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We are looking for you to make a difference – Care Assistant at Varberg Municipality

We are Varberg Municipality, the employer who sees the potential in you. Here, you get to make a difference, both for others and for yourself. With the help of knowledge, innovation, forward-thinking, and courage, we are approaching our vision of being the creative hub of the West Coast together. Welcome to join us!

The Social Services Department is responsible for providing support, care, and assistance to people at different stages of life. We work based on the individual's needs and offer interventions grounded in several laws, including the Social Services Act (SoL), the Act on Support and Service for Certain Persons with Functional Impairments (LSS), and the Health and Medical Services Act.

This may involve providing older adults with a secure and meaningful daily life, supporting individuals with disabilities, or being there for children, young people, and adults in vulnerable life situations.

Here, you will meet every individual with respect and professionalism. We collaborate across professional boundaries – both within our own department, with other parts of the municipality, and with external actors. To ensure quality and development, we actively work with follow-up, improvement efforts, and digitalization.

Here you make a real difference – every day.

2 positions available.

Job Responsibilities

Working as a care assistant with us means being an important part of people's daily lives. You will use your care and commitment to make a difference every day. We are looking for you who want to contribute to creating security, continuity, and good care for people who need support, whether in their own homes, in special housing, group homes, or within social psychiatry.

As a care assistant, you provide support in daily living activities to people in need of care and support. This can include help with personal care, meals, transfers, and creating a meaningful daily life for the user. The work is based on individual implementation plans and aims to strengthen the individual's independence and participation.

You work closely with colleagues and other professions, and it is part of the role to document interventions according to current guidelines. The role requires good communication skills, flexibility, and a professional attitude – always with the user's needs at the center.

The position is for: Night shift (awake)

Qualifications

To thrive in the role, you need to be confident in yourself, have a respectful approach, and want to contribute to a good work climate. You need to be meticulous, service-oriented, and able to adapt to the needs of different people.

The work requires good teamwork skills, but also the ability to take responsibility and work independently. It is important that you are sensitive, attentive to changes, and able to handle both routine situations and more unexpected events in daily life. You need to be able to document according to current routines.

We also look for you to have:

• Care assistant education
• Good ability to express yourself in Swedish, both orally and in writing
• Category B driver's license, if required by the operations

Experience from elderly care, disability support, and/or social psychiatry is meritorious.

We believe in a working method where quality and development go hand in hand, and we would be happy if you want to contribute to this.

Welcome to apply for the position of care assistant and become part of an operation that makes a real difference every day.

Employment Terms

• Salary form: Monthly salary
• Employment type: Permanent position
• Start date: 2026-09-01 or as agreed

To ensure your application functions correctly in our recruitment system, we ask all applicants, including internal candidates, to use their private email address when applying.

Varberg Municipality welcomes diversity and sees differences as a strength. We hope that you, as an applicant, can contribute with your background and competence.

Welcome to read more about what it is like to work with us at: varberg.se/jobb (https://varberg.se/jobb-och-foretagande/jobb-praktik-och-ideellt-arbete/till-dig-som-ska-borja-hos-oss)

Before employment, you need to be able to prove that you have the right to work in Sweden, for example through citizenship within the EU/EEA/Switzerland or a valid permit to reside and work here, or an exemption from this.

If you are considered for the position, we will ask you to show an extract from the criminal record register before employment can begin.

This position requires a driver's license for both manual and automatic transmission vehicles.