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Summer Job in Elderly Care in Gothenburg
GÖTEBORGS KOMMUNVästra Götalands län, Göteborg
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Job Responsibilities
Summer Job with Warm Guarantee – Become a Master of Meetings!
Do you want a summer job that offers more than just a salary? With us, you get a warm guarantee – both in your heart and in meetings with people.
You will become a master of relationships and gain experiences that make a difference in life. There is also an opportunity to continue working as a substitute in the fall, perfect for students!
As a summer substitute, you help the elderly live a good and independent life. This can involve:
- Support in daily life (food, care, personal hygiene, activities)
- Being a safe companion
- Creating meaningful moments
This is a joint advertisement for all summer jobs within elderly care in the City of Gothenburg. We have workplaces throughout Gothenburg, and when you apply, you can choose the area that suits you best.
HOME CARE
Here you help and support individuals in their own homes. You travel either on foot, by bike, or by car. In your work, you receive information about visits on your mobile phone, where you also document what you have done.
- Emergency Alarm Home Care - Here you work together with a colleague and assist individuals with urgent needs. A driver's license and driving experience are required.
- Night Home Care - You provide support to individuals at night, together with a colleague. A driver's license and driving experience are also required here.
- Finnish-speaking Home Care - Work in home care - in Finnish.
- Sign Language Home Care - Work in home care with individuals who use sign language.
CARE AND SUPPORT HOUSING (Elderly Housing)
Here you work together with colleagues to support and assist the elderly who live in their own apartments but under the same roof. You work in teams and create meaningful days for the tenants.
- Short-term Unit - Those living in a short-term unit often have greater care needs. Care-related education or experience is required.
- Sign Language | Åkerhus Care and Support Housing and Home Care - You help and support individuals with hearing impairments by using sign language.
- Finnish | Glöstorpshöjdens and Lövgärdets Care and Support Housing - Here you work with Finnish-speaking tenants.
Work in the City of Gothenburg (https://goteborg.se/wps/portal/start/jobba-i-goteborgs-stad/vara-verksamheter/jobba-pa-aldre-samt-vard--och-omsorgsforvaltningen/yrken-i-aldre-samt-vard--omsorgsforvaltningen/har-kan-du-jobba)
SOUTHERN ARCHIPELAGO
Do you want to work close to the sea in a beautiful archipelago environment? Then you can choose to apply for the Southern Archipelago when you make your application.
In the Southern Archipelago, there is an opportunity to work in home care or at the Southern Archipelago's care and support housing.
The boat trip here takes about 15 minutes from Saltholmen's pier. You must be at Saltholmen by 06:00 to take the boat to Styrsö for a morning shift.
Guide to the Archipelago (https://www.goteborg.com/guider/en-guide-till-skargarden-sodra-oar)
What suits you best?
When you fill out your application, you will have the opportunity to choose both the work area and where geographically in Gothenburg you want to work this summer.
Qualifications
Are you curious about people? With us, you meet many people in your work, so we are looking for you who is a team player who shows consideration and respect. In meetings with others, you are open, positive, and work with care. The days with us are varied, so you need to be able to shift focus and be flexible. You work according to a schedule where you work during the day and evening or at night. As a summer substitute in elderly care, you also work on weekends.
If you have education or experience in healthcare, it is an advantage but not a requirement. When you start working with us, you will receive introduction and training.
To work with us, you need to:
- Be at least 18 years old before June 1, 2026.
- Provide an extract from the police's criminal record, what is called checking your own information. Order via Police (https://polisen.se/tjanster-tillstand/belastningsregistret/kontrollera-dina-uppgifter-i-belastningsregistret/). The ordered extract must be unopened.
- Provide a valid identification document (passport/national ID card/residence permit).
- Have good language skills in Swedish, both spoken and written.
Requirements for certain services:
- For positions within home care, you should be able to cycle and be willing to use a bike/e-bike in your work.
- For positions within the night/emergency unit of home care, a B driver's license and driving experience are required. In other home care positions, it is an advantage.
- For positions within the deaf unit, you should be able to use sign language.
- For positions where Finnish is used, you should be comfortable communicating in Finnish.
Welcome to apply today!
Benefits for employees in the City of Gothenburg: Benefits (https://goteborg.se/wps/portal/start/jobba-i-goteborgs-stad/vara-verksamheter/jobba-pa-aldre-samt-vard--och-omsorgsforvaltningen/det-har-erbjuder-vi/formaner-och-arbetsgivarerbjudande)
Employment Scope
Employment type: Summer job / Seasonal employment
Scope: Full-time
Summer substitutes are hired continuously, apply today!
Duration: 3-6 months
Application
Apply by: 2026-06-01
NO personal letter is needed, but you need to upload your CV for a complete application.
Other
In accordance with AFS 2023:2, chapter 8
To ensure high quality in our care and support, we prefer candidates who do not have healthcare education but have the necessary prerequisites to further educate themselves as a care assistant or nursing assistant through adult education. We will prioritize candidates who have the required prerequisites.
You apply through our recruitment system in accordance with GDPR. Please note that applications become public documents according to the principle of public access.
Do you have protected personal information? Call the recruiting manager instead of submitting an application.
We decline offers of competence mediation, advertising, and recruitment assistance. In this recruitment process, the choice of recruitment channels has already been determined.
Contact
For questions regarding your application, email: [email protected] (mailto:[email protected]).
For specific questions about the operation, see the number for the relevant contact person.
About Us
We are Sweden's largest municipal care and support provider in the most important industry of the future. With us, you make a difference in everyday life by creating security and joy for the elderly in Gothenburg. We combine modern technology with what can never be automated: the warmth of a genuine meeting. Here you get both career opportunities and a job that means something. Together we create the world's best city for a long and dignified life. Welcome.
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