintain contact with relatives as needed.

LSS & Social Psychiatry

Here, you work with people of various ages who need different levels of help and support in daily life. This may include assistance with personal care such as hygiene, meals, social activities, and social interaction. Practical tasks such as cooking and household chores may also occur. The work can sometimes be challenging, requiring you to be confident in yourself. You will also participate in social documentation and maintain contact with relatives as needed.

As a temporary worker within the social administration's operations, you will receive an introduction to the operation you work in to feel secure in your role. As a temporary worker, the job may include delegated health care tasks.

QUALIFICATIONS

For employment, you must:

• Be at least 18 years old or turn 18 before June 1, 2026
• Have a genuine interest in working with people and want to make a difference
• Be responsible and have a warm demeanor
• Have a good ability to express yourself in Swedish, both verbally and in writing
• Be able to work during the day, evenings, and weekends

You need to be of legal age (18 years) at the start of employment, as the work involves independent responsibility, solitary work, delegated tasks, and possibly work in dementia care where you may encounter users in challenging situations. The work may also include night shifts.

The requirement for legal age is based on the Work Environment Act and the Swedish Work Environment Authority's regulations regarding minors' work environment, which includes special protective provisions and limitations on working hours and tasks for persons under 18 years.

When employed as a nursing assistant, you must be able to present proof from the National Board of Health and Welfare to use the title nursing assistant.

Experience and education in care and support are meritorious but not required. In LSS & Social Psychiatry, education in the child and leisure program is also meritorious but not required. A B driver's license is highly meritorious for work in Home Care and LSS & Social Psychiatry.

As a person, you are responsible, creative, and have great patience. You see and meet each user based on their individual needs and highly value good communication. You have the ability to prioritize and work methodically in a fast-paced environment and understand the importance of well-functioning collaboration with your colleagues and other functions within the operation.

Within the municipality, there is a political decision that a criminal record extract is required upon new employment.

OTHER

We strive for a balanced gender distribution and see diversity as a strength, welcoming applicants from different backgrounds.

Do you live outside Ockelbo?

It's closer than you think; with X-trafik, it takes 22 minutes from Gävle, 35 minutes from Sandviken, and 35 minutes from Bollnäs to get here.

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In preparation for the recruitment process, we have made decisions regarding recruitment channels and marketing. We therefore kindly request no contact from media sellers, recruitment sites, or similar.

Warm welcome with your application!