Vacant job

Are you a trained care assistant? Do you want to become part of a creative and engaged team that makes a significant difference in the lives of people in need of care? We welcome your application!

Your Role

In this position, you will work days, evenings, weekends, split shifts, and occasional resource shifts. You need to be flexible and prepared for the possibility of working across the entire Welfare sector during certain periods, not just within the Kastanjen home care area. We collaborate closely with all home care groups in Söderhamn Municipality.

The role of a care assistant is to meet the individual's basic and specific care and nursing needs. The role involves safeguarding and respecting everyone's right to privacy, self-determination, participation, and individual adaptation to enable the user to live as independent a life as possible. Tasks may include assisting with toilet visits, showering, dressing, light cooking, cleaning, and accompaniment. It may also become relevant to perform medical tasks as delegated by a nurse. By providing care and social contact, you become an important part of the user's daily life.

Workplace Description

Home Care Kastanjen is a cheerful group of assistant nurses and care assistants based out of our home care facility in Ljusne. We consist of three work teams divided geographically. As a candidate for this position, you should have a sense of the equal value of all people regardless of gender, ethnicity, disability, sexual orientation, or age.

Your Qualifications

You are trained as a care assistant with at least 800 approved upper secondary school credits in selected courses for the care and nursing program. Previous experience in care and nursing work is an advantage. Since computers and telephones are used as work tools, it is necessary that you have computer and telephone proficiency and that you master the Swedish language in both speech and writing. A Category B driver's license is required for the position.

As a person, you see opportunities, take initiative, share your knowledge and experiences with colleagues, and consider it natural to contribute to a positive work climate. Furthermore, you need to be able to meet each individual's needs by adapting easily to changing circumstances. It is important that you are also good at cooperating, are solution-focused, and understand the importance of good treatment in all situations. Finally, you have good empathy and can quickly put yourself in someone else's perspective or situation.

Great emphasis will be placed on personal qualities.

We process applications continuously, so do not wait to send yours in. Welcome with your application!

In connection with recruitment, we may request extracts from the criminal record registry and the suspicion registry. This is done in accordance with current legislation and as part of our suitability assessment.

What We Offer

Your well-being is important to us! Söderhamn Municipality works actively with health, fitness, and work environment. We have health inspirers and you receive a fitness allowance. For us, it is also important to have a balance between work and leisure, and we are keen that our employees get the chance to recover as needed. Read more about some of our benefits: Benefits and Advantages - Söderhamn Municipality.

In the archipelago municipality of Söderhamn - where Hälsingland meets the sea, we think new and big. We have the desire to grow to 28,000 inhabitants and start every day from the "Söderhamnars" and their needs when we shape and develop our operations. Together we make a difference for individuals and society.

We use competency-based recruitment to create an inclusive and fair process. This means we assess candidates based on their competencies, experiences, and abilities in an equal and fair manner. Our goal is an objective recruitment where everyone has the same opportunity to show what they can contribute.

In this recruitment, we have already made our choices of advertising channels and collaboration partners. We politely but firmly decline all forms of assistance with the recruitment from outside parties.