Vacant job

The mandate of the Education and Labour Market Administration is to increase an individual's prospects of finding employment and becoming self-sufficient through education, internships, and work.

Labour Market and Social Services is responsible for the planning, implementation, and coordination of the municipality's labour market initiatives, as well as the handling of financial assistance. The overarching mandate is to support residents in achieving self-sufficiency and participating in society.

Have you recently completed upper secondary school, or are you covered by the Municipal Activity Responsibility (KAA), and do you want to gain valuable work experience? Then a youth job within care and elderly care might be a great opportunity for you.

Here, you will have the chance to work closely with people and make a difference in their daily lives. You will become part of a workplace where you receive support from experienced colleagues while developing experiences that will benefit you in future studies and working life.

Your responsibilities

In this role, you will meet and support elderly people who need help in their daily lives, as well as children, young people, and adults with varying needs. The work is always based on the individual person's needs and wishes to contribute to good and close care and support.

The tasks may include, among other things:

• providing social support and companionship,
• helping with meals, cooking, and shopping,
• participating in daily activities,
• helping with cleaning and other practical chores,
• providing support with dressing and undressing, as well as personal hygiene, such as showering and toilet visits.

Depending on the placement, you will work either in home care services or at a care and support residence. Within home care, you will travel between clients by car or bicycle together with your colleagues.

Your qualifications

We are looking for someone who:

• graduated from upper secondary school in 2025 or 2026, or
• has interrupted their studies and is covered by the Municipal Activity Responsibility (KAA).

You also need to:

• have good knowledge of Swedish, both spoken and written,
• be able to work with both male and female clients as well as colleagues.

We are looking for someone who enjoys working closely with people and wants to contribute to a secure and meaningful daily life for others. You have a good attitude, take responsibility for your tasks, and collaborate well with colleagues, clients, and relatives. You are flexible, take initiative, and contribute to a secure and positive work climate.

What we offer you

Here, you will have the opportunity to take your first steps into working life. You will receive an introduction to the job, support from experienced colleagues, and the chance to develop knowledge and experiences that will benefit you in future studies and working life. At the same time, you will contribute to services that are important for the residents of Halmstad.

Additional information

To ensure quality in the recruitment process at Halmstad Municipality and to enable good communication with our applicants, we ask you to submit your application digitally.

We value the qualities that a balanced age and gender distribution, as well as ethnic and cultural diversity, bring to the organization. We therefore welcome applicants who contribute to this.

In the recruitment process, we may use psychometric tests as part of the selection process.

We also use digital reference checks as part of the recruitment process. This means that as a candidate, you may be asked to provide references digitally at a later stage of the process.

If the position requires education, certification, or other qualifications, you must be able to provide transcripts, diplomas, or other certificates proving this.

Before employment, you must show that you have the right to work in Sweden, as required by the Aliens Ordinance. You do this by proving your citizenship within the EU/EEA or Switzerland with a passport, national ID card, or certificate of personal data together with an identity document. If you cannot do this, you must present a work permit or show that you are exempt from the work permit requirement.

The position will be filled subject to necessary decisions being made.

We kindly but firmly decline all offers of advertising and recruitment assistance in connection with this advertisement.

We look forward to receiving your application!

When you work at Halmstad Municipality, you create meaning by shaping, strengthening, and enriching the daily lives of others – whoever you are. Here, collaboration, balance, and the opportunity to develop, both as a professional and a human being, are important – we are the workplace where you get more out of life! Read more about us here.