Care Assistant at Skogsgården Care and Nursing Home/Short-term

Do you want to become one of us at Skogsgården Care and Nursing Home/Short-term? Do you want a job where you make a difference every day? As a care assistant, you are incredibly important. Every day you contribute to ensuring that residents receive good and safe care and support. We hope you want to make a difference with us!

Welcome with your application!

We are looking for staff for:

• Residential Care Day/Evening/Weekend
  The staff working day, evening, and weekend at Skogsgården work in teams with all professions at the workplace. We will work with coordinated planning in all departments.
• Short-term Care Day/Evening/Weekend
  The guests in the short-term care departments can come from the entire social services, which means there can be significant variations in guests' ages, illnesses, and care needs. We must be prepared to receive individuals at short notice and with great variation. The staff working in the short-term care departments work in teams with all professions at the workplace.

Job Responsibilities

As a care assistant at Skogsgården, you are a contact person, which means you have a central role in the care and support of the resident/guest. The work is based on individual needs, implementation plans, and the organization's guidelines and goals. You assist the resident/guest with hygiene, medication, dressing/undressing, and social interaction. The care assistant's responsibilities also include administering medication, etc., by delegation.

Care Philosophy

Skogsgården operates based on a care philosophy where the working methods are based on:

• Person-centered/symptom-controlled
• Teamwork
• Relationship/communication
• Support for relatives

We work with continuous reflection in workgroups.

Qualifications

We are looking for you who are a trained care assistant, preferably with experience working with individuals with cognitive impairments. We seek someone with personal maturity, flexibility, responsibility, and initiative in your work, as well as good collaboration skills and a positive attitude. You should have good knowledge of communicating, reading, and writing in Swedish. Personal competence is highly valued.

More about the position

Permanent employment, full-time with the possibility of part-time. Start date by agreement.

Probationary employment may be applied.

Welcome with your application by 2026-02-22.

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About the workplace

The social services are one of the municipality's seven administrations. Our common mission is to create welfare and sustainable community development. Together with the residents of Piteå, businesses, and associations, we are developing Piteå into an even better place to live, work, and thrive.

Skogsgården is a care and nursing home located in Strömnäsbacken in Piteå municipality that opened in January/February 2025. The residence is situated in the new residential area of Strömnäsbacken, which is currently being developed and expanded.

The residence has 80 places distributed over 8 departments. 20 of the places are used as temporary accommodation, short-term places.

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