Position in the Care and Social Services Administration

The position is located within the Care and Social Services Administration, which is one of eight administrations in Linköping Municipality. The Care and Social Services Administration is responsible for the municipality's elderly care, health and medical care, authority exercise, ordering of services, and provides care and support in-house. We work with quality awareness and professionalism to make every day as good as possible for the residents of Linköping who need us. Do you want to brighten everyday life and improve the quality of life for the residents of Linköping? With us, you can make a significant difference and contribute to making Linköping a better place. Welcome to us!

Your Responsibilities

The Care and Social Services Administration now offers a unique opportunity to obtain a permanent position with salary during your full-time studies to become a nursing assistant. A secure choice for those who truly want to make a difference.

As an employee in elderly care, you will study full-time to become a nursing assistant. During your training period, you will have a permanent position as a care assistant. After you have completed your education and received approval for a protected professional title from the National Board of Health and Welfare, you will be offered a permanent position as a nursing assistant.

In your upcoming role as a nursing assistant, you will be responsible, together with your colleagues, for meeting the individual needs of good care and a meaningful everyday life. This may involve care tasks such as assistance with transfers, personal hygiene, household chores, and medical interventions. It also includes providing emotional support for daily living and social activities as requested.

You will be part of a team with other professionals such as specialist nursing assistants, nurses, physiotherapists, and occupational therapists. Collaboration will also occur with other care institutions and with relatives. Under the delegation of licensed personnel, you will perform medical care and rehabilitative work tasks.

The work is planned, documented, and closely monitored. As a nursing assistant, it is therefore very important that you document well in the operational systems available at the workplace. Digitalization is an important future issue for us, and we work with various digital tools to increase the independence of our users, as well as to create more efficient working methods. For example, we work with digital supervision, web-based planning support, and mobile documentation. As an employee, you have good opportunities to influence this development together with us!

Your Workplace

Elderly care is undergoing a significant transformation. The elderly population is increasing, which means that more elderly people have care and support needs. Together with new technology and improved collaboration with other care institutions, we aim to provide our elderly with care and support of the highest possible quality. To meet the needs and maintain good quality, we need to increase our workforce with the right competencies. Do you want to help create the future of elderly care in Linköping?

The education that will give you a nursing assistant diploma is conducted via Linvux over approximately three semesters, including practical training. We offer a total of 30 places. The employment begins in May 2026 to work in a nursing home until the training starts at the end of August 2026.

You will have a permanent position as a care assistant. You will have a supervisor who will be there to support you both during your education and practical training. After completing your studies, you will be assigned to a nursing home. The education has summer and Christmas breaks, during which you will work as a care assistant in one of our operations.

Who We Are Looking For

We are looking for someone who has at least 1800 approved high school credits, including the courses Swedish 1/Swedish as a second language 1 (100 p), and Social Studies 1 (50 p). You also have work experience from a profession that involves contact with people and service, such as retail, the restaurant industry, care and support, or service. We also see that you have an interest in people, the elderly, and care and support.

Work in elderly care involves a lot of contact with users and documentation, which means it is a requirement that you can communicate orally and in writing in Swedish. You have good computer skills and the ability to use digital tools in your work.

As a person, you are self-driven and take responsibility for your tasks, driving your work and studies forward. You work well with others and listen and communicate clearly. It is also important that you have an empathetic ability, which means you can understand others' perspectives and situations. You adapt easily to changing circumstances and see opportunities in change. You bring enthusiasm, energy, and passion to your work and influence the direction of discussions and the motivation of others. You take pride in your job.

Warm welcome to submit your application!

In this recruitment, language tests will be conducted, and upon employment, we will request an extract from the police criminal record.

A digital information meeting will take place on 19/2 from 15:00 to 16:00 and on 2/3 from 14:00 to 15:00.

Additional Information

When you apply for a position in Linköping Municipality, you register your application by logging in via e-identification (such as BankID or FrejaID) instead of using an email address. If you do not have e-identification, please contact the responsible HR consultant or manager, and they will assist you in registering your application.

Start date: May 2026

Employment type: Permanent position

Employment rate: 100%

Number of vacancies: 30

Ref. no: 16691

In this application, you do not need to attach a personal letter.

We make it possible for you to succeed. With your contribution, we can achieve greater success together. Therefore, as an employer, we want you to thrive and have the best conditions to succeed in your role within Linköping Municipality. We want you to be able to develop and reach your full potential!